Other airports testing NFC technology include France's Toulouse-Blagnac airport and several Australian airport gates run by Qantas.
The iPhone does not yet have an NFC-enabled chip, though the next edition, being unveiled this autumn, might.
The Nexus S also contains near field communications (NFC) technology for contactless payments and other transactions.
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There are now Angry Bird plush toys, sweatshirts, flip-flops, magical NFC stickers and cookbooks.
In short, mobile payments will take off when iPhone5 hits the market with NFC.
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Sensors such as GPS, accelerometers, gyroscopes, NFC, and high resolution cameras are now commonplace in smartphones.
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That is, until I stepped foot onto Qwest Field for the NFC Championship game.
But PayPal faces a wider challenge from the introduction of NFC chips into recent smartphones.
Dan Frommer at Business Insider also thinks an NFC-enabled iPhone 5 is plausible.
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Google also built NFC into the latest phone-specific version of its Android software.
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Beginning with the 1984-85 season, the NFC won the Super Bowl 13 consecutive times.
Mr. Bergeron added that he also expects Apple to embed NFC technology in future iPhones.
Lastly, I'm left wondering what the lack of NFC means for the future of the standard.
These specifications further define the modular architecture and interoperability parameters for NFC devices and protocols.
The NFC Forum is also celebrating the announcement of four newly published technical specifications.
And Tag On, LG's NFC-based device-pairing feature, makes accessing content even simpler and more convenient.
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The market for NFC in smartphones is expected to quadruple over the next three years.
Its state-of-the-art radio frequency (RF) performance exceeds requirements established by EMVCo and the NFC Forum.
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Apple, meanwhile, is widely expected to integrate NFC technology into the next version of its iPhone.
The 49ers got off to a slow start against Atlanta in the NFC Championship game.
You could automatically display content about the Giants and the upcoming NFC championship game.
The third category of potential BlackBerry NFC apps relates to mobile wallets and payments.
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Transport for London follows Stagecoach which began installing NFC equipment on its buses in 2009.
And the last NFC Championship game hosted by the Bears was during the 2006-07 season.
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Running back Edgerrin James contributed 73 yards on 16 carries for the NFC West division champions.
Researchers in Vienna were able to write an application to compromise the security of the NFC.
The increasing mantra is there are three professional football leagues, the NFC, AFC, and the SEC.
That said, apart from the X920d the remaining three models all come with NFC.
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