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  Apple granted patent for location-aware mobile shopping lists: is this Passbook's future?

  By Evan Rodgers on August 7, 2012 03:35 pm + 32 comments

  The US Patent Office has granted Apple a patent for NFC-enabled "on-the-go shopping lists," as Continue reading…

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  Google Wallet overhauled: support for major credit and debit cards, new remote-disable feature

  By Dante D'Orazio on August 1, 2012 01:48 pm + 161 comments

  Google Wallet has always been held back by two primary problems: a lack of devices that support the Continue reading…

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  Android handsets 'hijacked' using NFC exploits

  By Aaron Souppouris on July 26, 2012 07:10 am + 49 comments

  Security researcher Charlie Miller has demonstrated a number of flaws in the way NFC is handled on Continue reading…

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  Researchers build tiny random number generator for NFC chips

  By Louis Goddard on July 13, 2012 10:21 am + 9 comments

  Researchers at Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University have built a true random number generator Continue reading…

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  Nexus 7 updated to Android 4.1.1, adds Google Wallet

  By Sean Hollister on July 10, 2012 07:26 pm + 54 comments

  Google's $199 Nexus 7 tablet isn't on sale yet, but if you managed to pick one up at Google I/O, you Continue reading…

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  Apple granted patent for NFC-based airport check-in system from 2008

  By Adi Robertson on July 10, 2012 03:09 pm + 64 comments

  A four-year-old Apple patent granted today describes a wide-ranging NFC check-in system for Continue reading…

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  Google Wallet for Sprint's HTC Evo 4G LTE will be fixed this month via OTA update

  By Evan Rodgers on July 10, 2012 12:00 pm + 7 comments

  Sprint customers that bought an HTC Evo 4G LTE have had issues with Google Wallet since its release, Continue reading…

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  Apple dropped NFC mobile payment plans due to battery and adoption concerns, says WSJ

  By Bryan Bishop on July 6, 2012 10:03 pm + 226 comments

  Amongst the many products Apple unveiled at this year's WWDC was Passbook, an app that collates a Continue reading…

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  MasterCard and Deutsche Telekom to roll out mobile payment tech

  By Louis Goddard on July 2, 2012 09:22 am + 3 comments

  MasterCard and Deutsche Telekom today announced a partnership to roll out mobile payments technology Continue reading…

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  Google confirms ‘software issue’ with HTC Evo 4G LTE and Google Wallet; update forthcoming

  By Bryan Bishop on June 21, 2012 04:07 pm + 12 comments

  Some owners of the HTC Evo 4G LTE on Sprint have been voicing complaints that Google Wallet isn't Continue reading…