The technology that allows contactless payments is known as NFC, which stands for near-field communication. NFC has a range of uses—but can also be abused by cybercriminals. So, how does NFC ...

Expect to find Near-Field Communications (NFC) in your next new car if you're planning on buying one in a few years. If you have kids who play with Disney Infinity, you're already somewhat ...

If home automation in the IoT era has taught us anything, it is that no one wants to run wires. Many of us rent, so new cabling is not even an option, even if we wanted to go that route.

How NFC Shopping Will Save You Money While You Wave Your Phone Like A Loon A French startup is launching a shelf-edge NFC system that really demonstrates how NFC could revolutionize shopping, add ...

Dubbed ISIS, the new “mobile commerce network” aims to use NFC (near-field communication) technology to make mobile phones the preferred method of payment for consumer point-of-sales transactions.

while the near field signal decays as the cube of distance from the antenna. So passive RFID systems that rely on far field communications (typically UHF and microwave systems) have a longer read ...