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NFC Forum Unveils Target N-Mark

The NFC Forum today introduced its target mark, a stylized letter "N" that enables consumers to easily locate embedded NFC tags.

Opens World of Information to Consumers

WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA - June 2, 2009 - The NFC Forum (http://www.nfc-forum.org), a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today introduced its target mark, a stylized letter "N" that enables consumers to easily locate embedded NFC tags. The N-Mark indicates the spot where an NFC device can read an NFC tag to establish a connection. By holding an NFC-enabled device close to the N-Mark, consumers can "pick up" information stored on... Read More


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NFC Forum Announces Two New Specifications to Foster Device Interoperability and Peer-to-Peer Device Communication

WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA - May 19, 2009 - The NFC Forum (http://www.nfc-forum.org), a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced the release of two candidate specifications that further the integration, implementation and standards interpretation of NFC technology. The new NFC Digital Protocol and the NFC Logical Link Control Protocol (LLCP) candidate specifications are... Read More

19 May 2009
Innovision Research & Technology plc and STMicroelectronics Join NFC Forum Board of Directors Forum Welcomes New Members and Executive Director Paula Berger

WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA - May 5, 2009 - The NFC Forum (http://www.nfc-forum.org), a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced that Innovision Research & Technology, plc, and STMicroelectronics have become Sponsor Members and have joined its Board of Directors. ... Read More

05 May 2009

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Sirit and Stollmann Cooperate on Near Field Communications Offering

Hamburg/Germany, 22 April 2009 - Stollmann, a leading supplier of protocol software for communication, and Sirit Inc. ("Sirit") (TSX: SI), a global provider of radio frequency identification ("RFID") technology announced today that the two companies have signed an agreement to work together to bring a combined solution for Near Field Communication ("NFC") products to the global market. ... Read More

29 Apr 2009
Green Hills Software and Stollmann Unveil Bluetooth & NFC Solutions

Hamburg/Germany, 03.03.2009 - Green Hills Software, Inc., the world leader in secure operating systems, has announced an agreement with Stollmann E+V GmbH, a leading developer of communication protocol software, to supply Bluetooth and Near Field Communication (NFC) solutions. The first result of the agreement, which will be demonstrated at Embedded World 09 in Nuremberg (3-5 March), is the NFC profile for the INTEGRITY real-time operating... Read More

03 Mar 2009
Winter AG and NEXPERTS agree collaboration and offer joint infrastructure and services for the latest NFC functionality

Hagenberg, 25.2.2009 Today Winter AG and NEXPERTS GmbH signed a letter of intent for collaboration on the future technology "Near Field Communication" (NFC) technology. This user-friendly technology provides secure applications for payment, public transport and for the field of identity management on a mobile phone... Read More

27 Feb 2009

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Cashless society: Paying with the wave of a cellphone

Canada is on the cusp of a revolution in payments, one that major credit card companies and a number of banks are yearning to exploit. If they succeed, wallets full of cash and cards will be replaced by cellphones embedded with payment chips.

The Globe and Mail
26 Jun 2009
Contactless payment tech in all phones

By linking NFC to the SIM, rather than just adding an NFC chip into the phone, Nokia stressed that network operators will be able to develop their own NFC payments services.

Register Hardware
26 Jun 2009
RFID in all new mobiles by next summer

All new mobiles will be packing a RFID chip by summer 2010 - ultimately opening up the possibility of your phone also becoming the keys to your car or your house.

silicon.com
24 Jun 2009

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