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ISIS mobile payment joint venture introduces its first banking partners

John Montgallo
Mobile-Commerce

The ISIS mobile payment joint venture, which was created by AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, has just introduced its first banking partners, which include Capital One, Chase, and Barclaycard. These new banking partners will be adding their debit, credit, and pre-paid cards to the ISIS mobile wallet in time for its inaugural launch in the summer of 2012. These card issuing giants have more than 100 million American customers, providing ISIS with a strong foundation when it hast its first start in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Austin, Texas. The ISIS…

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Vizibility opens its NFC program to technology developers attending this year’s SXSW conference in Texas

Stephen Vagus
NFC Technology

Vizibility Inc., an online identity management and professional services firm, has announced that it has opened up 1,000 spots for its previously private NFC beta program. The company has been experimenting with NFC technology for the past several years, hoping to develop a new platform for businesses and individuals to communicate more efficiently. The spots in the program are open only to those attending this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas. Those participating in the program will be given one-year access to Vizibility’s NFC platform at no…

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Panasonic to launch a new flagship smart phone to embolden presence in European market

Jesse Collins
Panasonic Eluga

  Panasonic is taking a bold step toward establishing its presence in the European market by announcing its new flagship mobile device for the region. Called Eluga, the smart phone features a great deal of fancy technology and built-in applications. It is also waterproof up to a depth of six-to-eight feet. The phone will have a powerful processor capable of handling most of its processes with ease. Panasonic believes that the phone will do well because of these features, but claims that consumers will come to love the phone because…

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Infographic shows possible ways NFC technology could be used in the near future

Jennifer Goula
Mobile Payments

  The United Kingdom’s orange Business Services, an information technology and communications company, has high hopes for NFC technology. NFC is becoming more popular as the prospect of mobile commerce grows. Consumers around the world are now being exposed to the technology for the sake of familiarity and orange believes that this will lead to some new uses for NFC. The company has created an infographic which details their expectations for the technology in the near future. The technology’s uses in mobile commerce are well known by now, but many…

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LG upgrades smart phone with NFC capabilities, gives consumers the ability to make their own tags

Stephen Vagus
Optimus LTE Tag

Famed telecommunications and mobile technology company LG has upgraded their LG Optimus LTE Android smart phones to be fully capable of interfacing with NFC technology. The move comes as NFC grows in popularity amongst consumers. Telecommunications companies have to respond the rising demand for the technology or risk being left behind by competitors. As such, LG’s latest upgrade to their mobile platform will enable consumers to make use of NFC technology in a way that other companies do not support. The Optimus LTE will be able to recognize NFC tags…

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