Though both services concern cellphones and the wireless communications technology known as Near Field Communication (NFC), there are key differences.
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Apps built with the wireless communications technology, which lets devices exchange data across short distances, could help BlackBerry regain some of its appeal with both consumers and developers.
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Gurus also sold out of shares of King of Prussia, Pa. wireless technology company InterDigital Communications.
It is unrealistic to demand, as the Saharkhiz lawsuit does, that wireless communications systems based on global technology standards be sold without that capability.
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Gurus also sold out of shares of King of Prussia, Pa. wireless technology company InterDigital Communications (nasdaq: IDCC - news - people ).
San Diego is the base for companies like Qualcomm that make the underlying technology for wireless communications, and to a number of smaller companies with demand for tech talent.
According to Fuller, the Connected Urban Development pilots helped to show how cities can accelerate their transition to sustainability, reduce CO2 emissions, increase energy efficiency, and decrease waste, all by harnessing the basic information and communications technology available in wireless networks.
Better to put cheap software-defined radios in the hands of penetration testers who can demonstrate the insecurity of those communications than to reserve the technology only for better-funded attackers who would exploit the same wireless communications in secret.
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Motorola Solutions is also betting public-safety communications networks will be upgraded to the speedy 4G wireless technology LTE.
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.
Using location-based technology, the app guides users to the nearest Verizon Wireless Communications Store, where they can easily drop off devices and accessories for donation.
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, today announced LG Electronics has chosen Broadcom's 5G WiFi technology, based on the IEEE 802.11ac standard, for use in select 2013 LG digital TV models.
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The San Diego-based communications chip vendor is shifting production of the wireless chips it sells to a new manufacturing technology that will allow it to build parts with features as small as 28 nanometers across.
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