After facing technical hurdles, BMTC turns to 'closed-loop smart card'
blognews6:00 AM
The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is working on a 'closed-loop smart card', similar to the one used by Namm...
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Why Are 2D Barcode Scanners Taking Over
blognews5:30 AM
There was a time when 2D barcodes were something of a laughingstock—a piece of overhyped technology, like Google Goggles or New Coke. But ...
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Security flaw in QR codes found
blognews5:51 AM
A Japanese university group says it has identified a security flaw in QR codes, which are widely used for electronic payments, advertisem...
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LG Uplus to deploy home IoT to Wooshin apartments
blognews5:49 AM
South Korean telco LG Uplus will deploy its home Internet of Things (IoT) platform to Wooshin Construction's apartments, the company ...
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Smart Card Market Worth 21.57 Billion USD by 2023
blognews7:00 AM
According to the new market research report on the "Smart Card Market by Communication the market is expected to reach USD 21.57 bil...
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RFID is transforming the tire industry
blognews7:00 AM
Radio frequency identification is being adopted rapidly in a growing number of tire industry processes and will deliver more transparenc...
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Why Privacy Must Be Baked In To IoT Devices
blognews6:00 AM
A connected world is a convenient world for both work and play. Too often, however, the price of convenience is privacy . If data within t...
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Scan QR Codes Safely with the Trend Micro QR Scanner
blognews5:25 AM
Using your camera and a QR code scanner on your mobile device, it’s easy to scan a code to download an app or go to a website—a bit too ea...
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AT&T launching NB-IoT network across US and Mexico
blognews5:41 AM
AT&T has announced that it will be launching a narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) network across the United States early next yea...
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Garmin adds NFC payments to Fenix smartwatches
blognews5:37 AM
Garmin announced the fēnix 5 Plus series, its next generation of GPS multisport watches with built-in routable topographical maps, storage...
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NFC tech in official World Cup match ball draws fans even more into the games
blognews5:33 AM
Every four years, the FIFA World Cup brings millions of people together to bond over a shared interest in soccer and a fierce devotion to ...
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NXP to Host RAIN RFID Alliance Meeting Focused on Industry 4.0
blognews5:30 AM
NXP Semiconductors announced it is hosting next week’s RAIN RFID Alliance–Europe meeting in Vienna as part of its deep focus on innovative...
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Chennai city passengers will soon have a single smart card for Metro and MTC busses
blognews6:40 AM
City passengers in Chennai will soon be able to use a single card to take the Metro and MTC busses, thanks to a single smart card or a co...
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Sodyo’s Vision For The Next-Gen QR Code
blognews6:44 AM
What if QR Codes could transition consumers seamlessly between the online and offline worlds, blurring the lines between physical and digi...
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NFC smartphone payments stall
blognews6:41 AM
While NFC-enabled mobile wallets stagger in the U.S., they thrive in other countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom and parts of the ...
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MIT engineers configure RFID tags to work as sensors
blognews7:30 AM
These days, many retailers and manufacturers are tracking their products using RFID, or radio-frequency identification tags. Often, these...
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China to go full dystopia with mandatory vehicle RFID chips in 2019
blognews6:00 AM
Even without its thick blanket of Blade Runner-like smog, China would totally qualify as a real-life modern dystopia, thanks to a heavily...
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CLEAN’s RFID link-up with PPHE Hotel Group
blognews7:00 AM
Leading independent laundry provider CLEAN has announced a new partnership with PPHE Hotel Group, which will see one of the largest impl...
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Mobile payment apps need more than NFC for global success
blognews6:00 AM
Between Apple Pay, Google Pay and other insert-company-name-here-plus-Pay solutions, it seems like many mobile payment apps are copy-past...
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NFC tech in official World Cup match ball draws fans even more into the games
blognews5:32 AM
Every four years, the FIFA World Cup brings millions of people together to bond over a shared interest in soccer and a fierce devotion to ...
