Did Apple kill NFC? This is the question posited by Matt Witheiler, principal at Flybridge Capital Partners, on the tech giant’s role — or lack of — in the adoption of NFC. In his guest column, Witheiler takes a firm stance on the issue, stating that following Apple’s iOS 7 announcement at the ... Read More
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A partnership between hospitality vendors OpenWays and FCS Computer Systems has produced a self-service mobile app that contains OpenWays’ embedded mobile key. The FCS i-Guest app is a self-service mobile application for hotel guests and the inclusion of OpenWays’ Mobile Key is expected to make the ... Read More
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Gemalto has been selected by French transport group Keolis to provide and operate the Allynis Trusted Service Management (TSM) services for the NFC mobile ticketing roll out in the territory of Caen la mer. The Caen urban area transport organization Viacités decided to offer a new service to bus and ... Read More
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Mobile technology specialist Blue Bite, in partnership with Creative Mobile Technologies (CMT), is planning to bring NFC support to taxi screens. According to a report from Digital Signage Connection, CMT already provides digital out-of-home network and payment processing solution for the taxicabs. ... Read More
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A partnership with HID Global will provide Oberthur Technologies with the ability to support Seos digital keys on NFC-enabled smart phones. The partnership will see the Seos digital keys applet embedded into Oberthur Technologies’ NFC SIM cards, enabling the use of NFC smart phones for a wide range ... Read More
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2012 was a great year for both smart cards and integrated circuit (IC) cards with a reported 7.95 billion and 7.99 billion units shipped respectively – a year over year jump of 9.4% and 12.0%, according to ABI Research. The addition of NFC, RF and secure elements has been a major influence in the ... Read More
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Five years ago, Google’s login team published a roadmap for stronger consumer authentication. It’s now released a report on that roadmap and an updated version of what’s in store for the team. Eric Sachs, Google’s group product manager for identity, talked about the progress and challenges the team ... Read More
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The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) certified the integration between SGS OMNIS and the TRA Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) that went live in 2012 to help ensure that critical shipments of materials reliably get to their intended destination. Savi Mobile Tracking System, the comprising ... Read More
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Tranzbyte reveals ‘Green Machine’ for automated vending of medical marijuana 12 April, 2013 By: Ross Mathis category: RFID 0 Tranzbyte Corporation announced it will begin distribution of its RFID automated marijuana vending machine within qualifying states and locales beginning next quarter. While ... Read More
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AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the spring 2013 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front ... Read More
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