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All-American Apps: Mobile Works Its Way Into Summer Pastimes
July 03, 2012

Odds are you already use your phone for more than calling, texts and emails. Even if it just the occasional game of Skeeball, you’re like most people if you’ve found that a smartphone adds a little bit more fun to your everyday life. Here are...

French Mobile Operator Orange Finally Ready For NFC
July 02, 2012

Orange has recently announced a nationwide wide deployment of NFC SIM cards in France, covering 27 million subscribers. According to news site TechCrunch, Orange’s SIM solution is the first to have the same level of security as a smart card or chip based payment. Get...

Fime, An Orange Company, Opens NFC Testing Lab In South Korea
July 02, 2012

Fime, a subsidiary of France Telecom, has opened a new NFC-focused mobile technology test lab in Seoul, South Korea. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...

Rumor: Google Wallet May Be Setting Up for U.K. Launch
July 02, 2012

Google may be prepared to formally launch its mobile wallet platform in the U.K., NFC World reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

MasterCard to Deliver NFC Solutions to Russian Postal Service
June 28, 2012

MasterCard will provide NFC payment solutions to 2,000 of the Russian Post’s 42,000 office locations, NFC World says. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

We Just Can’t Put Our Phones Down, New Usage Data Show
June 27, 2012

Roughly 15 percent of all American adults do their web browsing almost exclusively on a mobile device — highlighting the ever-increasing importance of the mobile ecosystem to businesses of all kinds. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

PayPal Doing More to Enable Mobile Commerce In Singapore
June 27, 2012

Rahul Shinghal, director of PayPal Mobile for the Asia Pacific region, says merchants aren’t delivering the solutions consumers are demanding in markets like Singapore. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Startup Puts Your Entire Wallet On One Card, Then Optimizes Rewards
June 26, 2012

A young company based in Santa Monica, Calif., has released the beta version of a payment card that uses cloud technology to automatically optimize consumer rewards programs, TechCrunch says. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Could This New Technology Help Boost NFC Ignition?
June 23, 2012

California-based Raging Mobile says femtocell technology could help accelerate ignition for NFC-enabled commerce, according to RFID Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...