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Tailoring RFID technology for managing cotton modules
blognews5:30 AM
Data-use and exchange possibilities generated through the RFID tags in John Deere round module wrap is the next rung in the ladder of fa...
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NB-IoT big guns team up in Europe for international roaming
blognews5:23 AM
Two of NB-IoT’s biggest players, Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone, have completed international roaming trials across Europe, expanding LPWA...
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NXP launches full-service NFC mobile wallet platform for wearable, mobile and IoT device makers
blognews5:21 AM
NXP Semiconductors in collaboration with Mastercard and Visa today announced the launch of its new mWallet 2GO, a white label wallet servi...
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Is IoT the Key to the Future of Food Safety?
blognews5:40 AM
We are in wake of a 25 state E.Coli outbreak that was traced back to Romaine lettuce out of Yuma, Arizona, causing 75 hospitalizations and...
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NFC World welcomes 120 new members from 43 countries
blognews5:38 AM
120 new members from 43 countries joined The NFC World Knowledge Centre in May 2018, bringing our total membership to more than 10,500 ...
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New RFID tech could spell end for lost airport baggage
blognews7:42 AM
An Italian company has developed a new tagging technology that uses RFID chips to track luggage in real time at every stage of the transf...
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Fagerhult taps new CEO with strong IoT credentials
blognews7:40 AM
Bodil Sonesson is steeped in connected security cameras and data analytics for video surveillance stalwart Axis, and is well clued in on s...
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For IoT, alternative location services are better than GPS
blognews7:07 AM
Traditional location positioning such as GPS isn’t going to be suitable for a Location of Things world filled with Internet of Things (IoT...
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Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom test NB-IoT roaming
blognews5:41 AM
Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom have completed the first international roaming trial of Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) technology in a development...
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QR code ticket-buying service to launch on two more airport bus routes
blognews7:03 AM
The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) will provide QR code ticket-buying services on two more airport bus routes following the succes...
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Hong Kong to implement QR codes on MTR station
blognews5:43 AM
Hong Kong’s rail operator MTR Corporation has called upon tech companies to express their interest in tendering for the application of QR...
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Glitches in PDS smart cards
blognews6:41 AM
The public distribution system in Tamil Nadu (TNPDS), despite several promises in the past to resolve glitches in PDS smart cards, has sho...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Securing Your IoT Devices
blognews6:35 AM
If there is any remaining debate around how popular the Internet of Things (IoT) really is, it should be laid to rest : 2018 is the year t...
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Why RFID is gaining momentum in fashion
blognews6:34 AM
EMVCo, the global technical body that manages EMV Specifications, announced it has created a QR Payment Mark to promote global interopera...
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Scientists use RFID chips to track biological samples
blognews6:16 AM
Radio frequency identification (RFID) chips are used today for everything from paying for public transit to tracking livestock to stopping...
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RFID Becomes Super-Slim for Linen Tracking
blognews7:00 AM
Fujitsu Frontech North America (FFNA) has released what it calls one of the smallest laundry tags on the market with built-in RFID techno...
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QR Codes Are Gaining A Brighter Profile
blognews6:00 AM
The QR Code has been enjoying some love and attention over the past few weeks, though the prospects for the digital payment tool remain re...
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Chinese banks report growth in mobile payments volumes
blognews6:00 AM
Chinese banks posted robust growth in mobile payments in the first quarter of this year, according to the People's Bank of China (PBO...
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Yubico debuts iOS SDK with LastPass as first YubiKey Neo NFC app
blognews6:00 AM
Hardware authentication keymaker Yubico announced an iOS software development kit today, enabling iOS developers to add YubiKey Neo NFC a...
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Beijing enables QR code payment in the subway
blognews7:13 AM
Beijing enables QR code payment in the subway No more waiting in long queues to buy tickets People in Beijing can now use QR codes a...
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SEPTA Key costs balloon as agency fixes smartcard snafus
blognews5:59 AM
SEPTA’s capital budget for the upcoming fiscal year increased the estimated total price of implementing the Key card payment system to $2...
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