Since April 2, 2010, you can pay at Starbucks Coffee with your Taipei Metro Card (EasyCard).
Wait… you can also pay in the 4,500 7-ELEVEN stores in Taiwan, in the 2,500 Family Mart store or 1,500 OK-Mart stores, at the parking lots, directly on the park meter (!), in the taxi, at MacDonald’s, at the movies, [...]

TORO SELECTED AS FINALIST FOR SESAMES INNOVATION AWARD
Akami™ competes for best mobile application.
Hong Kong, November 9th 2009 – TORO, the pure player for NFC mobile platform development, is pleased to announce that their product AKAMI™ as been selected as a finalist for the prestigious SESAMES INNOVATION AWARDS in the MOBILE category.
“We are proud [...]

Toro is finalist for the Sesames awards at Cartes 2009 category mobile

“NOW SAMPLING: NXP’s PN544 complies with the SWP and HCI specifications”
NXP announced this June 2nd that their PN544 NFC chipset is finally ready and available for sampling. That is the piece of information that the entire NFC ecosystem was waiting for since the GSMA officially announced that they backed Gemalto’s proposal to turn the SIM [...]

NXP and BMW announced they have jointly developed a multifunctional car key which combines the usual car key functions with contactless payment and related solutions.
NXP and car maker BMW have jointly developed a multifunctional car key which combines the usual car key functions with contactless payment and related solutions; the companies even offer the possibility [...]

In an earlier article, I explain why Japan should NOT be considered the most advanced market for NFC because, although mobile Felica is widespread, this technology only allows the “card emulation” mode, and is missing out the “reader” and “Peer-to-Peer” modes.

Well, its seems that our Japanese friends are coming up with an answer that might [...]