Nashville-based Redpepper ad agency is piloting a system that uses facial recognition technology to encourage consumers to check in at local businesses with their social media accounts. As reported on Wired, the system, called Facedeals, relies on cameras loaded with facial recognition software that are mounted at businesses. The cameras get permission to recognize a […]

Empirix is offering Quality Assurance testing services for those industries utilizing voice prints to ensure quality, improve application security and enable a hands-free user environment. As reported on BillingWorld.com, Empirix’s Testing as a Service (ETaaS) is designed to help companies validate authentication and enrollment applications that use voice biometrics, as well as speed up deployment, […]

Integrated Biometrics has released Watson-Mini, the smallest and fastest non-optical mobile ID fingerprint scanner that’s achieved FBI Appendix F certification. The scanner meets or exceeds all requirements of EBTS Appendix F Mobile ID SAP 45 and PIV-071006 of the FBI IAFIS Image Quality Specifications. The Watson-Mini weighs 85 grams and measures 61 mm x 60 […]

The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) has calculated that use of the e-zwich biometric smart card has jumped about 500% in the first half of 2012, reports Ghana Web. Most of this growth occurred in the second quarter. Both value of sales transactions and volume of the transactions with the card rose over […]

BIO-key International Inc. will present advances in fingerprint biometric authentication technology at the Allscripts Client Experience (ACE) at McCormick Place in Chicago on Aug. 15 to 17. Ed Black, director of healthcare solutions for BIO-key, will be presenting its technology with John Judd, manager, product management at Allscripts. Black intends to show how the technology […]

The Chicago Public Schools has awarded a fingerprinting services contract to Accurate Biometrics, making this its fourth consecutive award. The contract will last for two years, with an option to renew for a third year. Opting to go with a local company, the nation’s third largest school district will provide services that affect both students […]

When Wired writer Mat Honan had several of his cloud-connected online Mac, iPhone and iPad accounts hacked, the result led to a painful experience and has cloud-based software and service providers under fire for their levels of security. ZDNet blogger Jason Perlow writes that Honan’s passwords were compromised by hackers tricking Apple support reps into […]

The Palm Beach County, Fla., school district is considering implementing biometric fingerprint scanners for a variety of student functions, including bus service, library usage, attendance and lunches. As written on EdWeek’s Digital Education blog, the school district surveyed its principals and found that 60% wanted to add biometrics for a variety of student uses. Based […]

Thursby Software Systems Inc. has upgraded its enterprise Mac-to-Windows integration, management and security software to incorporate Apple’s release of OS X Mountain Lion. The software is the tenth generation of DAVE, seventh of ADmitMac and fifth of ADmitMac PKI enterprise. The system enables engineers to truly reach into the OS to create Apple’s client-side connectivity […]

The U.K.’s Post Office Limited has enrolled more than 1.5 million individuals in its Applicant Enrollment Identification (AEI) service that collects biometric information for identification. The AEI service utilizes 3M Cogent Biometric Enrollment Stations (CBES) to capture applicants’ fingerprints, photographs and digital signatures for use by various clients, including the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) […]