Looks after Digital Communications in Thales' Digital Identity & Security business. As a jack of all trades and master of none, Tim blogs on a wide variety of B2B Tech topics. He is a British exile in Provence with an ever growing list of sports injuries. Personal tweets at @FactBoyTim
Posted on 22 December 2011 by
News that Christmas lights in Cambridge (UK) were turned on using an NFC smartphone this year has prompted me to take a look at NFC’s eco credentials. Aside from the festive novelty of using a phone to turn on a set of Christmas lights, NFC has the capacity to have a profound effect on the […]
Posted on 14 December 2011 by
India, as one of the BRICS, is a fast-growing and exploding country. Named a ‘superpower-in-waiting’ by The Economist recently, it is attracting investors and many a business to tap into this wealth of people, services and skills. Which creates wealth, and indeed, there is a booming middle class taking advantage of this growth, especially in […]
Posted on 30 November 2011 by
As you may have seen in our NFC free-running video, the potential uses for mobile contactless technology go way beyond payments in drugstores, fast food restaurants, cinemas etc. Access control is one of the services NFC phones can power, replacing employee ID badges to enter building and as reported by NFC World back in March, […]
Posted on 16 November 2011 by
One of the first places we first experienced contactless technology was as a travel ticket to ride the bus, subway, tube, metro or whatever you call it in your neighborhood. In fact, Oyster cards in London have helped pave the way for the UK to be a hotbed for all types of contactless transactions especially […]
Posted on 10 October 2011 by
This is my last in a series of 3 blog posts about our recent conference on the mobile revolution held at La Cantine in Paris. Over the evening we looked at how the mobile has changed society as a whole, including way we pay and access social networks.
Posted on 03 October 2011 by
This is my second post on our recent conference on how the mobile had impacted society for our French followers at the IT crowd hang-out, La Cantine, in Paris last week. Last week I blogged about the rise of mobile social media and today it’s the turn of mobile payment.
