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Mobile commerce may become more secure with new technology

10/10/201210/10/2012 Sam Lambert

Freescale Semiconductor teams with INSIDE Secure to bring more safety to mobile commerce There are no signs of mobile commerce losing momentum around the world despite very serious concerning regarding security. Security has emerged as the most significant challenge facing mobile commerce today, even surpassing the problem of the low availability of NFC-enabled mobile devices. Security faults in many popular mobile payment applications and systems used by retailers, banks, and other companies could threaten the success of the mobile commerce industry. In order to solve the growing problem of security,…

French airport to trail new NFC system this summer

05/23/201205/23/2012 Sam Lambert

Airport adopts NFC technology to streamline its procedures The Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in France has announced that it will be trialing a new NFC-based system that will be used to modernize the airport’s passenger services. The airport plans to use the new system to allow travelers to pass through its checking and control method using nothing more than a mobile device. Approximately 50 passengers will be selected to participate in the pilot project. These participants will be given NFC-enabled BlackBerry smart phones in order to effectively test the airport’s NFC system.…

Technology companies prepare for upcoming m-commerce explosion

07/12/2011 L. Green

Mobile commerce technologies from near field communications (NFC) to digital wallets, pitch targeting, and location-based marketing are all on the cusp of taking off, and leaders in mobile web services, such as Google, are bracing themselves for impact. Customers are already capable of shopping without the use of their credit cards as long as they swipe their mobile device over a special point of sale reader. Though this is not yet available everywhere, it is about to become much more common and it is expected to do so very quickly.…