NFC technology continues to show signs of growth IDTechEx, a market research firm, has released a new report concerning the market for NFC technology. The report, titled “Near Field Communication (NFC) 2014-2024,” aims to provide some insight on the trends emerging in the technology space and how these may affect NFC and its uses in the future. The technology is mainly used in the mobile sector to facilitate mobile commerce, but it has other uses in marketing and data sharing that could help it stay relevant well into the future.…
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NFC technology shows strong growth in mobile sector
NFC technology continues to receive support from device makers NFC technology has been seeing some turbulence among consumers and businesses over the past year. The technology had once been remarkably popular due to its use in mobile commerce, but has since fallen from grace due to the security concerns that surround it. Mobile commerce is not the only use for NFC, of course, but the technology has only seen modest use beyond this sector. While some companies have been moving away from NFC technology, makers of smartphones and tablets continue…
Read MoreNFC technology introduced new security vulnerabilities
NFC technology may not be as secure as believed For the past few years, NFC technology has served as a foundation for mobile commerce. The technology enabled mobile devices to share digital information without having to be connected to one another with a cable. The technology also allows smartphones and tablets to send information to NFC-enabled terminals, which are often used to facilitate mobile payments. Mobile commerce has relied heavily on NFC technology over the years, but mobile commerce has begun to move away from NFC due to its threats…
Read MoreAndroid Beam could be Google’s next phenomenon
Google’s NFC projects overshadowed by its other endeavors in technology The Google I/O developers conference may be over, but the technologies unveiled during the event are still causing quite a buzz. The even brought together some of the world’s leading software and technology developers and introduced them to new projects that Google had been working on. Amidst an ambitious and stunt-prone demonstration of Google’s augmented reality projects and news of the next generation of Android operating systems, dubbed Jelly Bean, the company’s other endeavors received relatively little attention. One of…
Read MoreNokia lays the foundation for a new NFC-centric empire with help from Poken
NFC technology is on the verge of becoming a widespread mobile phenomena, thanks in large part to telecommunications giant Nokia. This summer, the company is unleashing a sleuth of NFC-enable smart phones and mobile devices into the commercial market. The company has been experimenting with the technology, and others like it, for years and seem to have developed a viable approach to the sometimes tumultuous world of short-range wireless communication. With its approach to NFC, Nokia is poised to compete with other companies entering into the mobile market with NFC-enabled…
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