Tag: NFC
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Rise Of Contactless Payment
The rise of contactless payment is spreading. Cash has been around for quite a while now. We’ve all used it, grown up with it, most of us cannot imagine a world without cold hard cash. Well, it could soon be time to wake up and smell the coffee! We all know those times when you’re…
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Android Pay is Now Available in the UK
It seems Google’s contactless payment service Android Pay has come to the UK a lot sooner than expected! Earlier today, Google tweeted “Download #AndroidPay today from @GooglePlay. Now available in the UK” – with this announcement a link to the Google Play Store page for the app was also included. Similar to the main competitor Apple…
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Move over wearables it’s time for Smart implants
Yesterday at the Cebit trade show in Hannover, Germany, on March 13, 2016, a man demonstrated that he could give his business card to anyone with a smart phone simply by waving his hand at their device. The man in question was Patrick Kramer and he is the founder and CEO of Digiwell. As a…
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Download Festival-Goers Left Beerless After Cashless Cock-up
Thousands of revellers hoping for food and booze after the long trek to this year’s Download found themselves out of pocket when the festival’s new cashless payment system failed on day one. The unhappy campers started arriving at the Donnington site on Wednesday, looking forward to a weekend of metal from the likes of Slipknot,…
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Disney World NFC Payment System is Truly Magical
Disney has come up with another magical way of incorporating tech into fantasy by bringing a wireless payment system to Walt Disney World. They’ve been trialling it over the past year at the Orlando, Florida resort in a $1-billion scheme called MagicBands. MagicBands are colourful and waterproof wrist worn gadgets that allow little kid and big kid…
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Google Confirms Android Pay Feature
Payment systems are another new feature in emerging tech today – Apple’s Apple pay, contactless card payments in the UK, software systems from various payment companies and phone app developers, they’re all on the list of up and comers in the new interconnected internet and mobile payment world. Android meanwhile, pretty much the biggest phone platform,…
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Polaroid Zip Portable Pocket Printer Unveiled For $130, Will Launch Spring 2015
While some might say that the popularity of the portable printer may have decreased over the years, that hasn’t stopped Polaroid from attempting to fill the void that exists in the market. At one point, the big players such as Kodak and Canon were all involved in the portable thermal-based printers, that would allow you…
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NFC Pay System CurrentC Hacked Already
Here’s another cautionary tale from the tech industry, especially for the slew of up and coming startups and companies involved in the NFC payment business that’s set to explode in early 2015 (along with just about every other new tech phenomenon, it’s been a busy 5 years). SEE ALSO: Naim Launches the mu-so its First…
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Google Teases Android L Security Features
Google’s new version of Android, Android L, or Lollipop, is set to become the latest and greatest addition to the Google smartphone OS lineup. of course, other, older Android systems will be lingering around on the market in various capacities once Lollipop arrives, but as far as Google’s concerned the new OS represents the current…
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Apple Pay NFC services launching on Monday 20th October for iPhone 6
Last night Apple took to the stage and announced a whole host of new devices to the world including the new Apple iPad Air 2, iPad Mini 3, iMac with 5K retina display and updates to the iOS 8 and Mc operating systems, but one thing that Apple also confirmed was when the new Apple…
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Plastc Supercard Hopes to Slim Wallets
We’ve been going on about NFC payments a lot recently, especially since we heard about Apple pay and Zapp coming to the UK in 2015. However, there’s more than one way to get on board with NFC payments, as Plastc, the new supercard and app combo demonstrates. Plastc, spelled without the ‘i’, is a…
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UK Shops Allowing Mobile Payments In 2015
With the upcoming Apple Pay service arriving in the UK for the iPhone 6 in 2015, as well as the pre-existing NFC payments with certain debit cards, the UK is already on its way to embracing wireless payments next year. But if that wasn’t enough, we’ve recently heard that several big high street retailers will…