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February, 2009
NTT combines Java & RFID, for loyalty cards
NTT Communications has begun trials of a high-tech alternative to loyalty cards that promises to simplify their use. Loyalty cards are big business and are often handed out to customers when they have made a purchase. Consequently, people end up with wallets stuffed with too many cards. When cell phone carriers began rolling out electronic [...]
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Nokia Announces App ‘Smart Store’
Nokia kicks off the 2009 Mobile World Congress in Bacelona with the announcement of the Ovi Store, an application store that blends media with social networking and location-based services, akin to Google’s Latitude application. Ovi already boasts partners such as Facebook, MySpace and game publisher Electronic Arts. Nokia Executive Vice President Tero Ojanperä used a [...]
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The Smallest RFID Tag for Jewelry
DAILY RFID recently announced availability of the jewelry industry OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) RFID tag, designed to automate Jewelry tracking in retail, wholesale, or secured storage applications.This RFID OEM tag enable entire trays of tagged jewelry to be simultaneously scanned into an RFID-enabled system within no time, eliminating the need for individual scanning and increasing [...]
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RuBee a Rugged Alternative to RFID
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has approved a standard for RuBee, a technology that is a bit like RFID but can be used in harsher environments such as underwater or in firearms. Steel, liquids, animals and people, among other things, can disrupt RFID (radio frequency identification), according to Visible Assets, the small company [...]
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