Nokia recently released an application that allows Windows Phone users to read or write any standard NFC tag. NFC tags can be programmed to initiate different tasks, such as automatic social ...

“Nokia NFC is a Windows Phone app which allows you to read/write any standard NFC tag. You can create NFC tags to launch applications, check-in to places, update social status, or even make ...

To write instructions to these tags, you'll need an application such as NFC Task Launcher.

Put the power of NFC Tags to work in your Android world with Trigger. This week in our Android customization series we show you how to write and scan your own custom NFC Tags using an app called ...

NFC tags allow for both read and write operations, so you can reuse them as you see fit. This further drives down the cost of deployment for large-scale use cases.

It's an interesting app and a handy way to keep things private on your Windows Phone. Setting up NFC Safe Your first order of business when you launch NFC Safe is to configure your NFC tag or key.