It's somewhat agnostic to various competing standards of redemption and authentication, including POS scans and keyed number entry (but no NFC yet). Though this has lots of important implications for mobile local search (and for Google), it...
The list goes on and on, checking most boxes except for NFC. As hotly anticipated, earlier this week Apple pulled the curtain back on the iPhone 5. It also gave a closer look at the previously announced iOS6 operating system that will run the...
CORS Attacks shows you how features such as the NFC and S-Beam work. In the most simplistic of terms, the NFC chip (and other functions) allows your phone, via radio frequency to communicate with other devices.
In terms of specifications, buyers will also find integrated NFC, WiFi, Bluetooth, battery life promising 9 hours of video playback, Google's Chrome web browser, and a 1.2 megapixel front-facing camera.
Recently, PCWorld had a mobile search face off between the search apps on Android, so it’s only fitting that the iPhone follows behind with one too – taking a look at features like multitasking, copy paste, voice search, making consistent phone...
NFC Reader - Authenticate will connect to the controller. Do you love beer? Do you love Android? Meet KegDroid, a revolutionary new way to get your beer! Built on Google's Android operating system, KegDroid's design lets you select and order your...
A new spot will be debuting this weekend on FOX during the NFL NFC Championship Game between the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers. Bing is evolving. Emphasis on the “ing. Microsoft’s search engine is ditching the “decision engine” label and...
NFC won’t reach critical mass in 2012. Will NFC reach critical mass, or is eBay CEO John Donahoe right in calling it "Not For Commerce" ? I guess I'm playing right into the cliché. However instead of looking back at "best of" fodder, I recently...
Since more users will likely register, that also means store locations who use the NFC technology and webmasters using the Google for payments will appeal to a wider audience. Over 65 Gap-owned locations will now accept NFC payments via Google Wallet.
Add "Android Beam," which lets users transmit YouTube videos, websites, apps, and more by touching their phone to another NFC-equipped device. Google has announced the long-anticipated Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS and the Galaxy Nexus phone...
Google Wallet, the NFC payment technology that lets users pay with a single tap, was launched officially in late September. Less than a month after Wallet's official release, Google is expanding core features.
Further, according to the Google Blog post announcing the launch, “Visa, Discover and American Express have made available their NFC specifications that could enable their cards to be added to future versions of Google Wallet.
Most phones don't support NFC (Near Field Communication). What might motivate Google to become a bank down the road? As bank robber Willie Sutton is famously misquoted as saying, “Because that's where the money is.
Two other acquisitions this year, The Dealmap and Punchd, also seem aimed at strengthening Google Offers, Google’s answer to Groupon’s daily deals service, and hint at coming integration with Google Wallet, Google's Android-powered mobile NFC...
Offers comes just a week after Google’s much anticipated launch of “Wallet” for making payments via NFC-enabled Google smartphones. If you’ve been awake for any of the past 48 hours, you probably heard about Google’s new Offers product.
Google Wallet launched today and ClickZ noticed that a search on Google for 'NFC' brought up a Mastercard PPC ad promoting the new partnership and organic results displayed a wikipedia entry for Near Field communications rather than the National...
With smartphone usage growing exponentially, this afternoon, Google announced the release of their long-rumored and long-awaited Near Field Communications (NFC) payment system, Google Wallet. Google Wallet will allow users of Android phones that...
Foursquare Teams With Google For NFC Check-Ins Via Posters At Google I/O - TechCrunch Here's a roundup of today's other search news and headlines from around the web. Search Industry Google 'Panda' Update Kills Content Farming Jobs - InformationWeek
Google Joins NFC Forum To Advance Near Field Communication Technology - TechCrunch Search Industry Google VP Says E-Commerce in 'Radical Transition' - PCWorld Adultery Web Site Touts Google's Unethical Image Search Filter - Search Engine Roundtable
With NFC, consumers who have a Citigroup-issued credit card or MasterCard can enable an mobile payment app and wave their phone in front of an electronic reader when checking out at a store. Contact-less payments are made possible by VeriFone...
