ScholarChip, a provider of smart ID solutions for schools, has announced the release of its new School Safety and Operations (SSOS) platform for NFC-enabled mobile phones. The SSOS platform includes Android applications for taking attendance in classrooms and on school buses, monitoring hall traffic, paying for public transportation, making mobile payments and ticketing for extracurricular […]
23 Mar, 2012ScholarChip launches NFC platform for school admins
23 Mar, 2012Smart credentials to reach in excess of $72 Billion by 2016
Within the next five years the market for smart cards, secure ICs, inlays, biometric data capture, card personalization, printing and issuance in government, health care, and citizen ID will be in excess of $72 billion, according to ABI Research. The largest proportion of revenues will be generated from the deployment of high-value applications, in particular […]
23 Mar, 2012BridgePoint releases 3-factor biometric reader for physical access
California-based BridgePoint Systems has introduced its TrustPoint 3-Factor Biometric Reader for physical access control systems. With the TrustPoint product, users enter a PIN into the reader. The reader then performs a biometric finger scan and completes a one-to-one match between it and the biometric template stored on a PIV credential, a process that takes less […]
23 Mar, 2012Google looks to ads, new partnerships to kickstart Wallet
Google is rethinking its mobile payments strategy in light of slow consumer adoption of Google Wallet, sources close to the project told Bloomberg. Feeling the heat from competitor Isis, Google is said to be courting wireless operators Verizon and AT&T in an effort to expand the service, which is currently only available through Sprint on […]
23 Mar, 2012WHSmith rolls out contactless payments
British retailer WHSmith announced that it will be introducing contactless payments across 46 of its UK stores by Spring 2012, according to Retail Gazette. In partnership with Visa Europe and Streamline, initial contactless payments will be deployed at WHSmith stores located at major travel hubs: the Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airport stores in London and […]
23 Mar, 2012RFID enables brands to link users’ real-life experiences with Facebook
The Social Media World Forum Europe, set to kick off in London next week, will be integrating the RFID social media platform, LifeSynk, to demonstrate how brands can get people to share physical and point-of-sale experiences on Facebook and other social networks. LifeSynk works by linking the user’s social media network account to an RFID […]
22 Mar, 2012DARPA recommends ditching passwords, using always-on biometrics
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is recommending the elimination of password usage in favor of biometrical recognition, reports Government Computer News. DARPA said on its Active Authentication site that complex passwords are too cumbersome to create, remember and manage, nor do active sessions have the capability to recognize whether the current user is […]