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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…
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…
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…
Apple steps closer toward integrated mobile payment market
Apple will pay $8 a share to purchase AuthenTec for $356 million…
How NFC could fit into Apple’s iPhone 5
Earlier this week, a new feature shown in images of a purported iPhone 5…
Apple could kill off Visa, MasterCard
I’m starting to get the sense that these card companies, many of which have introduced…
Apple’s iPhone 5 to include fingerprint sensor in Home button?
On July 27, seemingly out of nowhere, security company AuthenTec…
Analyst: Samsung, Google may try to steal AuthenTec from Apple
Shares of biometric sensor technology maker Authentec…
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…
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…
Apple to buy AuthenTec for $356 million
Apple Inc. has agreed to buy AuthenTec Inc (AUTH.O) for $8.00 per share…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Microsoft Windows Phone 8 to launch this fall with NFC e-wallet support
Microsoft on Wednesday took the wraps off of Windows Phone 8…
Apple granted U.S. patent for all-new iWallet credit system architecture
Today, the US Patent & Trademark Office granted Apple a patent relating to…
Inside Apple’s secret plan to kill the cash register
Apple, apparently, thinks the whole process for buying things in retail stores is dumb…
Apple starts in-house testing of mobile payments, discounts with Pirq partnership
Apple has signed on with Pirq, a startup from Seattle…
Apple’s next-gen iPhone: What to expect
Investor sentiment is soaring for Apple, as well as its hit smartphone…
Apple wins major U.S. ‘iWallet’ patent; the one that may one day ‘rule the world’
In May of 2010 we were surprised to see Apple’s first iWallet patent…
MasterCard/PayPass may be NFC partner with Apple on iPhone 5
he had spoken to Apple iOS engineers on multiple occasions, and they are ‘heavy into NFC’…
Best use of Apple’s cash? How about an Apple credit card?
Apple’s iPhone users could have two big advantages…
Apple invents ingenious security system for the iWallet era
Apple has invented a heavy duty second tier of security that is quite ingenious…
In 2012, Apple will blur the line between your iPhone and Mac using NFC and iCloud
In 2012, Apple will roll out Near Field Communications technology (NFC) to their devices…
Apple granted 31 U.S. patents covering NFC, infrared beacons, the Magic Mouse, and more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a whopping 31 newly granted patents…
Apple patent app describes future iOS devices communicating with parking meters, doors, cash registers and much more
On September 22, 2011, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application…
Google launches Google Wallet service weeks ahead of iPhone 5 refresh
While some reports have suggested Apple could introduce support for NFC-based payments…
Google’s Schmidt: We’ll offer Google Wallet on iPhone if NFC is added to future models
Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, believes…
eBay sues Google alleging theft of trade secrets over Google Wallet mobile payments
After Google unveiled the Google Wallet Near Field Communication mobile payment service…
RUMOR: NFC payment systems coming to Apple Retail Stores
While it seems that most are flipping a coin as to whether…
RUMOR: Apple’s iPhone, NFC and Mac App Store to enable remote computing
We have a few more details about Apple’s remote computing plans…
RUMOR: iPhone 5 to have NFC mobile-payment tech
Apple’s iPhone 5 is set to include a wireless technology known as Near Field Communication or NFC…
RUMOR: Apple rejects NFC ‘wave and pay’ for new iPhone
Apple will not include ‘wave and pay’ chips in the new iPhone to be released…
Analyst: Use of NFC/RFID in Apple’s iPhone 5 expected to have a unique twist
Sources have indicated to him that the next iPhone will include NFC technology…
Why NFC could be yet another game-changer for Apple
Apple wants to take a major share of mobile payments in the future…
Deutsche Telekom claims Apple will support e-wallet NFC this year
Executives from Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, which is the parent company of T-Mobile, listed Apple…
RUMOR: Apple iPad 2 to feature carbon fiber body, RFID/NFC iPad, iPhone add-ons, 7” iPad lives
Apple is actively developing new accessories that will communicate with…
Dvorak baselessly claims wave-to-pay iPhone users will be ‘screwed’
There has been a lot of talk about the addition of an NFC…
How Apple will kill passwords
Apple doesn’t discuss future product plans, but it appears likely that the company…
Analyst: Apple could disrupt mobile payment industry with ‘PayPal on steroids’
Apple could cause some serious disruption in the mobile payments market…
