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 ...

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 ...

NFC — the technology that helps power Apple Pay as well other clever features for iOS apps like Launch Center Pro’s tappable stickers — is getting a big upgrade with the launch of iOS 13, due out this ...

Despite increasing numbers of smartphones sporting near field communication (NFC) functionality, the technology hasn’t really set the world on fire just yet. The simple fact is that, apart from the ...

NFC support on the iPhone is about to get a lot more advanced real soon. Apple revealed today that it is adding support for NFC stickers and tags that trigger Apple Pay for payment even if you don’t ...

One tiny sticker, one quick tap—and suddenly a few of those “don’t forget” tasks stop living in your head. It’s a small tech tweak with a big parenting payoff. The mental load of family life—tracking ...

Even Disney agrees, NFC is one of the closest technologies we have to actual magic. It’s an extremely low-power radio signal that allows data to hop from a poster or sticker to a system like a ...

Contactless technology like NFC conjure up images of simply and lightly tapping on surfaces to initiate an action, be it authentication or even payment. What those scenarios don't often include is the ...

Apple is reportedly working on a new NFC feature that will allow iPhone users to make Apple Pay purchases by tapping special, NFC-equipped tags. That means retailers won't need bulky terminals, and ...