Apple Hires Expert on Mobile Payments
Apple may integrate technology known as near field communications into its mobile devices.
View ArticleNear-Field Communication: Beyond Mobile Transactions
Near-field communication, or NFC, is the new buzz word being used at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
View ArticleGoogle’s Schmidt Sees Payments as a Big Business
Eric Schmidt, Google's chief, thinks wireless transactions, enabled by the coming wave of Android smartphones with near-field communication technology, could turn into a serious business.
View ArticleFacebook, Android, China and More at Mobile Conference
Several major themes threaded their way into many of the announcements and panels at the Mobile World Congress this week in Barcelona.
View ArticleThe Technology Behind Making Mobile Payments a Reality
Mobile phones could replace credit cards in the near future as mobile phone makers look to add technology that will enable payments through the mobile phone.
View ArticleWaiting for the New Mobile Payments Frontier
Mobile phones replacing wallets is clearly in the future, but the type of technology we use and how long it takes for it to be adopted is still up for debate.
View ArticleGoogle Wallet Makes its Debut
Google offered to the public the long-awaited Google Wallet, which works only with one Sprint phone, a Citibank account and a MasterCard.
View ArticleApple Takes iTunes to Other Kinds of Payments
An iPhone feature called EasyPay lets people take a picture of a product's bar code with the phone’s camera, then buy it on the spot, using their iTunes account.
View ArticleA Digital Wallet Now Available on Some Smartphones
Visa, the credit card company, has added support for making wireless payments through some smartphones, which would replace its plastic cards. But wireless Visa payments will initially work at only...
View ArticleFrom Black Hat: Hackers Demonstrate a Rising Vulnerability of Smartphones
Near-field communication technology, which enables mobile payments on cellphones, is supposed to make our lives easier. But security researchers warn it will make hackers’ lives easier too. Hackers...
View ArticleSamsung Is First in Line With a Windows Phone 8 Device
Samsung, the world's biggest phone maker, showed the first smartphone to include Windows Phone 8, the next version of Microsoft's mobile operating system. In making this announcement, Samsung is...
View ArticleWhy the iPhone 5 Does Not Have N.F.C. — It Can’t
Apple's iPhone 5 got bigger than its predecessor, and some wonder why the company didn't make room for a technology called near-field communications (N.F.C.), which enables devices to exchange...
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