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Tagonic offers the chance to win 1000 NFC tags
NFC Tag platform provider Tagonic is running a competition offering UK-based developers a prize of up to 1,000 free NFC tags.
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Got a creative NFC idea?
NFC Tag platform provider Tagonic is running a competition offering UK-based developers a prize of up to 1,000 free NFC tags.
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NFC Hub: Trailblazing NFC Applications
With NFC Hub, Nokia aims to promote the use and adoption of NFC in businesses worldwide. NFC Hub is initially offering the creation of NFC Tag embedded business cards, stickers and posters. But unlike other companies that offer the creation of NFC Tags, NFC Hub does so much more.
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Nokia to bring NFC to New York commuters
The handset maker has signed a deal with the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority to test cloud-based NFC ticketing with Nokia phones by the end of 2011, the company has told NFC World. NFC payments will then arrive on Nokia phones for the first time at the beginning of 2012.
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Nokia introduces NFC services in Singapore to benefit businesses, commuters and visitors
Nokia is introducing the Singapore NFC Hub to make it easier for businesses to adopt NFC technology in offering innovative services. The NFC Hub enables businesses to order NFC tags and posters to create custom NFC campaigns; these posters and tags allow users to access various communication platforms with any NFC-compliant devices and can be customised according to specific business and campaign needs.
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SMRT commuters first in Singapore to benefit from new Near Field Communication hub
SMRT today launched iMobSMRT, its Near Field Communication (NFC) technology enabled spaces, making it simpler for its 2million plus commuters daily to make transactions, exchange digital content, and connect.
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In London, museum visits enhanced with NFC technology
Just a couple of weeks ago we wrote about Navigo in Paris who are trialling a scheme that uses NFC-enabled smartphones as travel passes on public transport. Now, across the waters, the Museum of London is embracing that same technology to enhance the visiting experiences of guests, while enabling them to share those experiences online.
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Nokia Encourages Visitors to Play Tag at the Museum of London
Last weekend I visited the Museum of London. I had heard that Nokia’s NFC Hub initiative had recently set up an interactive service that used signs enabled with near field communication (NFC). Visitors with an NFC-equipped mobile phone would be able to place the device on any NFC tag in the museum and learn more about the objects on display.
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Up close and personal with NFC
Last month we told you about the NFC hub where you can buy tags, posters, business cards and stickers to use with NFC-enabled phones. So we’ve given them a test. A brief browse of the NFC hub site, demonstrates how useful this technology is already, and it&rquo;s barely got started.
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NFC on Nokia’s new devices [and why we should kill the QR Code]
Ever since my trip to Tokyo last year (also known as, my trip to the future), I’ve been a huge fan of NFC and all things near-field-communication-ness.
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NFC to come as standard on all Nokia phones
Nokia has revealed that it plans to add near field communications (NFC) to all Nokia phones in the future, which means that even the company’s upcoming batch of Windows Phones will have the chip inside.
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Nokia views NFC as complete QR code replacement tech
In our original story - ‘Nokia positions NFC as the QR code’s nemesis’ here, GoMo News hadn’t fully appreciated the full strengths of the company’s attitude towards NFC. The Finnish mobile phone giant really does view NFC as a complete replacement for QR/2D barcodes.
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1000Heads Word of Mouth agency arrange NFC check-ins for their ‘48hrs in Hong Kong’ activity
The special activity for Nokia’s Symbian Belle launch took place in Hong Kong, and with the help of NFC-Hub, produced special NFC-enabled Facebook check-in posters that were placed up at different locations around Hong Kong.
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Nokia launches Dennis-produced NFC-enabled newsstand magazine
The magazine - produced by Dennis Publishing for Nokia - is part of a wider Nokia push to promote the handset manufacturer’s latest range of NFC-enabled smartphones.
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Nokia brings NFC technology to London museum
Nokia is bringing brought Near Field Communication technology to life by giving London’s museum visitors an easy way to learn more through their phones.
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Nokia Helps Companies Tag Advertising in U.K. to Get Phone Users Tapping
Nokia is offering companies advertising with embedded tags that can be read by some mobile phones as it tries to gain a lead in the technology over rivals such as Apple Inc. and Google Inc.
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Nokia to talk NFC ‘smart posters’ at Monetising Mobile
Rupert Englander to explain the potential of Nokia’s NFC Hub service at ME’s conference on mobile discovery next month.
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NFC Hub is a model of simplicity
In a sign of the imminent mass market arrival of NFC ‘touch-to...’ technology, Nokia has launched a service for creating NFC tags and posters. The NFC Hub enables users to order NFC tags pre-programmed with Facebook and Foursquare check-ins, Twitter follows or any custom web address. It is intended to expedite the rollout of NFC tags in shops, public venues and company offices.
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Nokia launches online NFC store
Nokia has launched NFC Hub, an online service designed to make it easy for businesses to begin adopting NFC tag reading solutions.
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Nokia in the NFC Times
Nokia plans to release its update to the Symbian operating system, called Anna, in July or August to turn on the NFC features of its C7 smartphone worldwide. The move signals the start of a new NFC push by the Finland-based handset maker.
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NFC Hub at Marketing week live Instore Show
nfc-hub.com launched on the 27th June 2011, so to help raise awareness the team went to the Instore show at the Olympia exhibition centre in London on the 29th and 30th of June.
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Pocket-lint website of the day
NFC. Three little letters that we’ve talked about before. Three little letters which hold an enticing future for the mobile phone operators and manufacturers.
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Bolser Launches NFC Hub
Digital agency and mobile app developer Bolser has launched a transactional website at www.nfc-hub.com that offers easy access to NFC technology for small businesses and individuals.
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Nokia in Monaco
Get a real insight into the future of NFC. Check out what happened at the NFC Mobile Experience at the WIMA Congress 2011 held in Monaco.
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