Near Field Communication (NFC) marketing programs are being developed for supermarkets to assist shoppers with preferences, sales, in store product locations and more. The current program is being tested in Nice, a small town outside of France, at a local branch of a supermarket chain called Leclerc. NFC technology is quickly taking its place in our society as an interactive tool that will change the way we shop and market products. Several large U.S. companies such as Google, IBM, and American Express, are all immersed (and invested) in bringing this…
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Angry Birds app going social with NFC technology
Nokia developers are working with Rovio Mobile, on a new version of Angry Birds. The Finland based company created the hugely successful game almost two years ago for the Apple iOS. Nokia is working with them on an NFC compatible version that will allow players to work together to reach higher levels, as well as play alone. It seems like everyone is getting ready for the newest wave in mobile technology. Near Field Communications (NFC) has been on the radar for awhile now, but elusively out of reach;…
Read MoreMake it, chip it and ship it – New NFC phones coming faster than we think!
A recent report shows that mobile payment technology may be here sooner than we think. Radio Frequency ID (RFID) chips enabling the Near Field Communications (NFC), will be in most Smartphone’s coming out this year. The survey shows around 23 million phones being NFC enabled by the end of this year. In three years that number is predicted to be around 300 million. Mobile devices hit a growth point where they didn’t grow anymore. They exploded. Now over 70 percent of the entire world population has a mobile phone. In the…
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