University of California at Irvine students will now be able to enter their recreation center with a simple swipe of their hand in place of their student ID card. The new system will aid students who might have forgotten their campus card. Students must also enter a PIN as well. The biometric scanners are also […]

By Kelli Emerick, executive director, Secure Document Coalition Change has come to Washington, to our nation and to ID management. An Obama administration is different than any other administration we’ve ever seen. Not just because Barak Obama is the first African-American to be elected President by the people of our country, but because he is […]

Blaze Mobile, an Alameda, Calif. provider of mobile commerce applications, has partnered with MasterCard to produce a contactless payment sticker that can turn a mobile phone into a payments device. MasterCard says it sees this approach as a bridge to fully integrated contactless payment capabilities using NFC technology. The small mobile payment sticker can be […]

Vancouver’s TransLink public transportation system is expected to take the next steps toward deploying a smart card fare system, according to 24 Hours.com. According to the agenda, decisions to be discussed include: options for cash paying customers; whether entry and exit from the transit system will be required to recorded; integration of West Coast Express, […]

Port Authority buses in Pittsburgh, Penn. will start getting new fare collection boxes this summer as it prepares to implement a cashless smart card system. The transit agency has told its contractor, Scheidt & Bachmann USA Inc., to begin upgrading buses with the fare boxes, which will include equipment to read and process the smart […]

Blackboard has released a free application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that enables students to access course information wherever and whenever they wany. Students accustomed to logging in to their institution’s Blackboard Learn platform every day can now tap in to mobile learning opportunities by receiving updates and alerts on grades, assignments, tests and […]

Gemalto announced it is delivering electronic identification cards to the National Information Center (NIC), the IT entity of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior. The Identification Card-Phase 2 program extends the country’s initial electronic ID initiative launched in December 2007. As part of the new contract, Gemalto will provide the NIC with eID cards for the […]