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New Apple patent highlights potential for NFC technology

John Montgallo
Apple NFC Technology Trends mobile payments

Patent sheds new light on Apple’s interest in NFC technology The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published a new patent application from Apple regarding the use of NFC technology. The patent refers to a project that was launched by Apple in 2008, which had fallen to the wayside until very recently. NFC technology has seen some use in the field of marketing, but the patent application hints to a project that leverages the technology for some purpose involving mobile commerce. NFC has long been a pillar of mobile commerce,…

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QR code and NFC technology at the heart of latest Elinext m-commerce app

Stephen Vagus
Elinext m commerce

Elinext has announced that it is broadening its capabilities by integrating these mobile tech. As businesses large and small gravitate toward QR code use for mobile commerce, payments, and marketing purposes, Elinext Group has just revealed that it will also be widening its own capabilities in the development of apps that will uses these barcodes, as well as near field communication (NFC) technology. It feels that the integration of these innovations is vital to keeping up their competitive edge. Their primary challenge is to make sure that these technologies are…

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