Fears that contactless payments and technologies such as NFC will create a security threat are largely unfounded according to Mike Hawkes, chairman of the Mobile Data Association. Although with any new technology, there are people that will try to write malware for the technology, security checks are already in place that makes stealing wireless payment […]

Canada and the United States are in talks to share border screening information to help bolster security between the two countries. The countries would use a biometric face recognition scanner to identify possible criminals trying to cross the border. The scanner would then be linked to a computer database with images of known wanted people […]

CIM and Bell ID have announced an agreement to work together to enhance the personalization of EMV smart cards. CIM’s card printing and tagging machines can embed contactless smart card chips as well as contact smart chips directly into the product based upon the intended application.   

E-DATA, a supplier of Web-based solutions has been purchased by Kaba Group. E-DATA will bring its experience with physical access control, time & attendance, as well as its biometric products to the Kaba Group. The acquisition will help Kaba Group bolster areas of its business.   

Warranties are great, if only people can remember where they put them when they need them. That problem could be a thing of the past, with NFC technology and NFC tags. United Tecsta has designed a new NFC tag that’s supposed to stay attached to a product for the lifetime of its use. The NFC […]

Kaba announced the appointment of a few new people to its leadership team. The new appointments will take up the reigns as head of Group Services, and Group Human Services. Patrick Grawehr, will become the head of Group Services, while Karen Bertschinger will become the head of Group Human Resources. The additions to the team […]

Rovio, the popular developers for the Angry Birds game franchise, has a new version of Angry Birds called “Magic.” The company was showing off a demo of the new game at Nokia’s Meego conference using two Nokia C7 smart phones equipped with NFC. According to Bgr.com, the Magic of the new game is the fact […]

Lockheed Martin was the victim of a large cyber attack, however quick detection by employees thwarted the security breach on May 21. Lockheed Martin, an aerospace engineering company, holds the U.S. government’s biggest military contract, and thus a security breach here, could have devastating effects on the federal government. Hackers may have gained access by […]

Wireless chipmaker Broadcom openly supports the development of NFC technology, however it has also shifted its focus on some other emerging wireless technologies. Broadcom is in favor of Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, and location-based services that work indoors, citing these as the next big features coming online shortly after NFC, reports PCmag.com. “Whereas NFC involves […]

The Nokia C7 was on display this week at the Meego conference in San Francisco showing off its built in NFC abilities. ICS, a Nokia developer platform provider, was showcasing some of its NFC technology. In the video above, ICS has paired a Meego powered tablet and a Nokia C7 to show the ability to […]