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03-20-2014, 01:30 AM
Apple’s decision to ig**re NFC is looking better every day
http://c2.bgr.com/2011/03/mastercard-nfc-mobile-payments110321192135.jpg?w=610 (http://bgr.com/2014/03/19/why-apple-skipped-nfc/)For years, Apple pundits’ favorite game was to guess when the iPhone would finally support NFC, or Near Field Communication (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication). If only Apple would support NFC, then mobile payments would take off, and we could finally stop paying cash and credit cards.*But Apple never did support*NFC (http://bgr.com/tag/nfc/)*and it appears it made the right decision:*According to*GigaOm (http://gigaom.com/2014/03/18/a-dust-up-is-brewing-in-mobile-payments-pitting-isis-against-best-buy-7-eleven/), major retailers Best Buy and 7-Eleven are ditching their NFC sensors in their stores.*
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http://c2.bgr.com/2011/03/mastercard-nfc-mobile-payments110321192135.jpg?w=610 (http://bgr.com/2014/03/19/why-apple-skipped-nfc/)For years, Apple pundits’ favorite game was to guess when the iPhone would finally support NFC, or Near Field Communication (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication). If only Apple would support NFC, then mobile payments would take off, and we could finally stop paying cash and credit cards.*But Apple never did support*NFC (http://bgr.com/tag/nfc/)*and it appears it made the right decision:*According to*GigaOm (http://gigaom.com/2014/03/18/a-dust-up-is-brewing-in-mobile-payments-pitting-isis-against-best-buy-7-eleven/), major retailers Best Buy and 7-Eleven are ditching their NFC sensors in their stores.*
Continue reading... (http://bgr.com/2014/03/19/why-apple-skipped-nfc/)
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