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Marvell unveils 802.11ac 4x4 chip with up to 1.3Gb/s data rate

Marvell unveils 802.11ac 4x4 chip with up to 1.3Gb/s data rate
  • Posted December 5, 2012, 5:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • Following up on the 802.11ac 2x2 chip unveiled this summer, Marvell has announced what is said to be the industry's first 802.11ac 4x4 wireless local area network (WLAN) system-on-a-chip (SoC). Providing streaming data rates of up to 1.3Gb/s when using…

MasterCard to release credit card with display and keypad in 2013

MasterCard to release credit card with display and keypad in 2013
  • Posted November 8, 2012, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Near Field Communication has been at the forefront of payment technology for a couple of years now. We’ve seen the tech ship on multiple smartphones to facilitate paying for things at places like gas stations and convenience stores. A new…

ABI Research: NFC payments forecasted to reach $100 billion by 2016

ABI Research: NFC payments forecasted to reach $100 billion by 2016
  • Posted October 22, 2012, 3:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Near Field Communication (NFC) payment technology is being billed as the next big thing in wireless. Europe and Japan have welcomed NFC with open arms but outside of a few major cities, it has yet to gain traction in the…

Samsung takes a different approach to NFC with TecTiles

Samsung takes a different approach to NFC with TecTiles
  • Posted June 13, 2012, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News With Video
  • The idea of a mobile payment system using Near Field Communication (NFC) has been a topic of conversation for some time now. Companies like Google have taken some of the first steps to implement this technology in the real world…

Google Wallet launched, brings NFC payments to smartphones

Google Wallet launched, brings NFC payments to smartphones
  • Posted September 19, 2011, 4:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing With Video
  • Google has launched Google Wallet today, an Android app that turns your smartphone into a mobile payment system. The company announced the service in May and partnered with Citi, MasterCard, First Data, and Sprint to make it possible for you…

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