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Articles By Chris Burt

Chris Burt is managing editor and industry analyst at Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about information technology, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter @AFakeChrisBurt.

 

Airport traveler analytics company MEXIA acquired by SITA

SITA has acquired MEXIA Interactive, which provides curb-to-gate passenger analytics for the air transport industry with a suite of technologies…

 

ImageWare launches identity onboarding and management solution and reports earnings

ImageWare has expanded its GoVerifyID Enterprise Suite with a digital identity onboarding and management technology, enabling users to prove their…

 

Queensland government agency deploys Nuance conversational AI for virtual assistant

The Queensland Treasury’s Office of State Revenue (OSR) has deployed conversational AI technology from Nuance for its self-service virtual assistant…

 

Most U.S. air travelers have boarded flights with improper ID, ready to embrace biometrics

Three out of five Americans who have ever been to an airport have passed through security and boarded an airplane…

 

FaceFirst launches image-blurring privacy feature for facial recognition systems

In a bid to restore some anonymity to individuals within face recognition systems, FaceFirst has unveiled its new Mask-ID privacy…

 

iProov to provide facial verification for UK Home Office service mobile apps

Biometric facial verification provider iProov has announced it is part of a multi-year contract from the UK Home Office for…

 

NEXT Biometrics cash on hand falls but earnings and margins rise in Q3

NEXT Biometrics has announced growth in earnings, gross margin, and accumulated sensor shipments, but a reduced cash balance for Q3…

 

SAFR rollout boosts RealNetwork quarterly earnings

RealNetworks has reported Q3 2018 revenue of $17.6 million, and sequential improvements in gross margin and net loss, as it…

 

Unisys details U.S. Army biometrics contract in quarterly earnings report

Unisys has announced its revenue grew by 3.3 percent, or 5.8 percent on a constant currency basis, to $688.3 million…

 

Airport IT spending to hit $10 billion in 2018

Overall airport IT spending is expected to grow from $8.6 billion in 2017 to $10 billion in 2018, as airports…

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