March has been Mobile Month here at FindBiometrics, and it’s time to bring the celebration of strong mobile authentication to a close with a look back on everything we examined in the world of smartphones, tablets, wearables and the Internet of Things.
Here is what we got up to in Mobile Month at FindBiometrics:
Mobile World Congress
The first week of March had FindBiometrics in Barcelona, Spain, providing ground floor coverage of Mobile World Congress (MWC) with our sister site Mobile ID World. Biometrics had a greater presence at this year’s MWC than ever before, with major announcements from industry leaders and major global OEMS alike.
Below you will find a full roundup of all the digital identity news out of Mobile World Congress 2015, as well as conference coverage dealing with strong authentication and connectivity from Mobile ID World.
Mobile Month: Biometrics at MWC
MWC 2015: Mobile Identity on Day One
MWC 2015: Day 2 – Accessibility and The Connected Globe
MWC 2015: Biometric Wearable Called The Future of Payment
Modalities and Applications
The arena of mobile biometrics is dynamic and ever evolving. As connectivity continues to proliferate the globe and mobile hardware becomes increasingly accessible, new ways to verify our identity are emerging. Our Mobile Month featured articles explore this idea, examining the wide range of biometric modalities available on mobile devices as well as the unique ways said technology is changing the world through its range of applications.
Take a look at how diverse the world of mobile biometrics has become with these featured articles:
Mobile Month: The Mobile Biometric Modalities
Mobile Month: 5 Unique Mobile Biometric Applications
Big News From Apple
Following in the wake of MWC 2015 was a major Apple keynote presentation out of Cupertino. The announcement was built around the Apple Watch, which was presented as a long awaited method of interfacing with the Internet of Things. While the wearable foregoes strong authentication for its Apple Pay feature in favor of a PIN system, the company did introduce some biometric innovations worth noting, namely the new ResearchKit SDK.
Take a look at how Apple fit into Mobile Month with these articles from our sister site, Mobile ID World.
Apple Watch Demo Makes Wearables Seem Essential
Apple Watch Uses Tokenization, Eschews Biometrics for Apple Pay
Apple Bringing Big Biometric Data To Medical Research
The Newsroom
It wasn’t just Mobile World Congress and Apple keynotes this past month. The news, as usual, was chock full of our monthly featured topic. From relying parties embracing mobile biometrics, to new partnerships that will see strong authentication make its way to handsets, to new vertical market applications, March was truly about mobility.
Here is the most important industry news concerning mobility and biometrics from March:
Qualcomm Integrates Sensory’s Voice Recognition
Nymi Considered By British Bank
Caller Authentication Moves To Handsets
Alipay to Use Facial Recognition Biometrics
Tipping Point Reached by Mobile Biometrics
iPad Facial Recogniton Coming to San Diego Schools
Whitepaper: How Voice Recognition Fits With mCommerce
Fingerprints To Replace Physicians’ Passwords
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Join FindBiometrics throughout April as we announce the next featured theme of the month and continue to bring you all the most relevant biometrics and identity news. Be sure to keep the month’s conversation going until then by following us on Twitter and tweeting with the hashtag #FBMobileMonth.
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March 25, 2015 – by Peter B. Counter