Tapped NFC

Amazon is a non-believer. No alternative outlined, though.

http://mashable.com/2015/05/16/amazon-nfc-not-for-me/

Amazon VP: 'Anyone working on NFC is focusing on last century's problem' Amazon VP of Payments Patrick Gauthier thinks the popular technology isn't the way to go.

Adidas is doing in (almost) every shoe. Why not?

http://www.thedrum.com/news/2015/04/16/connected-kit-how-adidas-kicking-wearable-tech

Connected kit: how Adidas is kicking off with wearable tech Adidas is betting on wearables to shape its single customer view, kitting out trainers and apparel with near-field communications (NFC)...

More practical than crazy: Implantable NFC chip. Sounds a bit out there but can be done pretty much now. Batteries not included or ever necessary...

http://vimeo.com/78136289

Dangerous Things xNT Campaign Video Dangerous Things has developed an NFC Type 2 compliant RFID implant based on the NTAG203 chip. Check out the campaing now at http://igg.me/at/nfc-implant

Want to finally pay with your iPhone wherever any payment terminal exists? Now you can make it happen thanks to Loop.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/loop/pay-with-loop?ref=live

Pay with Loop! Loop is the first mobile wallet to let you securely store all your cards in your phone and let you pay at more than 90% of retailers.

How about a coupon to convince you to buy that pizza from the commercial you just watched? Coming your way sooner than later via your cable TV remote with NFC.

http://www.fiercecable.com/story/comcast-charter-cox-supplier-universal-electronics-demonstrates-nfc-enabled/2013-10-23

Comcast, Charter, Cox supplier Universal Electronics demonstrates NFC-enabled remote control Demonstrating a remote control that could let a cable subscriber who sees a Pizza Hut ad on TV receive a coupon by tapping his remote to a smartphone, top Comcast remote control supplier Universal Electronics is offering a glimpse at some of the next-generation applications that could be deployed by...

British Airways using NFC to manage its eInk-based futuristic baggage tag. If you had a chance, would you buy one to save time?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelvideo/10372773/The-smartphone-bag-tag-that-will-revolutionise-air-travel.html

The smartphone bag-tag that will revolutionise air travel - Telegraph British Airways has begun testing new digital luggage tags that could replace paper tags on checked baggage next year

pple patents home screen fingerprint reader with NFC capability. Sign off things to come with iPhone 5S / 6 / ??

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2013/09/phenomenal-patent-details-fingerprint-scanner-with-advanced-nfc-application-built-right-into-the-home-button.html

NFC coming to a cable box near you.
http://www.fiercecable.com/special-reports/tap-watch-how-near-field-communication-could-transform-pay-tv-business

Tap to watch: How near field communication could transform the pay TV business When NFC emerged a decade ago, it was seen as a replacement for credit cards. Early adopters include Samsung and Visa, which embedded an NFC payment system in Galaxy smartphones, and the city of San Francisco, where drivers can tap phones to an NFC reader on parking meters to pay for a space.

If more than 100 million NFC-enabled smartphones out there, integrating NFC into your apps should be a foregone conclusion. But here's just one more reason.
http://www.rfidworld.ca/nfc-market-estimated-to-be-worth-10-billion-by-2016/1648

NFC Market Estimated to be Worth 10 Billion by 2016 | RFID Technology News (Radio Frequency ID) source - IHS iSuppli According to the market research report “Near Field Communication (NFC) Market – Global Forecast & Analysis (2011 – 2016)

Nice! Share your Firefox on Android tabs using NFC http://www.themobileindian.com/news/13571_Firefox-beta-for-Android-arrives-with-bunch-of-improvements

Firefox beta for Android arrives with bunch of improvements Mozilla has pushed a new beta build of Firefox for Android by adding several improvements including the Near Field Communication Bump feature..

Free as in beer, assuming you have - courtesy of Guiness. http://2d-code.co.uk/free-guinness/

iPhone Users Miss Out On Free Beer Users of Android and BlackBerry Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled devices can get a free pint of Guinness in twenty pubs across the UK from now until the 31st August. All you have to do is make sure your NFC is turned on and then tap the harp logo on the pub’s Guinness beer dispenser (image bel...

Good to see NFC in action in Barcelona. Hope they keep improving the content this placard sends you to.