AAID Security Solutions, an manufacturer and distributor of Ultra Long Range RFID Readers, Tags, Accessories and announced a partnership with Merlin 360 in the UK as a distributor for its Ultrasonic real time location services tags, readers and software for North and South America. Merlin 360 provides electronic personnel security, asset tracking, monitoring and control […]

ID Solutions Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply software to the Transportation Security Agency’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential program. ID Solution’s ID Search Engine provides fingerprint match services to TSA’s TWIC enrollment applications to help assure that none of these credentials are issued to a given applicant more than once […]

AuthenTec announced that its TouchStone fingerprint sensor packaging technology will enable future generations of waterproof cell phones. This new waterproof packaging technology is AuthenTec’s newest fingerprint sensor packaging alternative for today’s cell phone manufacturers. The leading cause of cell phone returns not covered under warranty is damage from exposure to excess moisture or immersion in […]

Delta Airlines has partnered with registered traveler vendor Clear to offer expedited security lanes at New York’s JFK and LaGuardia airports, and Los Angeles International, starting this summer. The partnership also includes new enrollment centers in select Delta Crown Room Clubs in Atlanta that provide a way for customers to join Clear’s Fast Pass program. […]

Swipe your RFID-enabled ID card and jet away on the three-speed bicycle. That’s the idea behind Vélib, according to a story in this week’s issue of Time magazine. Pay $40 a year and have access to the bikes at stations across the city. Vélib is based in Paris, but is coming to the U.S. Washington […]

Going to the library is a common occurrence, but it can sometimes be difficult to find a comfortable place to sit. Dutch designer Jelte van Geest has solved the problem and designed an RFID-enabled chair that follows a user around while in the facility. A user swiped the RFID ID card in front of the […]

Contactless payment cards will continue to be deployed in the UK, according to payment association APACS. There are 337,000 cards enabled for contactless technology in the UK, according to a story in IT Pro. Most of the cards are in London and the South East where Barclaycard, Visa and Transport for London have held trials. […]

New voice recognition software created by Siemens claims to be able to boost productivity within IT departments by automating certain help desk features. It is estimated that twenty percent of help desk calls are for lost or forgotten computer passwords, and fixing that problem can take roughly thirty minutes per request. By storing employee voice […]

Blaze mobile is offering subscribers the ability to make payments and check their bank account with their mobile phones, according to WalletPop.com. The contactless payments are compatible with the MasterCard PayPass payment systems. Blaze charges $5 per month for the feature and $20 for the contactless payment sticker. Read the full story here.   

Gemalto has announced the completion of more than 53 million over-the-air (OTA) updates of GSM and CDMA mobile customers representing 6.3 billion short messages across eight provinces in China. Gemalto states thGemalto successfully completed over 53 million over-the-air (OTA) updates of GSM and CDMA mobile customers representing 6.3 billion short messages across 8 provinces in […]