Category Near Field Communications

Tech Overdrive: Inside the Broadcom Booth at CES

The technology practically jumps out at you when you walk into Broadcom’s booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show.

As the annual CES show kicked off in Las Vegas, a flood of industry analysts, reporters, customers and executives converged on the the company’s red-emblazoned private booth, complete with 350 linear feet of live demos. All were there to gawk at Broadcom’s latest and greatest connectivity-related designs, which will roll out in consumer devices over the next year and a half.…

NFC Ready for Mainstream Adoption with New Combo Chip

The concept of mobile payments – as well as the technology that makes it possible – has been around for a while now. But just like the early days of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies, Near Field Communications technology has been slow to attract widespread adoption.

That’s starting to change. In recent months, analysts have started feeling bullish again around NFC’s potential – but not just because of mobile payments. They’re especially interested on an emerging ecosystem of use cases that …

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