Starbucks says it has done just fine using basic barcode scanning technology for its successful U.S. smartphone payment system, which raises the question: Who really needs Near Field Communication ...

All modern iPhones have NFC chips inside that can be used by features built by Apple, but nobody else. That means that while NFC payments are possible when using Apple Pay, those same capabilities are ...

Samsung's flagship phones house the NFC antenna coil in the upper central area of the back panel, just below or around the right of the camera module. This inconsistent placement can make contactless ...

Sometimes it seems like the opposite is true, but technological advancement generally makes things more convenient. We can comfortably attribute an improvement in the quality of our lives to ...

PayPal today unveiled a new peer-to-peer payment functionality that allows Android users to pay each other by tapping two near field communication (NFC)-enabled devices together. The feature, which ...

Mobile money transfers and contactless NFC will make up half the overall mobile-payments market globally in five years' time, according to a new report. NFC (near-field communications) is a ...

Apple has proposed opening its NFC payment technology to third-party developers in Europe, allowing direct rivals to Apple Pay to operate on the iPhone for the first time. Historically, the use of ...

While it seems that most are flipping a coin as to whether or not the upcoming iPhone will have NFC capabilities, BGR has just been given some information from multiple Apple sources that could ...

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...