In the earliest days of mobile wallets, there was much debate over whether to focus on using QR codes — which can be displayed on any phone's screen — or to wait for more phones to support Near Field ...

In terms of the tickets delivered over the 2014 to 2019 time frame, QR codes are forecast to make up 48% of all tickets delivered, NFC with 30% and SMS and others making up the remaining 22%, ...

Microsoft is updating the mobile reader apps for its Microsoft Tag barcodes to also scan Quick Response (QR) codes and read Near Field Communications (NFC) signals, saying it’s aiming to simplify the ...

Marketers have become enamored of QR codes in the last few years, with the black-and-white icons popping up almost everywhere -- from magazines to subway posters to ketchup bottles. Barcode technology ...

Apple is about to make Physical Web access easier for iPhone users. Starting with iOS 11, iPhones are expected to be able to activate Near Field Communication (NFC) tags and launch QR codes to ...

And, in this corner...before QR (quick response) codes and NFC (near field communications) officially square off; the masses have already dubbed NFC “The QR Killer.” Google instigated the matter in ...

What do printed QR codes and NFC (Near Field Communication) chips have in common, besides storing instructions that computers can read? They are both hackable and their ability to store and ...

The NFC Forum, a standards and advocacy association for Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, has released its NFC Money Transfer Candidate Specification (NMT). NMT gives payment service ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how data & data-driven marketing are changing business. Marketers typically define the word “trigger” as some kind ...

Marketers have become enamored of QR codes in the last few years, with the black-and-white icons popping up almost everywhere -- from magazines to subway posters to ketchup bottles. Barcode technology ...