Changing from Barcodes to NFC Tags Made the Security Services Secure

Security services is a $132B worldwide industry whose foundation was built on trust. Retailers, local governments, airports, corporate offices, banks, malls, and more trust that guards will execute their assigned patrols at an agreed upon frequency and be present to detect anomalies, deter undesirable activity and to respond when immediate action is necessary. The value of the service is derived from the assured safety of events, facilities, and assets thanks to this scheduled patrol. To prove that value, security companies need high quality and reliable data.

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iPhone 13 – Using NFC and NFC Tags with iOS 15 in 2021

Apple’s September “Special Event” for 2021 (video below) has followed the theme of the past ten years with the announcement of new iPhone models including the iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max (whew!), complementing Apple’s announcement of iOS 15 in June. Like all iPhones since the iPhone 7, released in 2016 alongside iOS 11, the new iPhones feature native software and hardware support for NFC functionality. While the iPhone 6 supported NFC for contactless payment only via Apple Pay, previous iPhones did not support NFC. This lack of NFC capabilities contrasted with Google’s Android devices, which had adopted NFC hardware and software support in late 2010 and has been included in almost all Android phones since.

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How COVID Made QR Codes Cool

There is a long list of formerly denigrated technologies that have since become key components of the modern world. The bicycle, the car, answering machines, and laptops were all considered dubious fads when they first emerged. In each case, it took some calamity, innovation, or critical mass of adoption before they wormed their way into the realm of the essential.

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Beat the NFC Chip Shortage — Start Planning Now

Over the past fifteen months, it’s become clear that while global supply chains are efficient, they’re also brittle. Unprecedented demand patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic led to shortages of toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and N95 masks, and the pandemic disrupted labor markets and production. Pandemic disruptions have now revealed a brittleness in semiconductor supply chains that has been building for at least two decades, putting nearly all chips used in consumer products and industrial and commercial processes in short supply. Automotive ECUs, microcontrollers for factory automation, medical devices, gaming consoles, smart toasters—nearly everything requiring semiconductors—are affected.

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Use NFC Tags with iPhone Shortcuts App

If you have updated your iPhone to run iOS 13, you may have noticed that the Shortcuts app is now pre-installed. With newfound NFC functionality, Shortcuts has garnered a lot of recent attention.

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Apple Expands NFC Tag Functionality on iPhone in iOS 13

It’s June again which means another Apple WWDC event, where they announce changes to their software products with iOS 13. Over the last several years Apple has been increasing NFC functionality in the iPhone.

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Will Apple Fix Core NFC in iOS 12 for the iPhone?

Several additional features should be added to the iPhone in iOS 12 to fix the NFC issues in Core NFC

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The Future of Environmentally Friendly NFC Tags

NFC is starting to see significant growth with smart product labeling and smart packaging for Connected Things projects. With NFC tags now being put into product labels and packaging, connecting those products to a personalized digital experience, the environmental impact of NFC tags also needs to be considered.

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How to Read NFC Tags with an iPhone App with iOS 11

With Apple’s event on Sept. 12th, 2017 Apple has finally announced the new iPhone 8 and the iPhone X along with releasing iOS 11 to the general public for download on Sept. 19th 2017. iOS 11 includes an NFC SDK for iOS, Core NFC which allows for iPhone apps to read NDEF records from NFC tags.

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Apple iOS 11 Supports Reading NFC Tags for iPhone 7 and 8 with Core NFC

Apple has just announced at WWDC 2017 that iOS 11 will have support for reading NFC tags and NDEF messages. This means that all iPhone 7 and newer will be able to read NFC tags just like Android.

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