In addition to holding your mobile cards loaded through the dongle, the Loop mobile app is similar to something like Lemon Wallet, as it also lets you snap photos of other cards you carry around in ...

In a small shop on University Avenue in Palo Alto, mobile payments vet Will Graylin proudly points out the point-of-sale (POS) system sitting next to the register. "This is a 13-year-old Hypercom," ...

NFC was supposed to be the future. My next phone was going to include the technology, which would let me pay at any cash register by waving my phone instead of swiping my credit card. NFC would also ...

LoopPay is a mobile-payment system that could power Samsung's smartphone transactions in the future. Here's what we know so far. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable ...

There’s a joke in the world of radio that all you need for a HF antenna is a piece of wet string, but the truth is that rudimentary antennas rarely perform well. Random pieces of wire may pull in some ...

Antennas come in many shapes and sizes, with a variety of characteristics making them more or less suitable for various applications. The average hacker with only a middling exposure to RF may be ...

New mobile payments startup Loop has closed on $10 million in Series A funding in what’s being described as an “oversubscribed” angel round involving undisclosed investors. The company, which is ...