Neowin News Feed for: Oyster

Transport for London announces improvements to Oyster smartcard, including new mobile app

Andy Weir — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:16:58 +0000

TfL has announced numerous improvements to its Oyster ticketing system, making it easier for passengers to buy credit and Travelcards online, with a new mobile app launching soon on iOS and Android. Read more...

Samsung Pay has finally arrived in the UK

Vishal Laul — Tue, 16 May 2017 18:50:01 +0000

Samsung Pay has finally launched in the UK, with support for cards issued by VISA and MasterCard. Samsung has also partnered with Transport for London, making Samsung devices work like an Oyster card. Read more...

Londoners treated to free travel due to Transport for London Oyster card system crash

Andy Weir — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 10:34:01 +0000

Londoners expecting this morning to introduce fare rises across the city's public transport network were instead treated to free travel, thanks to a major failure of the Oyster smart card system. Read more...

Google recruits team from shuttering e-Book subscription service Oyster

Matt Blowes — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 03:34:01 +0000

Boasting over 1 million e-Books in its library, Oyster, the "Netflix for books", will close its doors in the coming months. Google has hired some of its staff, including the CEO and co-founders. Read more...

NFC payments coming to McDonalds in the UK

Mike Brown — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:32:30 +0000

McDonalds has revealed plans to install contactless payment technology in all of their UK restaurants this summer, The Mirror reports. Around £1.5 million is being invested into the scheme, which will see the system being... Read more...

O2 and Nokia to trial mobile phone Oyster

Tom Warren — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:46:04 +0000

O2 has teamed up with Nokia to embed the Oyster swipe card used by London commuters into a mobile phone with a trial set to start next year. The mobile phones will include a built-in... Read more...