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Connect your Bluetooth accessories with a simple tap: one of the most convenient use cases of NFC. But what if your Bluetooth gadget doesn’t integrate NFC? You can now create Bluetooth handover tags with the new NFC interactor 7! The new release fully integrates support for parsing NFC tags in existing accessories like headsets, printers… Continue reading Bluetooth and NFC: Connected with NFC interactor 7

The C# version of the NFC / NDEF library has just been updated to version 3.0.2. This release has received a lot of additional testing and a few more tweaks, making it fit for use in business-scale applications. We have spent a large amount of time testing and validating the immensly complex new Bluetooth functionality… Continue reading NFC / NDEF Library – Ready for Action

The open source NFC / NDEF Library is now available also to JavaScript / HTML5 App developers! With growing support and capabilities for HTML5 apps on all desktop and mobile platforms, we want to ensure the compatibility to avoid fragmented ecosystems. As a user, you want your NFC-based service to work, regardless of the manufacturer… Continue reading HTML5 Loves NFC

Over the past few months, the NFC library has seen tremendous progress. Now, the next major release is here: the new 3.0.1 version is now available for download and adds Blueooth, Connection Handover and Windows Phone 8.1 / Universal Apps support! Especially Bluetooth support has been on the wish-list of many users for a long… Continue reading Bluetooth and Windows Phone 8.1 / Universal App-Support in NFC / NDEF Library 3.0

The latest update to the open source NFC / NDEF library brings a wealth of new features, further extending the large amount of use cases where the library makes NFC app development easier. After several alpha and beta releases, the latest stable release has just been pushed to the NuGet online package source for easy… Continue reading NFC / NDEF Open Source Library – Major Update to 2.0

The open source NFC library has received the first in a big series of updates, leading up to the next major release – full business card support, both for Windows Phone 8 as well as for Windows 8.1!

NDEF Library got another supporter with the uNFC library for the Windows embedded platform. The uNFC library allows to use NFC integrated circuits connected to your PC (via serial) or to an embedded system based on Windows Embedded Compact or the .Net Micro Framework. The Library supports the NXP PN532 transceiver module for contactless communication… Continue reading NFC / NDEF Library Expands to Embedded Devices

As a small incremental update release, the latest version of NFC interactor 6.2 is now available for download in the Windows Phone Store! The main new feature is that the live tile of the app now supports the large size, and it shows the message currently saved in the composer on the back side of… Continue reading NFC interactor 6.2 – Large Live Tiles

The Nokia Create Contest included missions that challenged developers to improve their apps with specific features that are especially powerful on Windows Phone devices. We took the challenge and deeply integrated HERE maps into our latest big NFC interactor 6 update. There are 10 winning apps per category – and we’re happy to announce that… Continue reading Nokia Create Contest: NFC interactor Wins

A small maintenance update of NFC interactor is now available in the Windows Phone 8 store. In addition to the screen orientation lock setting option that was added in the previous NFC interactor 6.0 release, the new version now adds the second new GDR 3+ system setting to go straight to the phone’s power options.… Continue reading NFC interactor 6.1: Maintenance Release