kul

A bunch of our users put up use cases here: https://plus.google.com/102023090624091726129/posts/4qBJBvby...

There's a higher fee for "Card not present" transactions.

The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes.

I first heard about it in Michael Lewis' Vanity Fair profile on Obama (Obama was reading it - http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/10/michael-lewis-pro...), and then my cofounder Omar mentioned it as an engrossing book whilst he was reading it, specifically because of the topic it handles: the malleability of our memories.

Anyway, it was a pleasure to read, captivating, and the imagery jumping out of the pages was brilliant. I frequently had to stop and re-read parts. It also made me laugh.

A personal favourite sentence:

"History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation."

It won the Man Booker prize last year.

More: http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/15657664-the-sense-of-a...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sense_of_an_Ending

On the non-fiction side, probably "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Kahneman, though I haven't quite finished it. It's dense, but filled with insight after insight.

It couldn't find 8 California Street in SF for me.

This to read the full thing: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q&esrc=s...

Actually, their office is next to ours at 333 Bryant Street, and there's probably around 20 people in there. We borrowed a chair from them last week.

Hmm, I remember the reaction to Twitter at launch was very much, why would I ever use? What does it do?

fixed. oops.

Near-field communication.

yes - but they are passive and short range. this is now known as "near-field communication'

thanks. kul from Tagstand here. Submitted this to see what HN had to say. We've been working on NFC Task Launcher (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jwsoft.nfc...) for a while now, which is similar to this Samsung app.

There was a lot of Meebo coverage on TC over the years: http://techcrunch.com/tag/meebo/page/5/

Early rounds were rumoured to be done at $200m valuations so with liquidation preferences I'm not sure how much this really leaves on the table after the investors are paid.

That's really tough to answer. Apple list NXP Semiconductor (who basically only do RFID/NFC stuff) as an official supplier, and this was a recent addition: http://images.apple.com/supplierresponsibility/pdf/Apple_Sup...

Multiple NFC patents have been filed, some NFC hires have been made. The 4S was the same phone case as the 4 so no new antennas could be put in.

I'd probably rate it at 30%:70% 2012:2013.

yes, and yes, though for the latter we do actually have someone contracting for us right now. no harm in talking though? ping us at founders at tagstand.

wow that's weird: we've been discussing this. what'll also be cool is if in the future you can customise devices for yourself just by picking them up.

right now nfc is off if the phone is in locked mode (for security reasons). hmmm...

http://www.manhattancocktailclassic.com/NFC_at_the_gala.html Yep it was done beforehand.

yeah, email me kul at tagstand, look forward to it.

interesting, never thought of it like that!

Max Levchin and Evan Williams are good counterexamples. Both decided to be entrepreneurs first. Ideas followed.

I actually contacted the guy who made Square's videos and it's in the tens of thousands of dollars. My memory is hazy but it wouldn't surprise me if it's around $50k+. The videos more than pay for themselves, however.

Apple's patent for iWallet: http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2012/03/apple-wi...

super weird - can you email us with screenshots to info@tagstand.com please?

hmm, just searched on my android using Google Market and it shows up, a long with a free version. what were your search terms?

merci

Thanks Eric.

Thank you - car automation is happening too: https://twitter.com/#!/paulwcarlton/status/18294979680862208...

What sort of security implementations were you thinking of? There are companies out there aggressively working towards "uncloneable" cards and such.

Secure elements for payments I think are pretty secure, more secure than credit cards at least.

Edit: here's one company that claims to it: http://www.verayo.com/products/unclonable-rfid

Funnily enough I think this applies to business as well. I was at the YC User Acquisition conference the other day and what was striking was just how many processes the most successful companies have locked down. It frees you up to be creative.

woah, "NFC is used in subdermal implants", is that already being done? I've googled and seen it as something on the agenda, but have no idea if people are already doing it?