LG Pivots to Goodix for New Smartphones’ Fingerprint Sensors
Goodix is celebrating a major new client, with LG having integrated a Goodix fingerprint sensor into its new K10 and Stylus 3 smartphones. The announcement…
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Biometric Authentication Plays Key Role in Radical Samsung Patents
“Both devices offer touch-based interfaces and, perhaps more striking, they both use biometric authentication to control who is allowed to unfold or unroll…
Biometric Smartphone Market Saw Massive Growth in 2016
The biometric smartphone market saw growth of over 100 percent last year, according to a new report from Acuity Market Intelligence. In January of last year,…
Social Welfare Fraudsters Weeded Out by Facial Recognition System
Ireland’s Department of Social Protection’s use of facial recognition software to weed out fraudsters continues to pay off, according to a report from Irish…
Delta ID Tech Powers Iris-Scanning Driver Authentication System
A new biometric authentication system for the car is based on Delta ID iris scanning technology. Announced yesterday by Gentex, the system is based in the…
Kensington Announces FIDO-Compliant Key Designed for Windows 10
California-based desktop and mobile accessory maker Kensington has announced a new second-factor authentication key with a built-in fingerprint sensor. Called…
Goodix Wins CES Innovation Award for Liveness-Detecting Fingerprint Sensor
Goodix has won a prestigious CES 2017 award for an innovative fingerprint sensor system with built-in liveness detection. It has become the first China-based…
Google Urging Adwords Partners to Adopt 2Sv Security
Having acquired some empirical validation of second-factor authentication, Google is now urging its Adwords partners to adopt such security measures. Adwords…
iSign and AAEON Bring Biometric Signatures to Rugged Tablets
AAEON and iSign have teamed up to bring biometric signature recognition to the former’s rugged tablets. It’s an entirely software-driven solution, with iSign…
Fingerprint-Scanning Padlock Represents a Growing Niche in Biometrics Market
An LA-based startup is working to further usher biometric technology into everyday life with a new biometric padlock called the BenjiLock. It’s pretty much…