Tag: NFC
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Apple’s billion dollar mobile payment magic trick
Why would Apple reportedly be putting a fingerprint reader in its next iPhone…
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Apple’s next-gen ‘iPhone 5S’ to feature fingerprint sensor, NFC-based ‘iWallet,’ sources say
A new report out of China claims that Apple has contracted…
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AuthenTec’s sale of encryption unit hints Apple’s interest lies in NFC and fingerprint readers
NFC and contactless chip provider Inside Secure is to acquire the embedded security systems…
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Apple inks deal with fingerprint security startup Microlatch
Despite leaving out near-field communications (NFC) technology…
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Flaw in Samsung’s ‘TouchWiz’ UI leaves devices open to data-wiping
An attacker could load the code in a website, SMS, an NFC Android Beam connection or via a QR code…
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Why omitting NFC in iPhone 5 should work out just fine for Apple
When Apple revealed its new Passbook mobile payment system as part of the iOS 6 preview…
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NFC stands for Not For Commerce: Apple snubs emerging mobile payment standard
EBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe often quotes a merchant saying NFC stands…
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Competition sets a high bar for Apple’s iPhone 5
Over the last 10 days, Samsung, Motorola and Nokia announced new smartphones…
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Apple chooses non-NFC ‘N42′ version for iPhone 5, sources say
Apple will be announcing a single next-generation iPhone model codenamed “N42″ on September 12th…
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Apple’s Passbook strategy eschews NFC hardware to power iOS 6 retail apps
Apple’s new Passbook feature in iOS 6 isn’t just a coupon app; it’s a framework…
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Apple steps closer toward integrated mobile payment market
Apple will pay $8 a share to purchase AuthenTec for $356 million…
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How NFC could fit into Apple’s iPhone 5
Earlier this week, a new feature shown in images of a purported iPhone 5…
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Apple could kill off Visa, MasterCard
I’m starting to get the sense that these card companies, many of which have introduced…
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Apple’s iPhone 5 to include fingerprint sensor in Home button?
On July 27, seemingly out of nowhere, security company AuthenTec…
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Analyst: Samsung, Google may try to steal AuthenTec from Apple
Shares of biometric sensor technology maker Authentec…
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Apple’s $356 million AuthenTec buy a possible prelude to mobile e-payments
Apple bought AuthenTec Inc., a maker of fingerprint sensors and security solutions…
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Apple patent application details iOS devices that control everything in your home via NFC
On July 26, 2012, the US Patent & Trademark Office published yet another…
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Apple to buy AuthenTec for $356 million
Apple Inc. has agreed to buy AuthenTec Inc (AUTH.O) for $8.00 per share…
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Researcher takes complete control of Android and Nokia phones by merely waving another device near them
Allows an artful hacker pickpocket Android or Nokia settlers’ private information right through their clothes…
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Mobile e-payments via NFC not ready for prime time until Apple says it is
The technology that some have heralded as the driver of the cashless revolution…
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Apple’s next-gen iPhone on track for fall release, 4G LTE, NFC, 1GB RAM confirmed, source says
We have confirmation that the units Apple is currently testing have 1GB of RAM…
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Airline exec expects Apple to incorporate NFC into next-gen iPhone, Passbook app
Jim Peters, CTO at SITA, told delegates at this year’s Air Transport IT Summit…
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Microsoft Windows Phone 8 to launch this fall with NFC e-wallet support
Microsoft on Wednesday took the wraps off of Windows Phone 8…
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Don’t overlook Apple’s new Passbook or you might miss the future of payments
Passbook acts as a digital wallet for your gift cards, event tickets, airplane boarding passes, etc…
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Apple granted U.S. patent for all-new iWallet credit system architecture
Today, the US Patent & Trademark Office granted Apple a patent relating to…
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