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NFC is becoming more prevalent in the mobile space. The technology has been featured in a number of smartphones and tablets from manufacturers such as Samsung (005930), Motorola, Nokia (NOK) and Research in Motion (RIMM), among others. The possibilities with NFC appear to be Read the Rest of the story [...]
RIM wants your BlackBerry to be your access badge (via GCN)
By Greg Crowe Sep 13, 2012 Research In Motion (RIM) announced on its Inside Blackberry for Business Blog that security company HID Global was coming out with Secure Identity Services for Read the Rest of the story [...]
HID Global has announced today the launch of their Secure Identity Services for NFC credential provisioning and management. The new tools allow users to have web-based access to managing information for traditional badges on plastic cards, tokens and for digital credentials that can be carried on NFC-enabled smartphones.
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RIM first showed off the new NFC enabled BlackBerry Music Gateway accessory at Blackberry World this year. The new BlackBerry Music Gateway lets you wirelessly play music to your home or car stereo from your BlackBerry® smartphone, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet or any Bluetooth® enabled device. Features include:
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RIM just got a big vote of confidence in their home town with CIBC and Rogers Communication launching their new NFC based payment system starting with BlackBerrys only. The solution will allow Rogers BlackBerry owners with NFC capable devices to pay anywhere that contactless credit card payments are already Read the Rest of the story [...]
If you are attending BlackBerry World 2012 or BlackBerry 10 Jam I would recommend downloading the latest Foursquare v3.9.1 update we just mentioned. It adds NFC support if you have an NFC enabled BlackBerry. This is key because according to Foursquare RIM is going to be using the NFC Read the Rest of the story [...]
Iris ID systems is one of the popular iris bioimetric access solutions that currently uses HID Global’s iCLASS digital credentials. Now they have announced that Iris systems is interoperable with BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones activated with HID Global’s iCLASS digital credentials with iCLASS readers. This is just Read the Rest of the story [...]
A few days before CES 2012 I was browsing Amazon for my last minute travel items and randomly decided to pick up some NFC tags to use with my BlackBerry Bold 9900. What I was going to use them for exactly I wasn’t quite sure, but I knew a Read the Rest of the story [...]
Yale Locks and Hardware was on hand at CES to talk about their new series of Real Living Locks. They are available as deadbolts or lever locks, and use Z-Wave or ZigBee technology. Now this is nothing new to me, as I have been using a Schlage LiNK system for Read the Rest of the story [...]
While new BlackBerry 7 devices with built-in NFC have been out for a while now, we’re still in search of ways to take advantage of them. There aren’t currently many apps or services that make use of NFC, but today RIM and Telefonica have teamed up to bring mobile payments to NFC-enabled Read the Rest of the story [...]
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