Google's next generation of Android phones will include a new kind of technology called Near Field Communication, or NFC. Here's a primer on what it'll actually do for your device.

NFC technology is getting an upgrade with NFC Release 15, bringing extended range and new features for improved contactless payments.

NFC Release 15 quadruples the tap-to-pay range from 0.5 cm to 2 cm, improving reliability. Expanded NFC range allows for ...

Now available in the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch, NFC is poised to play an important role in the way we use our phones, especially when it comes to mobile payments. Here's how it works.

Samsung trumpets NFC in its Galaxy S III, but the technology is still not well known NFC fuels mobile payment systems like Google Wallet The technology poses a big infrastructure challenge NEW ...

Near-field communication (NFC) is a short-range wireless connectivity technology that lets NFC-enabled devices communicate with each other. Such devices include mobile phones, tablets, laptops ...

Small computerized devices that communicate wirelessly promise to make everyday life more comfortable and less technically challenging, but the technology might achieve just the opposite. Near field ...

Q. Is Apple Pay not the same thing as NFC? I keep reading stories about companies accepting Apple Pay that don't mention non-Apple phones. A. Apple Pay represents only one company's brand name for ...

— -- NEW YORK -- In ads comparing its Galaxy S III with the iPhone 5, Samsung is claiming superiority for features its flagship handset has that Apple's smartphone lacks. NFC is on the list ...

A new NFC system being ramped up by Verifone and Micros for the restaurant industry would allow diners to pay their checks through their NFC-equipped mobile phones. Lance Whitney is a freelance ...

Contactless chip technology firm Inside Contactless has released an open-standard Near-Field Communication (NFC) software suite known as Open NFC 3.4 (based on previous versions of its proprietary ...

One hundred consumers who shop at the C1000 grocery store in Molenaarsgraaf, the Netherlands, have begun paying for transactions with mobile phones equipped with Near Field Communications (NFC) RFID ...