By Adriana Lee |
It’s not easy being a credit card. These bits of plastic are so passé, after all. Industry watchers once thought RFID (radio frequency identification) chips would usher them into obsolescence, but these systems aren’t cheap and all sorts of security concerns got stirred up after multiple…
By Brandon Russell |
Nokia wants to enable image sharing on its 808 PureView using Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. Say that tens time fast. Speaking with Engadget, the company expressed interest in the idea and said “picture sharing would be possible across devices.” Devices, meaning the feature won’t…
By Killian Bell |
Nokia has been known to leak upcoming devices accidentally, and today the Finnish firm is at it again. In a new video prematurely uploaded to its official YouTube channel, the company reveals the Lumia 610 NFC, its first Windows Phone handset to feature NFC technology.…
By Sean P. Aune |
Ubiquitous credit card brands MasterCard and Visa warned today of a security breach that could potentially impact up to 10 million card holders. First reported by the blog Krebs on Security, MasterCard and Visa – the two biggest credit card issuers in the world –…
By Killian Bell |
Google’s upcoming mobile payment service, Google Wallet, was teased in a humorous video featuring George Costanza over the weekend, but we could see the service launch today on the Nexus S. According to a leaked document, which is reportedly intended for Google’s payment partners, the…
By Emily Price |
Google is gearing up to launch its Google Wallet service, and has enlisted the help of a former TV icon to promote it. The clip above stars George Costanza, sidekick of Jerry Seinfeld on the popular show Seinfeld. In the clip George personifies the reason…
By Adriana Lee |
If you’ve been reading TechnoBuffalo for a while, then you know there’s nothing we like better than a tasty infographic. And here’s one that touches on a very hot topic these days: mobile payments. The writing has been on the wall for a while now,…
By Adriana Lee |
MasterCard has been on a serious hunt for mobile payment strategies for a while now. Following its Isis plans going poof, the credit services company was among the first to hitch onto Google Wallet, and now there’s word it’s on the brink of launching another…
By Adriana Lee |
Watching the Google Wallet dog-and-pony show today over the new Near Field Ccommunication (NFC)-equipped digital wallet initiative was really fascinating. And also kind of uneasy. I just kept thinking, “This is it. This is the future… So why do I have the cold sweats?” Maybe…
By Emily Price |
Support for NFC (near-field communication) may be coming to Windows Phone 7 in its next update. According to Bloomberg, Microsoft will be adding support for NFC payments to its next update of Windows Phone 7, and will be outfitting new handsets with the technology as…
By Emily Price |
Google may be getting a little more serious when it comes to mobile payments. The Wall Street Journal claims that the company has teamed up with MasterCard and Citigroup to bring near field communication (NFC) technology to more Android devices (the technology is currently supported…
