Bologna Gugliemo Marconi Airport has launched a Near Field Communication (NFC) RFID and Bluetooth beacon solution that allows commuters to access content about the airport, as well as the city beyond, ...

Today Estimote has announced a rather significant update to its wireless Proximity Beacons. The Google Eddystone-compatible beacons, which aim to give users contextual experiences on smartphones and ...

This month will see Total Produce begin trials of NFC enabled fresh produce retail units, or “SmartStands” in Ireland. NFC, or “Near Field Communications” is a technology behind “Contactless Payments” ...

PayPal launched something yesterday called PayPal Beacon. The media has described Beacon as a cool-looking triangle-shaped hardware device that plugs into any power source and acts as an in-store GPS ...

Twenty-five years ago the Internet was in its infancy and digital signage as we know it didn’t exist. Fast-forward to just a decade ago and digital signage is an emerging technology with a multitude ...

Bluetooth low-energy beacons, Near Field Communication (NFC) tags and Quick Response (QR) codes will be deployed at various locations across Bologna Airport, enabling the airport to pro-actively send ...

Apple's (AAPL +1.02%) in on it. And now Qualcomm (QCOM +1.53%) has followed suit with its own version of the technology. With the help of Bluetooth Low-Energy, the newest fad in the micro-location ...

Point-of-sale proximity payments use beacon technology that allows mobile payments to be accepted not just using NFC technology such as Apple Pay, but also Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, enabling frictionless ...