near field communication
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EU Says Apple Is Restricting Other E-Wallets From Using ‘Tap and Go’ on Phones
Apple may want to be the main company able to reach its slick tendrils into iOS users’ wallets, but EU regulators find that idea particularly insensitive, at least to other app developers. On Thursday, the European Commission said that Apple “abused its dominant position” over its use of Apple Pay for online orders and in-store…
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NFC Just Got Simple Enough For Actual People To Use
NFC is the almost-near future of how we interact with the physical world around us, and a new addition to the technology’s protocol today is going to make using it a lot easier.
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HP Wants In On That NFC Thing, Too
“Me! Me! Memememe!” cries HP, as they realise everyone around them has either signed deals or developed their own NFC services. According to BusinessWeek, both tablets and phones with NFC are being planned by HP, and could be available by late-2011. [BusinessWeek via BGR]
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Europeans Can Pay Using Their NFC Visa-Enabled iPhones, Too
Starting in Turkey, iPhone users will soon be able to use Visa’s NFC payment system at one of the 40,000 cash registers signed up to the scheme. For now those iPhones will need an iCarte dongle, plus the compatible app.