NFC

Remember the Titans: Yubico jangles new NFC and USB-C touting security key

Apple crowd included - as NFC can now be used for something other than Apple Pay

Security09 Sep 2020 | 7

We all love bonking to pay, but if you bonk with a Windows Phone then Microsoft has bad news

Look, the platform is dead. Will you just move on already?

Software22 Jan 2019 | 50

Cache of the Titans: Let's take a closer look at Google's own two-factor security keys

Analysis If it's good enough for me...

Security02 Aug 2018 | 30

Fitness band-it Garmin adds mobe bank Starling to bonk-to-pay fold

Showing Google and Samsung how it's done

Personal Tech10 May 2018 | 7

Banking group denied access to iPhones' NFC chips for alt.Apple.Pay

Apple told tribunal it wouldn't abide by a ruling against it

On-Prem03 Apr 2017 | 20

Sorry, iPhone fans – only Fandroids get Barclays' tap-to-withdraw

It's only a test

Security23 Nov 2016 | 43

Microsoft hops onboard bonk-to-pay bandwagon

Windows Mobile gets support for NFC payments

Networks22 Jun 2016 | 18

Filet-O-Phish: Insecure NFC tag relics hidden under Maccas tables

Now bad for your phone's health.

Software20 Jun 2016 | 27

Contactless payments come to in-flight entertainment units

Get ready to pay for movies, people

Personal Tech06 Apr 2016 | 35

Apple files patent for long-rumoured iRing-type bling

First dibs on calling integrated camera the iOfSauron

Personal Tech02 Oct 2015 | 45

Your security is just dandy, Apple Pay, but here comes Android

Analysis Sometimes a token gesture is a good thing

Security16 Jul 2015 | 85

Apple Pay's Brit biz bashed by banks planning to Zapp it out

We'll use our own NFC payment solution

On-Prem07 Jul 2015 | 48

Verizon splits with carrier-led bonking and invests in SimplyTapp

Breaks carrier convention with investment in Host Card Emulation tech

Networks08 Jun 2015 | 4

Barclaycard axes bonking payments bracelet

Some sort of new NFC tapcash to replace bPay 'trial' in June

On-Prem06 May 2015 | 15

Bonking with Apple is no fun 'cos it's too hard to pay, say punters

Strong start but service is losing its lucre lustre

SaaS08 Apr 2015 | 71

Vodafone wants to bonk you… wait, wants you to bonk

Look at our operator-favouring Single Wire Protocol

On-Prem30 Mar 2015 | 8

Visa: One million bonks a month for Europeans from next year

2015 is the year mobes become credit cards

Networks26 Feb 2015 | 21

Fujitsu: Slide your fingertip through our ring piece and show mice the finger

And keyboards too – new tech touted to kill off 20th century kit

Personal Tech13 Jan 2015 | 21

UK banks prepare for Apple Pay 'invasion', look to slap on bonking protection

Analysis Financial bodies air concerns over 'privacy', 'data security'

On-Prem30 Dec 2014 | 39

BONK for CASH in Brixton and help us EAT the RICH

Contactless payments, meet South London’s anti-gentry

Networks22 Dec 2014 | 18

Unlock your mobe by STROKING it with your PEARL

1. Ram silicon into hapless mollusc. 2. ???? 3. Profit

Networks16 Dec 2014 | 18

18 million iPHONE USERS HAVE NEVER BONKED to ApplePay

+Comment NFC chips lie unused

On-Prem08 Dec 2014 | 64

You know where Apple Pay is getting used a LOT? Yes - McDonalds

Black rollnecks straining across USA as fanbois bonk-to-supersize

On-Prem17 Nov 2014 | 55

The DRUGSTORES DON'T WORK, CVS makes IT WORSE ... for Apple Pay

Goog Wallet apparently also spurned in NFC lockdown

On-Prem26 Oct 2014 | 32

Hey, iPhone 6 fanbois: Apple's bonk to 'Pay' app IS GO

Scrump up the, er, sales volume

On-Prem20 Oct 2014 | 43

Move over, Apple Pay: Tesco trials PayQwiq phone-flash pay app

Mobile payments using QR codes

On-Prem24 Sep 2014 | 40

Forget bonking, have ONE OFF THE WRIST with Barclaycard's bPay

It's positively encouraged on the London Underground

Personal Tech18 Sep 2014 | 39

iPhone 6 will make you fork over with Apple Pay if you want to BONK

No NFC access for third-party developers, apps

Software16 Sep 2014 | 26

Payment security bods: Nice pay-by-bonk (hint: NO ONE uses it) on iPhone 6, Apple

