NFC tech on mobiles is set to take off in 2012, with a surge in NFC-enabled handsets. Here's our guide to using NFC tags with your Android. After a couple of years of bubbling under the surface, near ...

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Most of you know how an NFC tag works. The reader creates an RF field that has enough energy to power the electronics in the tag; when the tag wakes up, two-way communication ensues. We’re accustomed ...

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After a couple of years of bubbling under the surface, near field communication technology — or NFC as it’s known to its close friends — is set to go big. If you thought NFC was only about buying a ...