Friday, September 14, 2012

Here's What's Missing From The iPhone 5 That Will Help Square Dominate

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Here's What's Missing From The iPhone 5 That Will Help Square Dominate ...Business InsiderIn a recent report, BI Intelligence explains why Apple was and is uniquely positioned to make NFC work as a mobile payments solution, and how without them, card readers like Square are in the best position to dominate the mobile payments space. We also ...
Square Readers Throughout History
Square Readers Throughout History (Photo credit: Sagolla)

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Lack of NFC Tech Slightly Deflates iPhone 5's Balloon
E-Commerce Times
"The announcement of a new iPhone without NFC capabilities is unlikely to dissuade anyone from purchasing it," Colwell acknowledged. "But it does hinder growth of the nascent mobile payments space, which needs more major smartphone makers to ...
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Why NFC is Irrelevant To the Mass Market
Tech.pinions
Changing the in-store shopping experience in a way that address the challenges retailers are having is not something NFC solves. I believe in mobile payments and I believe in machine to machine communication. I am just not sure NFC is the way forward ...
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China Mobile bypasses NFC for m-payments
Rethink Wireless
Apple was in good company when it omitted NFC from its new iPhone - the world's largest cellco, China Mobile, is doing the same thing. The operator has introduced its own mobile wallet, and characteristically is taking what it calls a "China-style ...
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SingTel to launch money transfer service via mobile phones by year end
Channel News Asia
This will come about after Singapore's infrastructure for mobile payments using NFC technology is rolled out progressively. Experts said gaining consumer's trust will be key to the widespread use of NFC technology. Managing director (Southeast Asia) of ...
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Zaptap's new NFC platform adds social twist to mobile ecommerce
ITBusiness.ca
Canadian startup Zaptap isn't fazed, moving ahead just a day later with the official launch of its new platform that melds mobile commerce with social media using NFC-enabled smartphones. With Zaptap, shoppers can use their NFC smartphones to get ...
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Sydney's The Rocks to make use of NFC technology
QR Code Press
Though the technology is famous in the realm of m-commerce, it has other uses beyond payments. The Rocks ... The project is currently being called the Mobile Concierge, and serves as a culmination of NFC-based content developed by a variety of sources.
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