Google has discontinued its NFC (near-field communication) Smart Unlock for Android, a cool little feature that allowed users to easily unlock their nearby Android phone. NFC devices can interact ...
Google may have backed the wrong horse when it decided to tie its Google Wallet payment app to the short-range wireless near field communications technology. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News ...
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“Hello Jacqui! I see you buy vodka regularly—would you like a 50 percent off coupon on some cranberry juice to go with it?” Google hopes to give retailers access to more in-depth customer data as part ...
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 09: In this photo illustration, The Google logo is displayed on a mobile phone and computer monitor on August 09, 2017 in London, England. Founded in 1995 by Sergey Brin and ...
Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s incendiary statement that near field communication-enabled Android smartphones would be positioned to replace credit cards has sent shockwaves through the mobile commerce ...
Grab your hoverboards, gang: The next generation of Android phones is on the way, and it’s going to feel a bit like something out of Back to the Future II. Near Field Communication — better known by ...
Square’s gone after the clunky old cash register. Now Google’s trying to reinvent how we pay for even more things. It’s just revealed Wallet, the first big-name, large scale rollout of NFC wireless ...
ViVOtech, the near field communication (NFC) software and systems company, has raised $24 million in Series C funding from Singapore’s EDBI, SingTel Innov8, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, Alloy ...
Google Assistant’s new Driving Mode has yet to arrive on devices, but some early hints within the Google app are pointing to support for NFC quick launch of the new feature. The folks over at XDA were ...
Google is holding an event tomorrow in New York City. While everyone seems to be aware that it’s a partner event to announce the NFC strategy for their Android phones, Google has refused to confirm it ...
Google had previously offered more limited support for security key options on iOS, like its Titan security key, which only worked over Bluetooth and had to be used in conjunction with Google’s Smart ...