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How NFC Can Benefit Businesses?

How NFC Can Benefit Businesses

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">NFC is a common technology&comma; especially among smartphones&period; NFC or the near field communication may have a bright future due to its versatility&period; It allows contactless transfer of information between two devices&comma; much faster and simpler than Bluetooth&period; When placed close to one another&comma; both devices will be able to transfer information easily&period; Compared to Bluetooth&comma; NFC requires less power and the connection can be established much more quickly&period; Setting up NFC is also easier for users than with Bluetooth or WiFi&period; In many cases&comma; it will work automatically and you don’t need to launch any app&period; The shorter range may seem like a drawback&comma; but this could prevent interception by unauthorised users&period; There are different usages of NFC&comma; such as card emulation&period; It means that NFC-capable device will work like smart proximity cars for performing transactions like ticketing and payments&period; NFC can also be used to read data stored in the RFID tags on labels or smart posters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">NFC also offers peer to peer mode&comma; so it will be much easier for NFC-capable devices to exchange information&period; Two popular services&comma; Apple Pay for iPhones and Google Waller for Android devices are based on NFC technology&period; However&comma; Android seems to have an upper hand&comma; because it is more flexible in terms of NFC usages&period; When a NFC-capable device is used for mobile device&comma; it serves as a bank card to pay for <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;megaedd&period;com">specific goods and services&period;<&sol;a> In this case&comma; you will need a NFC payment app in your smartphone&period; There’s also the NFC tag&comma; which is a microchip that can be used to store some amount of data&period; These tags can be read by NFC&equals;capable devices&period; They can be placed at the entrance doors of movie theatres&comma; offices&comma; restaurants and other places&period; New information can be updated into your mobile devices&period; You will know changes in meeting schedule or interesting deals for lunch&period; By scanning the NFC tag&comma; you could also obtain discounts from the merchant&comma; which is a big advantage compared to owners of non-NFC devices&period; These NFC tags could also be used as tools to control your mobile devices&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">As an example&comma; when you enter the movie theatre&semi; your smartphone will be automatically set to silent mode&period; So&comma; NFC could have direct benefits for businesses and it is a convenient way of performing the payment process&period; Simple data sharing can be beneficial in many different ways&comma; especially if we are able to do this in a quick and easy manner&period; Access control is a feature of NFC that can be used by businesses to develop mobile apps using NFC&period; As an example&comma; many business premises require door security and only certain individuals are allowed to enter&period; NFC-capable smartphone can be used as a replacement for card&period; Your entry into the business premise can be logged into the database and will help to improve the security matters&period; Even so&comma; no technology is perfect and there are potential vulnerabilities associated with NFC&period; Because the connection procedure is simpler&comma; it is possible that someone will steal your information when he gets too close with your device&period; The connection can be established when the distance is closer than 4 cm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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