Advanced Card Systems Ltd., Asia Pacific’s supplier of PC-linked smart card readers, has launched its ACOS6 Multi-application and Purse Card, also known as MAP, that is designed for multiple applications and e-purses. The new design allows developers to incorporate various independent applications into one ACOS6 card. For instance, a user could utilize his card for […]

Unique Identification Authority of India names ‘Secretary of Identity’ By Salvatore D’Agostino, IDmachines A race is on, not unlike the race to the moon and we will see if the United States can catch up with the rest of the planet when it comes to identity credentials. This blog and IDmachines continue to tout the […]

Zapa Technology, a Dublin, Ireland company due to launch an NFC-like ZapaTag in the next few months, has received about $3.5 million in funding from venture capital firm Delta Partners. The infusion of capital will allow Zapa, one of the first companies in Europe to make use of NFC, to roll out a number of […]

Cubic Transportation Systems Inc., a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corp., is buying the Vix ERG’s Concord, Calif. operations center which means the company will assume responsibility for major transit operations in the U.S. currently being run by ERG. Cubic will use its new assets that include select software licenses to expand services to transit […]

Idesco Oy, an RFID company based in Finland, and software company Norfello Oy have formed an agreement to work together for developing applications for RFID systems that could be us3ed through the Internet. The base of this cooperation is in couple of years of common development projects, which has resulted Idesco to launch the wireless […]

Nedap and Hitachi have worked together to integrate finger vein verification into the Nedap access control system AEOS. Finger vein recognition is a relatively new biometric technology. Each individual’s vein pattern is unique. Finger vein recognition works by shining infrared light through the finger which is absorbed by the haemoglobin of the blood in the […]

Barclaycard has unveiled a free iPhone game, Waterslide Extreme, to coincide with the next airing of its Waterslide advertising campaign. The concept for the mobile game is taken from Barclaycard’s latest advertising campaign that demonstrates contactless payment. The game, developed by fishlabs and Dare for Barclaycard, has nine levels with the objective to steer a […]