Previously only available at Portland, Google has now started to grow their NFC lovechild to more places. After a great success trial in Portland, the search-giant Internet Company is now expanding its NFC check-in program to four new cities, slapping RFID “Recommended on Google” stickers on windows in Las Vegas; Madison, Wisconsin; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Austin, Texas.

The company wants to be the best in the location-based service market, and NFC is its crane kick. While Foursquare and Facebook users are forced to do silly things like track down the right business in an endless list of nearby results or try and focus their cellphone’s camera on a dimly lit QR code, you could simply be swiping over a sticker, scoring discounts and moving on. Well, at least until Foursquare’s NFC check-in system goes live that is.

Of course, let’s not forget that you must have an NFC-equipped smartphone to use this service, while the rest of the crowd will happily stick to GPS thank you. Now, will Google ever bring these “Recommended on Google” stickers to our home town?

SOURCE via Slashgear