Now makes use of the data that Google and your phone can gather about your daily life and uses it to serve up useful information, spontaneously, in a stream of cards that is accessed by tapping the search field, or swiping the open button up.

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Contacts, maps and websites can be shared wirelessly using near-field communications (NFC), by tapping two compatible phones together.

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Then in 1999 BP found Crazy Horse, with an estimated 1.5 billion barrels lying 1, 800 meters below, a field that is expected to produce wells tapping more than 20, 000 barrels a day by 2005, 20 times the average in shallower portions of the Gulf.

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Google Wallet uses near field communication (NFC) to make secure payments fast and convenient by simply tapping the phone on any PayPass-enabled terminal at checkout.

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To connect virtually anywhere, ThinkPad Helix comes with optional LTE high speed wireless and also pioneers the emerging Near Field Communications (NFC) technology that allows devices to share data seamlessly by simply tapping to pair them.

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