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by Alex Dobie
May 17, 2013
Available today from Samsung, $15 for pack of five tags
Samsung has announced the availability of its second-generation TecTiles tags, tiny writable NFC stickers that can be used to trigger...
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by Richard Devine
Apr 24, 2013
New NFC capable Soundbars will allow easy pairing and streaming with a range of mobile devices
According to a report from the folks over at Pocket-Lint, Sony has confirmed that they will be rele...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 08, 2013
A great file transfer tool for power users
As advanced as modern mobile devices are, getting files from one phone or tablet to another can still be problematic. Cloud storage apps like Dropbox c...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 08, 2013
A few folks have written in, asking about that weird symbol that's in the status bar of their AT&T HTC One X following the recent update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
The answer is a simple as...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 06, 2013
NFC has been set to be the "next big thing" for a while now, but has never taken off. Most high-end Android phones ship with an NFC chip now, so the hardware is out there, but there is one...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 14, 2013
MOO's NFC-enabled business cards still aren't available to the public just yet (we've got a tester version we like to flash around at parties and such), but the company today gave word t...
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by Andrew Martonik
Jan 28, 2013
Google Wallet is getting a facelift today with its latest update, bringing a smoother UI and some under the hood improvements as well. The interface now more closely follows the holo UI guidelines, ...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 21, 2013
If you'd wanted to pick up a Galaxy S3 Mini, but had found your desire for the miniature smartphone soured by its lack of NFC support, then Samsung's got you covered. A new, NFC-capable versio...
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by Andrew Martonik
Jan 05, 2013
Samsung has just announced a new set of digital audio equipment, most importantly to us smartphone nerds being a new Bluetooth speaker for pairing with phones and tablets. This newest speaker, ...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 01, 2013
Not content with waiting until next week to unveil CES bound products, LG has pulled the wraps off some of their latest Smart TV's. We already know that LG is taking some new Google TV hardware ...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 18, 2012
Update: Thanks to @PDTechHD who has sent us this picture of the Samsung Galaxy S3 extended battery in its retail packaging!
If the 2100mAh battery that comes stock with the Samsung Gal...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 01, 2012
If you're on the go and need to make a purchase at a website on your phone, it's always going to be a hassle to juggle your wallet in one hand and your phone in the other, trying to enter yo...
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by Richard Devine
Nov 01, 2012
We'll smack a big old rumor sticker on this one for now, because it isn't real, until it's real. But, according to Android Police, who claim to have a leaked Google Wallet apk, a physica...
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by Victoria Ho
Oct 31, 2012
The NFC marketing bandwagon is coming out in full force, and Sony’s latest campaign will pit users against each other in a racing game with real toy cars, as part of its "Xperia Face Off&...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 29, 2012
Android has supported NFC (near-field communication) technology since Gingerbread, and Android Beam has enabled easy URL, app and contact sharing since ICS launched last year. But our friends in the...
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by Victoria Ho
Oct 24, 2012
Samsung has updated its TecTile app to add more features like batch actions and the ability to set tags to private.
The mobile app is meant to program Samsung TecTile NFC hardware tags that ca...
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by Simon Sage
Oct 22, 2012
As expected, the Isis mobile payment system backed by AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon has been launched in Austin and Salt Lake City today. There are currently nine handsets that are ready to roll w...
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by Simon Sage
Oct 17, 2012
It looks like we were dead on for the Isis launch date, limited as the rollout may be. Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City, Utah will officially be the first areas to support the Isis starting on Octob...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 27, 2012
Sure, NFC hasn't quite taken over the world yet, but that doesn't mean it can't be useful. And MOO, maker of extremely cool business cards (it's where we do business), will be adding...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 17, 2012
When a new phone is released without NFC, there's a lot of wailing and teeth-gnashing on the Internet about how horrible it is that manufacturer X is silly for not including it. Some folks seem ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Sep 17, 2012
MasterCard has just released an "User Interface Software Development Kit – or UI SDK" to help app developers on Android and BlackBerry simply integrate PayPass NFC (Near Field Commun...
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by Chris Parsons
Sep 15, 2012
While some folks roam the world with their devices unprotected, there is countless others out there who prefer to not leave such things to chance. Personally, I don't use cases normally but ever...
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by Chris Parsons
Sep 13, 2012
Although we've seen the Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE pop up several times now in training material and various other leaks, Sprint and Samsung have now officially announced the device. Arriving...
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by Simon Sage
Sep 13, 2012
The last big update to Google Wallet allowed users to add whatever credit card they wanted to the NFC payment app for Android. Google proudly proclaimed today that usage of the app has more than dou...
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by Chris Parsons
Aug 29, 2012
If you're looking to give CyanogenMod 9.1 a go, you'll find something new built into the ROM's. As noted on the CyanogenMod blog, CyanogenMod 9.1 compatible devices with NFC will bring i...
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by Simon Sage
Aug 16, 2012
If you've got a Discover card and want to get in on the Google Wallet action, you'll be happy to hear that you can now save your card for easy access on your Android device. Just head on ove...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 26, 2012
The Black Hat conference takes place in Las Vegas this week, where hackers, security experts and representatives from major companies meet to discuss all things relating to information security. If ...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 05, 2012
In Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Android Beam -- that's the NFC-based device-to-device transfer service -- has been augmented to support sending photo and video content. This is done from within the G...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 01, 2012
Here's one of those good news/bad news stories. Google Wallet has gotten itself an update today for "Support for new device form factors," "prepaid top-up improvements" and &...
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by Richard Devine
Jun 29, 2012
Google I/O has been jam packed full of new, and exciting Google software and technology. While the headline acts are no doubt the arrival of the Nexus 7 and Jelly Bean, there has been some pretty in...
