NFC tags and readers communicate wirelessly with each other over very short distances. Tags store a small amount of data on them that is sent to the reader in the form of electromagnetic pulses.

Bluebird's new device is a phone, an RFID and NFC reader, and a barcode scanner, making it easier to manage hospital inventory or patients.

The PTX130R, which is the first Panthronics reader IC to feature native support for the Android™ operating environment, provides an ideal way to add NFC communications capability to embedded ...

A loophole in Android allows a niche scenario to leak credit card details via an NFC reader even when the phone is locked.

We've all heard a thing or two about NFC (near-field communication) --but Adafruit has come up with one of the most clever and convenient uses for the technology: unlocking your device just by ...

An NFC phone, together with a modified android app, allegedly hacks ATMs and POS systems. Here's how?