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…With all this NFC news being announced at the same time everything points in the direction that NFC is ready to enter the stage to become an important ingredient for enhanced mobile services making mobile devices able to interact with physical objects in a way never seen before.

Recently Apple added a feature to their iOS devices called Game Center. The intention was to add a bit more competitiveness to your mobile gaming experience by making it easier to share stats and achievements with friends, take part in global leaderboards and engage in multiplayer games.

The features of Game Center are however not new and several other firms provide similar services; OpenFeint, Plus+, Crystal, Gameloft Live, Scoreloop and AGON Online. For game developers these social layers are optional and work as a layer on top of the actual game. Some, like OpenFeint, also serve as a platform to advertise other “OpenFeint enabled” games [...]

The type of apps that always seem to bedazzle the first time user are music recognition apps like SonyEricsson TrackID, Shazam or SoundHound. All these services basically work in the same manner. They enable you to sample some seconds from a song you are listening to and within a few seconds compare the distinct acoustic pattern to a large music library and provide you with the details you are seeking… Seen from a marketing perspective this is a brillinat piece of technology [...]