Some 81% of mobile industry experts say that NFC payments will not become widespread for at least another two to five years, according to a new survey conducted by Sybase 365 at the 2012 Mobile World Congress. The survey also found that only 10% believe NFC will go mainstream within the next year, with many […]

Identive Group has announced a new line of NFC transponder products based on Sony’s FeliCa Lite chip technology. According to Identive, Sony’s FeliCa Lite technology is designed to offer a lower cost alternative to conventional FeliCa chips thanks to a compact and energy saving design, streamlined security features and a simpler file system, making it […]

The St. Albert Public Library in Canada is set to install a $500,000 RFID system to facilitate the tedious task of sorting returned materials before they are shelved, according to local news reports. The city’s council approved the new system during a recent meeting, with the City of St. Albert also agreeing to cover the […]

Kinetic and JCDecaux have launched the UK’s first large-scale deployment of NFC-enabled advertisements in Reading, England. A total of 13 brands installed new NFC ads across all of JCDecaux’s 6-sheet poster sites in Reading earlier this week, offering passersby the opportunity to receive information, coupons, games and other content with a tap of their NFC […]

Holland 1916 announced its rugged RFID Nameplate Tag designed for automating the inspection and audit processes found in mining, construction, and oil rigs. Made up of of stainless steel to endure the harshest environments, Holland’s embedded RFID tags are attached to the various location stations of safety equipment. This enables inspectors and auditors to electronically […]

A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that NFC will drive mobile transactions to $74 billion by 2015 – a threefold increase from 2011. In the “Mobile Commerce Markets” report, Juniper attributes this growth to the increasing use of NFC for in-store payments and transport ticketing applications, two of the fastest growing segments of the […]

BioID GmbH released BioID Web Services, a cloud-based service enabling developers of Web, cloud and mobile applications to integrate biometric functionality into their applications with simple APIs. Using BioID Web Services, developers can add functionality, from demanding security applications such as face and/or voice authentication with liveness detection, to fun applications like celebrity matching, model […]