Business Insider reports that according to Bernstein research report, Apple ’s
won’t include NFC technology for mobile payments. NFC technology is quite popular in countries like Japan and South Korea for mobile payments but is yet to take off in the West.
will include NFC technology, while there are some who claim that Apple will introduce it in
next year. 
NFC is a short range wireless technology that enables devices to communicate (more…)

Couple of days back, we reported that
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TechCrunch has just reported that they’ve received some more interesting information from their source about Apple ’s partnership with Nuance.
as it is a leader in this space and also holds wide range of patents. It makes a lot more sense than buying the company, which currently has a market cap of $6.5 billion.
one anonymous tipster who correctly knew other information about the two companies tells (more…)

, which will be
. Apple had acquired Siri last year, a startup that had launched a
, which was quite popular on the
.
TechCrunch reports that Apple is in talks with Nuance Communications, whose speech recognition technology is used in Siri’s
.
Apple has been negotiating a deal with Nuance in recent months, we’ve heard from multiple sources. What does that mean? Well, it could mean an acquisition, but that is looking fairly unlikely at (more…)

We were quite excited when Apple acquired Siri last year. Siri was a young startup that had launched a
, which was quite popular on the
.
, which will be
.
The use of Siri’s artificial intelligence and assistance technology is said to be deeply integrated into the OS for all the different services offered. And the team is now putting the finishing touches on the elements that will be demoed at WWDC, we hear. This tech may also be opened (more…)

,
but is apparently working on it to bring the technology to iOS devices next year, which meant that it will be introduced in
.
will come with built-in NFC chips.
An entrepreneur who is working on a top-secret NFC product told me today that he believes the iPhone 5 will have NFC and cited a friend who works at Apple as a reliable source for the information. To further bolster his statement, the entrepreneur said that manufacturers of NFC readers (more…)

. NFC is a short range wireless technology that enables devices to communicate with each other to perform simple transactions. This technology has been in use in countries like Japan and South Korea – but is yet to take off in the West.
, it did not mention it and even the
has not indicated any possibility of Apple magically enabling the NFC feature in the future.
, which is probably more ideal than iPad 2 for the
system may not get the (more…)

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It goes on to add that Apple may use Samsung’s Super Plane to Line (PLS) technology that was unveiled in November 2010 in the second generation iPad.
According to sources, the company, established in January 2009, is in the final stage of talks on supplying its latest LCD panels for Apple ’s iPad 2, which is expected to be released later this year.
It was further reported that Apple is interested in Samsung Mobile Display’s Super Plane (more…)

It is a known fact that when it comes to cellular phone technology, Asian countries like Japan and South Korea are a generation ahead of the West. Technologies like
(Near Field Communications), a short range wireless technology, which enables support for “tap and go” credit and debit card payments and public transport fare payments while on the move is yet to take off in the West.
Since Apple yet to deploy NFC technology in the iPhone , Japanese (more…)

iOS 4.2 released last week brings new features like
,
,
,
.
But looks like Apple did not mention one of major enhancements in iOS 4.2 release notes.  Nokia Siemens Networks has revealed that
supports a new technology called Network Controlled Fast Dormancy (NFCD) that enables the cellular network and the handset to work together to create the best conditions for smartphones to work quickly, yet have a long battery life and minimize network (more…)

For the uninitiated, NFC stands for Near Field Communication. It is a short range wireless technology that enables devices to communicate with each other to perform simple transactions. This technology has been in use in countries like Japan and South Korea – but is yet to take off in the West.
. This technology could allow iPhone users to run any compatible Mac as their own Mac.
Confused? Well let us explain. The NFC ready iPhone would carry (more…)