NFC tech on mobiles is set to take off in 2012, with a surge in NFC-enabled handsets. Here's our guide to using NFC tags with your Android. Damien McFerran Damien McFerran has more than a decade of ...

Samsung TecTiles are NFC stickers let you perform any task on your Android phone by simply waving it at a sticker. Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV Senior Editor Richard Trenholm was CNET's film ...

Here are the top time-consuming tasks I automated in my house with NFC tags.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will allow its most frequent flyers to check in using NFC-compatible stickers, the company said on Tuesday. The short-range communications technology continues to gain ...

In anticipation of rising demand for contactless form factors other than credit and debit cards, Dynamic Card Solutions LLC this week introduced a product that allows bank branches to personalize key ...

You’ve probably used WiFi and Bluetooth but, there’s a neat feature inside many smartphones you might not even know about. It’s called Near Field Communication (NFC) and it can help you ditch your ...

NFC's a curious thing. That once heavily buzzed about feature's found a home in many of the handsets that occupy Android's swiftly rotating throne, but eager users wielding those enabled devices haven ...

There are certain things you do on your phone every day, like launch navigation when you get in your car or set your alarm when you go to bed. With a few NFC tags and almost no effort, you can ...

Wireless smartphone payments needn't be complicated is the message UK bank Barclays is pushing today, eschewing integrated NFC with PayTag, a contactless payments sticker. Intended to be slapped on ...

Google plans to release a special sticker that will allow phones without built-in near field communication (NFC) capabilities to access the Google Wallet app. This intermediate solution was revealed ...