‘LikeBelt’ Prototype Lets You Update Facebook with a Hip Thrust | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Sony’s Custom NFC Tags Can Simplify Your Work/Life Balance via @PSFK

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is set to release a branded, iOS-only, NFC payment app, called Kaching

(via Bank On It | trendcentral)

Will NFC follow the path or QR codes or will it reach the masses?

(via 2012 Will Be The Year NFC Breaks Big—Just Not In The U.S. | Fast Company)

In Taiwan, taxis booked via NFC | via @Springwise

In London, museum visits enhanced with NFC technology | via @Springwise

NFC payment technology is exciting. It is coming, by hook or by crook, and it will change commerce forever. That’s something Apple loves to do. The company Apple is perfectly positioned to overturn the current payments system, and build a whole new mode for shopping.

(via NFC Contactless Payments And The iPhone 5 | Fast Company)

NFC Enabled App Makes File Sharing As Simple As Tapping Two Phones - PSFK

Now Google’s trying to reinvent how we pay for even more things. It’s just revealed Wallet, the first big-name, large scale rollout of NFC wireless wave-and-pay next generation credit cards.

(via Google’s NFC-Powered Digital Wallet: Room For Your Shopping Lists, Credit Cards … And Complete Trust | Fast Company)