This week finally feels like Spring is in the air; the sun is shining, plants are starting to grow and even the contactless world is showing signs of new activities and projects. In the US, a large department store has started using mobile couponing, where customers receive barcode vouchers (either via text or the website),… Read More
FILM – The SIM-based NFC trial at Mobile World Congress 2010
Have a look at the latest film that we have uploaded on C-ITV. Fresh from this year’s Mobile World Congress, we spoke to Visa, Telefonica O2, Samsung, la Caixa, G&D and ITN International about their recent SIM-based NFC trial during the Mobile World Congress show and find out how this impacts the plans they have… Read More
Be aware. Unsolicited PR emailings are ‘spam’.
This is an interesting topic and its for those of you out there who send out press releases using an editor mailing database. You know who you are. It’s become ‘business-as-usual’ for many corporate PR departments (and more PR agencies that we’d like to acknowledge) to act as if this is ‘just-how-you-do-what-you-do’. Sadly – it’s… Read More
Moving on – moving up.
We seem to have hit our stride in the development of the Krowne weblog and now I would like to open it up to the testing circle for feedback. But first, a quick poll… Please vote – it will allow us to know where we stand with our development. We will also be putting out… Read More
Against Biometric ID cards?
As of October 2009, Sir Joseph Pilling is acting as the UK’s Identity Commissioner, an ‘independent’ voice to oversee the UK National Identity Service. The Identity Commissioner’s first report that was published for public viewing last week, outlines his findings so far and plans for 2010 of which include assessing the awareness of citizens and the business community; physical… Read More
This week on C-ITV
What great news we’ve just received in the UK – a real boost to contactless morale. The contactless limit has been increased from £10 to £15, which should help the technology on many levels. Read More
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