You’ll pay for this Mr Bond! – Step aside 007,…
Posted on 23 October 2012 by
Mobile Industry Review’s Ewan MacLeod and technology expert Jon Choo are taking part in the Gemalto Contactless Challenge, testing NFC availability in London
Blogger profile: Tim Cawsey
Looks after Digital Communications in Thales' Digital Identity & Security business. As a jack of all trades and master of none, Tim blogs on a wide variety of B2B Tech topics. He is a British exile in Provence with an ever growing list of sports injuries. Personal tweets at @FactBoyTim
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Christmas lights and the NFC paper trail
Posted on 22 December 2011 by
News that Christmas lights in Cambridge (UK) were turned on using an NFC smartphone this year has prompted me to take a look at NFC’s eco credentials. Aside from the festive novelty of using a phone to turn on a set of Christmas lights, NFC has the capacity to have a profound effect on the […]
Using your mobile phone to pay for the bus, subway,…
Posted on 16 November 2011 by
One of the first places we first experienced contactless technology was as a travel ticket to ride the bus, subway, tube, metro or whatever you call it in your neighborhood. In fact, Oyster cards in London have helped pave the way for the UK to be a hotbed for all types of contactless transactions especially […]
Mobile payment from South Africa to South Beach
Posted on 03 October 2011 by
This is my second post on our recent conference on how the mobile had impacted society for our French followers at the IT crowd hang-out, La Cantine, in Paris last week. Last week I blogged about the rise of mobile social media and today it’s the turn of mobile payment.
The Technology behind the Contactless Challenge
Posted on 16 November 2012 by
If you read my recent blog post about our forthcoming Contactless Challenge, you may wish to know more about the technology behind the payments that Ewan MacLeod and Jon Choo will be making in and around London in the coming weeks. I’ll admit, inspired by the latest James Bond film, I may have been a […]
The office of the past, present and future – part…
Posted on 04 December 2013 by
Today’s technology doesn’t only help us do our day jobs faster and more knowledgably, it also speeds up the admin tasks that keep every good office operating well. Many workers can now do the majority of admin tasks themselves, eliminating the need for hoards of assistants and secretaries who were previously required to do everything […]