NFC is suddenly in news everywhere ,almost with every new major mobile or tablet launch the feature is expected to be in there .The recent announcement of Apple iPhone 4S and also lack of NFC in it disappointed techies across the globe.NFC has many uses as a technology. But the one that has pushed it into the spotlight lately is as an enabler of the mobile wallet.The recent launch of Google Wallet has further proves it .However there are concerns as how secure it is.
Google Wallet
When news about NFC technology started buzzing in internet circles and in blogging sites ,speculation of its use in various domains were made as we write lot of development in applications using NFC has been made. Paypal already showed how easy payments transfer can be used using NFC . (Read Paypal using NFC ). Not to lag behind and realizing the market this can be in future , Goggle came with its own app Google Wallet.
Google Wallet is a mobile payment system developed by Google that allows its users to store credit cards, loyalty cards, and gift cards among other things, as well as redeeming sales promotions on their mobile phone.Google Wallet uses near field communication to “make secure payments fast and convenient by simply tapping the phone on any PayPass-enabled terminal at checkout.
