Juniper Research has released a new report predicting that NFC mobile contactless payment transactions will reach nearly $50 billion worldwide by 2014, with North America and Western Europe accounting for 50% of the market. The research company sees 2011 and 2012 as “banner years” for the roll out of NFC services, with the recent UK [...]

KPV Solar GmbH, headquartered in the Austrian state of Carinthia, has introduced RFID technology into its photovoltaic (solar) modules, enabling greater anti-counterfeiting and product traceability. Integrated into each module’s laminate is an equipped RFID chip that will carry a distinct serial number. Each chip can also carry any related documentation and information regarding specific characteristics [...]

Zetes, the European provider in automatic identification solutions and services for goods and people, has announced the acquisition of the Belgian company RFIDEA. Zetes offers a variety of solutions for applications such as manufacturing, transportation and logistics, retail and health care. And by acquiring RFIDEA, Zetes will strengthen its RFID-based offerings, particularly in the pharma [...]

The Smart Card Alliance and the NFC Forum will co-host an event focused on near field communication in the spring 2012, the two organizations announced. The NFC conference will focus on the state of the technology, NFC devices and add-ons, ecosystem development, use cases for both payment and non-payment NFC-enabled applications, implementation, and North America [...]

From the bag phone, to the brick phone to the flip phone, the mobile phone has evolved quite a bit in the last 25 years. The overarching trend had been toward smaller and smaller devices, but this preoccupation with size seems to have reached a plateau. The focus now is squarely on adding capabilities. For [...]

Cyveillance announced a product to help protect the people, called Cyveillance Social Engineering Protection Appliance (SEPA). The product serves to help employees by providing virus and malware protection that extends into cloud computing, email and social networking. Some of the included features are: Email Intent Analysis: Sophisticated inspection of email content and context determines whether [...]

ID Data cards has gained Visa accreditation and will now be able to embed Visa EMV solutions onto their existing cards. The facility is forecast to produce 10 million cards this year, and will increase production steadily as demand is needed, reports industrytoday.co.uk. Read the full story here.