Lib Dem peer, Lord Carlile, the government's reviewer of anti-terror laws, broadly welcomed the phone tap idea but warned the government not to see it as a "silver bullet".
Why carry cards and cash when you can swipe your phone or tap it to pay for goods and services?
Whereas with Mastercard or American Express the consumer just presents their card and signs, Visa users had to hand over their phone numbers and tap in security details on their own phones.
We're keen on the fbt, a phone designed for braille text messaging, and the Tap, which is shaped like a light switch and functions like one too -- when you tap it, the phone turns off so you can live once again in peace.
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She was also concerned that the Jones people might tap her phone.
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Funny, Google just launched an Android wallet using Citi Mastercard which allows users to tap their phone to pay anywhere that uses MasterCard PayPass.
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Systems that tap a phone's camera and GPS to overlay information on an image of nearby surroundings, also called "augmented reality, " is also in development, officials said.
It would be great to see ATMs adapting to NFC technology to enable me to withdraw cash when I select a card from my wallet and tap my phone in front of an ATM screen.
Also last year, T-Mobile USA sold a Huawei phone called the T-Mobile Tap that didn't feature the Huawei brand.
Just wait for those dirty looks from fellow caffeine addicts as you fumble to unlock your phone, launch your app, tap it, and wait for the beep.
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For the occasion, most of Barcelona's taxi cabs have been outfitted with terminals that let them accept a "tap" from a phone as a mode of payment.
The trial is part of a rapidly growing consumer-service trend of skipping cash, and even credit cards, in favor of a quick tap from a mobile phone.
Surface demos have a sort of sci-fi like appeal: drop your phone on the table, then just tap which songs, ringtones, videos or games you want and Surface will pour the digital stuff into your device.
Simply tap your Flex band on your Android phone and it will automatically launch the Fitbit Android app.
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Once enabled in settings, you can tap and hold the screen, rotate the phone horizontally and you'll be sent to the camera app.
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Now you can tap the microphone and dictate a message even with the phone in airplane mode.
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In his talk, Teso demonstrated an Android application he built that allowed him to redirect a virtual plane with just a tap on a map application running on his Samsung Galaxy phone.
With mobile phone growth skyrocketing in the continent, price-based competition is becoming vital to tap into the African market share.
Users can tap into the application to create reminders that are forwarded and stored on the phone.
Those digital assets will also create a "context" around you that will make it possible for your devices to know and recognize your preferences and needs, so that when you go to buy a new mobile phone or PC, everything you need to get up and running will be instantly on tap.
Blogs and anti-immigration organizations used the Web to tap into the growing discontent over the immigration bill, using the Internet to organize phone and fax campaigns to urge senators to vote against the bill.
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