Canada’s largest bank and Canada’s largest communications company to offer efficient and secure mobile way to purchase goods and services with credit and debit MONTREAL AND TORONTO, May 9, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ – RBC and Bell today announced the upcoming availability of an easy, fast and secure way for RBC mobile banking customers to purchase [...]
PowerSkin Launches Battery Case for BlackBerry Z10 Includes Support for NFC – Only $79.99
March 26, 2013 By 2 Comments
Costa Mesa, Calif. – March 26, 2012 – PowerSkin®, maker of shock-absorbing, battery-boosting cases for smartphones and gaming accessories, debuted the first NFC-enabled battery case for the BlackBerry Z10, providing a big boost of power in a one-piece, featherweight design. “PowerSkin® dominates the battery case market in the Android and BlackBerry space,” said Shaun Ng, [...]
Rogers And CIBC Have Invested Up To $60 Million Into Suretap
March 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Back in November, Rogers and CIBC joined together to launch Suretap, the mobile payment system. They claim to be Canada’s first mobile payment system. Currently, both the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Z10 are capable of using this technology with more in the future.
Now Approved for Suretap NFC Payments on Rogers Canada the BlackBerry Z10
March 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Last year Rogers released Suretap NFC Payments for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 an Curve 9360. Suretap utilize the NFC enabled SIM card in your BlackBerry device. Rogers Wireless has now approved the BlackBerry Z10 for suretap security. Now the application for the BlackBerry Z10 is not yet available but it is under construction.
NFC News: VISA Mobile Payment App in Development for BB10!
March 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Well here is some news I personally have been waiting to here CIBC has confirmed via Twitter @cibc when can we expect the visa mobile payment nfc app to be available on BB10? I really enjoyed it on my 9900, @BBABrian We hear you! Our dev team is working on it & making sure the [...]
BlackBerry Launches NFC Ad Campaign in the UK
March 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Ever since i was able to enable the NFC feature on the BlackBerry Bold 9900, I have been hooked on the technology. The possibilities are endless with NFC, you can use it to turn on/off Bluetooth, WiFi, Mobile payments and much more. BlackBerry has launched a new campaign in the UK using NFC technology to [...]
PassWallet & codeREADr Now Beam and Redeem Passes via NFC
February 8, 2013 By 1 Comment
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM and BOSTON, MA–(Marketwire – Feb 7, 2013) – Attido Mobile (http://www.attidomobile.com), developers of the PassWallet app, which supports passes on the Android & BlackBerry platforms, and Skycore LLC, developers of the codeREADr app (https://codereadr.com), which supports the redemption of passes on both Apple’s Passbook and Attido’s PassWallet, have today announced the capability [...]
RIM Pushes TSM Services to Telcos in Competition with SIM Suppliers
January 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
RIM is not only targeting the NFC market with their NFC enabled smartphones, but they are also targeting TSM services and NFC enabled SIM cards as well. RIM is targeting its “secure element manager” service at mobile operators, offering to manage their NFC SIM cards. Now this is separate from their NFC enabled smartphones, as not all [...]
RIM Receives Approval from Visa for Mobile Payment Solution
January 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
WATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Jan. 16, 2013) – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today announced that its Secure Element Manager (SEM) solution for NFC (Near Field Communication) mobile payments has been approved by Visa. RIM’s SEM is the backend solution for carriers that can securely manage credentials on SIM (subscriber identity module) cards installed in all [...]
Canada’s First NFC Enabled Magazine Ad From Rogers And BlackBerry
January 7, 2013 By 1 Comment
When NFC first started to make its way into our phones there were a lot of critics that just didn’t see the point. Sure there is mobile payment solutions, but there is a large infrastructure that needs to be put into place before that becomes a full-scale solution. Well Rogers and BlackBerry have gone another route [...]
Talking With Your Arduino via NFC on BlackBerry
December 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Did you know that it’s easy to exchange data between your NFC enabled smartphone and your Arduino? It can be arbitrary data too – it does not need to be formatted as NDEF tags or ISO 7816-4 APDUs! What does it take to get an Arduino that talks with BlackBerry running? Here’s what I used [...]
Emblm Battery Doors for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 Now Function With NFC!
December 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Mobile LinkI was thumbing through Facebook on my Berry a few minutes ago and saw a recent post from Emblm stating “Emblm has successfully tested NFC with the BlackBerry 9900. Customize your phone without sacrificing functionality!” So I reached out to Emblm’s CEO Pranav Sood and he informed me that Yes it works great [...]
NFC MOBILE PAYMENTS (VIDEO)
December 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
DaBerries has put up an episode of DBTV showing off the exclusive mobile payment system live in Canada. The author remarks on how many people consider the BlackBerry to be an old toy, yet we all know the latest OS7 Devices are still packed with innovations. In the video you’ll see a mobile payment made possible [...]
Links To Past Webcasts, Plus Upcoming Webcast Integrating Apps With BlackBerry Messenger On BlackBerry 10
November 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Leave it to RIM to provide prior webcasts for developers to catch up on. Just a few of the links: NFC-related webcasts, specific webcast titles listed below: NFC overview (Native) NFC Tags BlackBerry® 10 NFC Tags BlackBerry® 7
Get NFC Shortcuts Today Only for $0.99
November 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
http://youtu.be/aG7WhEnJoDYNFC Shortcuts is currently on sale for today ONLY for ONLY $0.99! NFC Shortcuts (aka NFCLauncher) is the first NFC app for BlackBerry that allows you to launch apps or shortcuts conveniently by tapping your BlackBerry® to a NFC tag. Google “nfc-tag-tasks-ideas-all” to read more about this app. For example when you get home, [...]
CIBC Mobile Payment App Now Has A $15 Credit
November 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A few days ago we told you about the CIBC app for suretap launching in Blackberry App World. If you download the app now, CIBC is offering a $15 credit to use towards a purchase. In order to get the credit you must have a CIBC account, Rogers NFC SIM card and the Blackberry Bold [...]
CIBC Mobile Payment™ App Now Available For Download
November 16, 2012 By 1 Comment
Remember a few weeks ago we mentioned Rogers and CIBC joining together for suretap? Now the CIBC app has launched. And you can start using the mobile payment system right away! If you have a Blackberry 9900 this will work if you are on Rogers and soon you will be able to use it on [...]
NFC: Gets More Innovative by Linking Paperbacks and E-Readers!
November 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Last week I wrote about a new NFC mobile payment option we launched with some of our partners. Today, I wanted to take a moment to give you some more information about NFC (near field communication) and how it will turn smartphones into “smarter phones.”
NFC Mobile payments using BlackBerry smartphones now accepted at Tim Hortons
November 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Largest national restaurant chain ready to accept CIBC credit card payments directly from enabled Rogers smartphones OAKVILLE, ON, Nov. 2, 2012 /CNW/ – Tim Hortons helped make history today, playing host to the first Canadian mobile credit card transaction. Canadian Olympic Triathlete Simon Whitfield purchased a Tim Hortons coffee at a downtown Toronto restaurant using [...]
Rogers launches the “Suretap” Mobile Payment System for BlackBerry
November 2, 2012 By 2 Comments
Today, Rogers has released “Suretap” Mobile Payment System for BlackBerry! Rogers customers that have a BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Curve 9380 as well as a CIBC credit card will be happy to know that you can now pay via NFC at select retailers in Canada. What is suretap? Rogers™ suretap™ is a new service that [...]
