— -- NEW YORK -- In ads comparing its Galaxy S III with the iPhone 5, Samsung is claiming superiority for features its flagship handset has that Apple's smartphone lacks. NFC is on the list.

Small computerized devices that communicate wirelessly promise to make everyday life more comfortable and less technically challenging, but the technology might achieve just the opposite. Near field ...

The availability of NFC-enabled smart phones is finally ramping up in the U.S. But handset makers are promoting the snazzy other stuff that NFC delivers, not payments. For years, champions of mobile ...

Near Field Communication, or NFC, is a short-range wireless technology that is already used by consumers in Japan, South Korea and some European cities, mainly for inexpensive retail transactions and ...

Another challenge was that students had to stop what they were doing on the phone to open the app so they could open their door. This issue could be addressed by running the app in the background all ...

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 ...

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands and IRVINE, Calif., March 29, 2012 – NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) and HID Global, both trusted leaders in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, today ...

NFC mobile payments use Apple Pay and Google Pay through contactless card readers. By 2026, 60% of people globally will use ...

The GSM Association, a group composed of more than 700 GSM mobile phone operators around the world, has launched a Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile phone pilot, Pay-Buy-Mobile, in France, Taiwan ...

PARIS - The start-up technology vendor Zenius Solutions Inc. has developed a way to add contactless payment capabilities to smart phones that links the transaction functions to the mobile devices' ...

You've probably seen the acronym NFC but might not be clear about what it is and why there's been so much hullabaloo about it. NFC stands for near field ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4c4987/nfcenabled_phones) has announced the addition of the "NFC-Enabled ...