“Apple surprised me with its reversion back to NFC. “I have viewed beacons as some type of way to integrate mobile payments, because you have to take all these point-of-sale terminals and upgr ...

At the same time, BLE beacons are already picking up steam quickly and in some cases the two technologies could be complementary. “Essentially, the differences between NFC and beacons as it ...

Even though Apple’s proposed payment solution includes NFC – a wireless connection standard that’s not supported by its mobile devices, but is employed by many Android devices – the ...