Precise Biometrics announced a partnership with security software developer Thursby Software, which will be integrating Precise’s smart casing solution with Thursby’s security app for mobile devices. The new solutions makes use of the smart casing, a case that fits over smart phones and mobile devices and enables biometric and smart card authentication via the device. […]

A bus stop billboard on London’s Oxford Street is using face recognition technology to target and only display the ad to women, according to an article from The Independent. While the face recognition technology doesn’t work as most face recognition technology does, to determine the actual identity of the person in question, this one scans […]

EyeVerify, a company founded in Kansas City, Mo., has developed a new mode of eye-based biometric authentication that authenticates people by the unique vein pattern in the whites of an individual’s eye, according to a Silicon Prairie News article. Moreover, the new development is only software and EyeVerify intends to push the solution as a […]

IronKey has revamped its Trusted Access service for enterprise IT management. Called Enterprise Service, organizations can now use Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and cloud applications to reduce or eliminate the endpoints and supporting infrastructure enterprises must have, as well as lowering operations and maintenance expenses. Trusted Access helps enterprises meet the challenges expanding into […]

Accela Inc., an e-government software provider, has adapted its Security Permitting functionality into the Arabic version of the its Accela Automation enterprise software. Designed specifically for Middle Eastern organizations, this software gives users a turnkey approach for managing external requests for facility access, disseminating information about approved people and items to specific locations and sharing […]

Online payments provider Boku has teamed up with MasterCard to launch Boku Accounts – a new mobile service that enables customers to make NFC payments anywhere MasterCard PayPass is accepted. Offered through a mobile subscriber’s mobile network operator, Boku Accounts also enables merchants to create loyalty programs as well as send targeted offers to customers via […]

NXP Semiconductors announced that six NFC service providers will showcase their solutions at NXP’s Mobile World Congress booth next week in Barcelona. Foursquare, DeviceFidelity and several others will gather at NXP’s “NFC concept café” to demonstrate NFC solutions powered by NXP’s mobile NFC technology, NFC tags, and contactless readers. First up, Touchanote works together with […]