Swiping your iPhone to unlock and tapping on Foursquare to check in? That’s so… months ago. What’s more ridiculous if the place that you are at isn’t listed. Make things even more troublesome. I foresee NFC to be more fun and yet simpler to play with. Imagine every cafés and shops that you go to have a “Recommended on Google Places” signboard, things will be more fun. Just get your smartphone near to that NFC chip, and you’ll be able to ‘check-in’ like Foursquare, besides getting a link to their Facebook page which you can proceed to click “Like”, and also a link to their corporate blog which you can have a look at their latest products and offers.

Google’s latest smartphone, the Nexus S, which was dubbed “Pure Google” experience, has an NFC chip embedded on it. Just hold your handset up to the black dot, and voila, your phone gets a “tag”. Google’s now distributing the signs on a trial basis to Portland, Oregon businesses as part of a larger Google Places kit, though it doesn’t explain how (or if) they’ll be able to program the chips. Now would probably be a great time to try out this, by simply signing-up at the link below.

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