Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini with NFC to launch this month
If you’ve been looking at your options for a new phone, and have been considering a Galaxy S3 Mini, chances are you noticed the lack of NFC support in the current model. Later this month, however, that will change, and Samsung is launching an NFC-capable …
Samsung TecTiles invade Las Vegas hotels for CES 2013
In the midst of all the CES craziness, we stumbled upon this little piece of information. Apparently, Samsung has teamed up with Caesars Entertainment to install over 4,500 TecTile NFC tags in eight Caesars hotels in Vegas. These TecTiles can be found in several places, …
LG to release new Smart TVs with NFC and Miracast
LG has unveiled some new information about their new Smart TVs ahead of CES next week, and some of the things we’re seeing are pretty cool. While these new TVs aren’t the ones we’ll be seeing in Vegas, they’re still worth talking about. The new …
Google brings Google Wallet to mobile websites
Google is really focused on Google Wallet right now, and they are trying their best to offer it to the masses with the best type of services available. Google is now expanding the Google Wallet payments to mobile websites. At the moment, the service is …
Samsung enhances TecTile features with 3.0 update
Samsung today announced that their Tectile programmable NFC stickers have gotten an update, just in time for the U.S. debut of the Galaxy Note II. As a v3.0 release, the adds new features, tighter and deeper integration with Android apps, and the option to program …
Google Wallet update in the pipes, big changes?
Google Wallet hasn’t exactly been widely adopted, but that may change in the near future. Google has updated the Wallet website, and they’re touting the “next version of Google Wallet, coming soon.” Now there’s no word on just how “soon” this update will hit (could it …
Don’t forget to request your Google Wallet Prepaid Card refund!
Those of you who have prepaid cards through Google Wallet are advised to request your refunds, as the feature is headed off into the sunset. The process for obtaining your money isn’t all that difficult and requires just a few bits of information. There’s a …
You can now hack your Galaxy S III to run Google Wallet
Google Wallet is one of the services Google is offering to people with Android phones, but if you are on Verizon, then you are probably not lucky enough, even if you are using the Galaxy Nexus. Anyway, I once read somewhere that if there’s something …
Samsung TecTiles could usher in real demand for NFC
Samsung’s new tech proves that NFC does not mean mobile payments.
Paypal mobile wallet service adds another 15 retailers
PayPal has picked up another fifteen retail partners for its upstart mobile wallet service and looks to be gathering momentum. First launched as part of a trial in 50 Home Depot locations earlier this year, the NFC-based initiative has been expanded to all 2,200 locations …
Free, as in beer: KegDroid uses NFC and Xoom tablet to dispense on-tap beer
You have a tablet. You have an NFC enabled device. You have a thirst for anything awesome (read as: beer). So, what do you do? Well, if you’re Google employee Paul Carriff, you’d probably respond with something along the lines of “make a beer …
Prepaid Card returns to Google Wallet along with $5 credit
Google apologizes for the problems that plagued Prepaid Cards and wants to make it right. Here’s $5 for the trouble!
Google Wallet partners with Pinkberry, offers limited time discount
Google Wallet today announced that they have added a new SingleTap partner, Pinkberry, and is celebrating with a limited-time offer. Starting today, Google Wallet is accepted in 69 Pinkberry locations across the country, including in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. …
Google Wallet app gets update includes “core system fixes”
A software update has been issued for the Google Wallet Android application this week and includes “core Wallet system fixes” among the notes. Unfortunately the reviews for this 1.1-R52v7 release indicate that prepaid card issues are still plaguing the app and users are still unable to add a …
Google Wallet expanding to 10 additional Sprint devices in 2012
Vice president of Google Wallet and Payments, Osama Bedier, indicated this week that Sprint Nextel plans to expand Google Wallet support across “at least 10 additional phones” this, starting with the LG Viper. Although Google is still in discussions with other carriers and hardware manufacturers, …
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