You’ll likely have seen the abbreviation “NFC” when browsing smartphone, wearable, and app features — but what exactly does it mean? Most smartphones have Near Field Communication, or NFC, technology ...

Market research suggests that over the next few years, Near Field Communication (NFC) technology will be in use all around us. For consumers, the technology will become omnipresent in our lives, and ...

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NFC Forum, the leading standards body for Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, launched a Proof-of-Concept Mobile Reader application for Android and iOS that ...

If you needed to order lunch or a cab or pull up your quarterly bank statement, you'd probably reach for one thing to do it: your smartphone. Our mobile devices have increasingly played an essential ...

NFC is a short range wireless technology, very similar to RFID and reminiscent of Bluetooth, commonly used for contactless payments. When an NFC device -- normally a smartcard or mobile phone -- is ...

Panthronics AG, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in high performance wireless technology, has extended its portfolio of high-performance NFC reader ICs with two new products, giving OEMs ...

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Mobilkom Austria is selling the Nokia 6212 Classic handset along with four pre-programmed Near Field Communication (NFC) RFID tags that consumers can utilize to access specific services. Mobilkom is ...

NFC is fast becoming a standard feature among the premium–as well as the not so premium–Android devices. However, while this technology enables compatible devices to transmit data simply by tapping ...