Tech Culture Italian cheesemakers chip their parmesan to combat the $2 billion counterfeiting industry If it's not made in northern Italy, then it's not real parm By Cal Jeffrey, August 22, 2023, 1:56 PM 7 comments
Electronics Mobile NFC's future includes improved range and more power for wireless charging Users will also be able to receive payments anywhere By Rob Thubron, June 23, 2023, 6:15 AM
Industry Apple At least one bank is suing Apple claiming it exercises a monopoly over the iPhone's tap-to-pay system Currently, only one bank is complaining, but its lawyers want to make a class action out of the case By Cal Jeffrey, July 19, 2022, 2:38 PM 8 comments
Apple Mobile Apple to face EU antitrust charges over blocking third-party apps from iPhone NFC payment tech When it comes to iPhone NFC payments, it's Apple Pay or the high way By Rob Thubron, April 28, 2022, 9:21 AM 19 comments
Mobile Apple Apple unveils Tap to Pay on iPhone, coming later this year to US merchants Removing friction from the payment process By Shawn Knight, February 8, 2022, 2:19 PM
Apple Security New EU legislation set to force Apple to share access to NFC tech Part of a broad set of legislative changes in the region By Adrian Potoroaca, September 18, 2020, 6:11 PM 19 comments
Electronics NFC will soon let you charge your earbuds or smartwatch wirelessly Charge your accessories on the go using only your phone By Cal Jeffrey, May 6, 2020, 1:30 PM
Car Tech Tech Culture iPhones and Apple Watches could soon replace your car keys Likely arriving in iOS 13.4 By Rob Thubron, February 6, 2020, 5:20 AM 27 comments
Mobile Apple Germany passes law that could force Apple to open up the iPhone's NFC chip to rival mobile payment platforms By Adrian Potoroaca, November 16, 2019, 7:58 AM
Apple Apple may expand the iPhone's NFC tech to third-party developers during WWDC Anonymous sources indicated access to ISO 7816, FeliCa, and MiFare may be coming By Cal Jeffrey, April 22, 2019, 3:56 PM
Wearable Tech Fossil's new smartwatches add GPS, NFC, and heartbeat monitors Starting at $225 By Rob Thubron, August 7, 2018, 10:27 AM
Car Tech Mobile Automakers and smartphone manufacturers collaborate on Digital Key standard to eliminate physical keys German, Japanese, and American auto businesses on board By Greg Synek, June 21, 2018, 7:25 AM
Apple iOS 12 will allow iPhones to unlock hotel rooms, act as virtual transit card using NFC Expect an announcement at WWDC By Rob Thubron, May 27, 2018, 10:35 AM
Electronics Bose launches QuietComfort QC35 wireless headphones By Shawn Knight, June 6, 2016, 6:15 PM
Mobile Samsung Pay enters its first European market with launch in Spain By Jose Vilches, June 3, 2016, 3:45 PM
Wearable Tech Visa will trial a new NFC-based payment wearable at the Olympic Games in Rio By Shawn Knight, June 3, 2016, 12:30 PM
Mobile Leaked benchmarks point to Snapdragon 820 SoC and 6GB of RAM in upcoming OnePlus 3 By Shawn Knight, April 27, 2016, 7:00 PM
Google Mobile Google's Hands Free system lets you pay for items just by saying your initials By Rob Thubron, March 3, 2016, 10:30 AM
Industry Electronics Chase is developing plastic-free ATMs that use mobile app to facilitate transactions By Shawn Knight, January 29, 2016, 1:45 PM
Mobile Square has a new reader that will make mobile payments easier By Devin Kate Pope, November 24, 2015, 9:00 AM
Mobile Google Android Pay rollout now underway in the US By Shawn Knight, September 10, 2015, 3:15 PM
Electronics Coin launches new version of universal credit card with NFC on-board By Tim Schiesser, August 27, 2015, 8:00 AM
Mobile Software Google unveils mobile payments revamp as Android Pay, Wallet lives on for peer-to-peer payments By Jose Vilches, May 28, 2015, 4:02 PM
Electronics Software Google's experimental Tone extension uses sound to share links with nearby devices By Justin Kahn, May 20, 2015, 5:00 PM
Wearable Tech Jawbone's Up4 fitness tracker has NFC for mobile payments By Tim Schiesser, April 16, 2015, 6:15 AM