Retailers won't lose sales 'cos they can’t take mobe payments

Security10 Sep 2014 | 44

Isis Wallet, NOT an Islamist militant group, reborn as Softcard

Pay-by-bonk outfit rebrands to avoid violent associations

On-Prem03 Sep 2014 | 14

Toshiba makes play to replace NFC with own speedy short range tech

+Comment New tech's been pretty slow getting to market

Storage03 Sep 2014 | 7

Vodafone pay-by-bonk launch may signal iPhone 6 NFC plans

That's it, big boy, come bonk on our tube

Personal Tech02 Sep 2014 | 23

iWallet: No BONKING PLEASE, we're Apple

BLE-ding iPhones, not NFC bonkers, will drive trend - marketeers

Security30 Jul 2014 | 41

Islamic terror peril hits US giants' phone wallets

'We have made the decision to rebrand' says ISIS Isis

Networks07 Jul 2014 | 29

Phone motion sensors can receive data

Video Short-range comms keeps secrets better, say boffins

Personal Tech07 Jul 2014 | 6

Mobile money firm Weve waves goodbye to David Sear

Departing boss looks for some change

Networks25 Jun 2014 |

Apple is KILLING OFF BONKING, cries mobe research dude

Final hope for NFC payments now rests with ... bankers

On-Prem10 Jun 2014 | 71

EE & Vodafone will let you BONK on the TUBE – with Boris' blessing

Transport for London: You can pay, but don't touch

Personal Tech23 Apr 2014 | 11

Slip your finger in this ring and unlock your backdoor, phone, etc

Pic Take a look at this new NFC jewellery – why, what were you thinking of?

Personal Tech22 Apr 2014 | 26

Jolla entices hardware hackers with free device development kit

Unique 'smart covers' make modding your mobe a snap

Software07 Feb 2014 | 6

Bonk to enter: Starwood Hotels testing keyless check-in via mobe

Smartphone app is your virtual door key in limited trial

Security28 Jan 2014 | 9

Pay-by-bonk? YEP, it's an Apple patent now...

(Insert preferred 'new iPhone will have NFC' rumour here)

Personal Tech21 Jan 2014 | 25

Wireless pay-by-bonk? Yawn... Google Wallet now lets you pay by CARD

Er, kind of like how everyone else does it

Software20 Nov 2013 | 5

Hong Kong underground gets pay-by-bonk

Octopus walks where Oyster fears to tread

Networks15 Oct 2013 | 12

Google tries putting an NFC ring on it: Bonking will keep you SAFE

Or sticking it in, to put it another way

SaaS20 Sep 2013 | 18

You thought NFC tags were Not For Consumers? Well, they're in Maplin's

If anyone knows what they're for, it's High Street Geek Dad

Networks12 Sep 2013 | 78

SQUEEEEE! Microsoft goes retro with pay-by-squawk NFC tech

Slow acoustic data transfer could work with any mobe

Personal Tech16 Aug 2013 | 19

Apple files 'Bonk to Gift' near field communication patent application

'No, our phones don't have NFC – but let's grab the patent anyway'

Personal Tech16 Aug 2013 | 43

First Austin, now live across the US: Watch Americans pay by bonk

ISIS ready for action later this year, but MCX stands ready to squish it

Personal Tech01 Aug 2013 | 11

Guinness: Have a quick bonk over the bar and receive FREE BEER

Irish stout kings offer gratis pints to mobe-touting punters

Networks26 Jul 2013 | 20

Yes, UK fanbois, you can now use iPhones as bonking aids!

Bonkmania slips onto Apple gear thanks to EE and Moneto

Personal Tech23 Jul 2013 | 1

Hey Britain, want to link your mobile to your BANK ACCOUNT?

OK, but what if it meant Visa and pals didn't get paid...

Networks26 Jun 2013 | 40

Sony unveils latest attempt at an Android SmartWatch

Meet the new boss, same as…

Personal Tech25 Jun 2013 | 54

Home Office boffins slip out passport-scanning Android app

'Very good, Jones, but what's the point of our latest gizmo?'

Software20 Jun 2013 | 35

A Bluetooth door lock that puts the kettle on? NOW we're in the future

If you don't mind wiring your bolts to the internet

Networks31 May 2013 | 32

Marks & Sparks accused of silently bonking punters over the tills

Analysis Bank cards bought stuff ALL BY THEMSELVES, say shoppers

Security20 May 2013 | 116