Late last year Microsoft surprised us with the release of their first iPhone app, Seadragon. The company has now released its second iPhone app, TagReader (iTunes link). Launch the app and point your ...

Near-field communications (NFC) allow very short-range transmission of data from a device that can be battery-free. The field generator by the NFC reader produces the tiny amount of power required to ...

Microsoft released their second iPhone app, TagReader [iTunes link], today. Simply point your iPhone’s camera at a Microsoft Tag and instantly you find out new information, such as a URL or some ...

Currently, there is no passive Near Field Communication (NFC) reader—or any other type of RFID reader, for that matter—built into an Apple iPhone (see Apple Eschews NFC). But there are a number of ...