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Sequent Software develops new technology that will let almost everyone adopt mobile commerce

Jesse Collins
NFC technology mobile payments

Telecommunications and technology companies, along with financial institutions, have been locked in a battle to establish dominance in the budding mobile commerce industry. The industry relies heavily on NFC technology, which allows consumers to make purchase from their mobile devices. Consumers have responded well, thus far, to the prospect of their mobile devices becoming a payment platform, but there is a problem keeping mobile commerce from mass adoption. The problem is that NFC technology is available only to a precious few smart phones – those equipped with microchips that allow…

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ACS announces new virtual transit card plan in Pennsylvania powered by NFC technology

Jennifer Goula
NFC Technology

A new transit card plan is coming to Pennsylvania this week, backed by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. The plan comes from Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), an information technology and business process service provider and subsidiary of Xerox. The new transit cards will feature NFC technology, allowing users of public transportation to their smart phone rather than a paper or plastic ticket. The transit cards are, essentially, a virtual alternative to more conventional options. The cards will be used throughout the state’s busses, subways and train networks. ACS has launched…

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ViVOtech brings NFC-based mobile marketing software to retailers

Jesse Collins
mobile commerce and NFC technology

ViVOtech – a software and systems company that uses near field communication (NFC) based technology – used their time at the NRF Annual Convention & Expo to launch their ViVOtouch mobile marketing software platform. This newly unveiled product is designed to provide retailers with the ability to offer consumers personalized content, loyalty programs, and discount opportunities, as it provides a real-time, interactive NFC-based shopping experience for customers whose mobile devices are enabled with this technology. By using ViVOtouch, mall operators, retailers, discount coupon services, and service providers are capable of…

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Research and Markets releases new study detailing the various aspects of NFC technology

Sam Lambert
NFC Technology

Research and Markets, a market research firm, has released a new report on the growing NFC market. The report provides in-depth analysis of the market and the commercial opportunities therein, which may be useful for companies looking to expand their business into the mobile marketing and mobile commerce sector. It also examines the emerging trends of the technology and how they apply to businesses all over the world. NFC is certainly gaining momentum as a tool to connect with a growing population on mobile consumers. Like most new technologies, companies…

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Intel to release new NFC-enabled “ultrabook” laptops by the end of the year

Stephen Vagus
Intel mobile security software

Technology giant Intel has announced a new line of portable computers called “ultrabooks.” The company has begun feeling pressure from competitor Apple in the laptop market, which has grown in the past few years as more consumers begin to show signs of favoring mobility over anything else. Intel’s ultrabooks are designed to be high-performance machines that are durable and house some of the best features Intel has to offer. Many of these features are quite impressive, but Intel’s most innovative addition to the ultrabooks is an NFC chip that will…

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