Tag: POPwings

NFC – Not For Commerce?

eBay Chief Executive John Donahoe recently claimed that NFC stands for “Not for Commerce”, when discussing Near Field Communication being used to turn cell phones into mobile wallets. At Mobile World Congress, Russell Buckley said something along the same lines. Apple has not yet backed the technology as many were expecting, but many of the […]

GITEX 2013 is under way – Stay up to date…

The 2013 edition of the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) begins today at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The five day event, running until the 24th, serves as the ICT business, new product platform and innovation gateway to the Middle East, North Africa and the South Asian region. More than 3,500 companies will be represented […]

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GITEX 2013 – From tweets to iPad minis

After a week of innovative technology demonstrations, packed conferences and inspiring speeches, GITEX 2013 is today drawing to a close. In addition to the end of the exhibition, this day also marks the close of our GITEX iPad Mini competition. Throughout the week, we’ve been on the look-out for the most insightful tweets about our […]

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Your NFC business card

Greetings from LeWeb in Paris where the Internet of Things is this year’s theme. Can you picture the event with around 3,000 attendees milling about and meeting each other? Now imagine the number of business cards being exchanged… How many conferences or events have you attended where you have swapped business cards with new and […]

The day before the first day of Mobile World Congress

That’s right – it has started. Mobile World Congress 2013 has kicked off in style. We’re in a new vast venue in Barcelona, the city is alive with visitors from all over the world, it’s the first conference to offer a truly integrated NFC Experience, and there’s plenty of excitement around the biggest mobile show […]

The Death of the Rolodex: could NFC put business cards…

Last week saw the launch of MOO.com’s Android app, which allows users to program custom URLs or vCards onto their NFC-enabled business cards. Together with our own POPwings offering, (which uses your phone to create and share personalized NFC business cards, including contact details, social media profiles and photos) this shows that the market for […]