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ETUNNEL Anticipates $75M in Sales Through UN Biometric Card Partnership

BIO-key Posts Encouraging Financial Update

Today, BIO-key International announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2014 results, just as promised. The results indicate encouraging trends and strong…

March 20, 2015

TECH5 to Provide Livescan Tech to Virginia Police via $54M Contract

Australia May Expand Police Fingerprinting Powers

South Australian Attorney-General, John Rau, is seeking to expand police powers with respect to fingerprint scanning, according to a Herald Sun article by…

March 20, 2015

Google FaceNet Boasts Perfect Matching

Google has unveiled a new facial recognition system that it claims is the most advanced ever made, according to a Fortune article by Derrick Harris. Called…

March 20, 2015

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Acer Cloud Platform To Feature Biometrics

Taiwan-based Egis Technology Inc. (EgisTec) has teamed up with Acer to bring biometric fingerprint sensor technology to Acer’s Build Your Own Cloud ecosystem.…

March 20, 2015

Skepticism About Alipay Facial Recognition Rises

-The emerging vulnerabilities of mCommerce are a serious threat, but there are viable multi-factor solutions, and sticking with archaic password systems is not…

March 20, 2015

FPC Receives Major Biometric Sensor Order

Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has received a major new order for its FPC1025 fingerprint sensor, the company has announced. Valued at 75 MSEK, the contract will see…

March 20, 2015

Aware Launches New Identity Platform

Aware, Inc. has announced a new cluster computing platform ahead of the connect:ID expo later this month. Called Astra, the platform is designed to perform…

March 19, 2015

Facing Spillover Gang Violence from Sweden, Danes Look to FRT

FaceFirst Biometrics Deployed in Colombia

Facial recognition biometrics company FaceFirst is seeing its solutions deployed in the TransMilenio rapid bus transit system in Bogota, Colombia. The…

March 19, 2015

Texas Bans Fingerprint Biometrics for Drivers Licenses

A Texas senator’s bill has banned the collection of 10-fingerprint biometric credentials from drivers licence applicants in the state, according to a Chron…

March 19, 2015

New Report: Strong Growth For Global Biometrics

ABI Research is predicted major growth in the global biometrics market over the next five years. In a new report, the research firm predicts that the global…

March 19, 2015

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