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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.

 

BIO-key reiterates full year revenue guidance after slow Q2 sales

BIO-key reiterated its full year revenue guidance range for 2018 of $8 to $12 million as it reported a sight…

 

“The age of seamless international travel has arrived” says biometrics market researcher Maxine Most

The global market for airport automated biometric facilitation will be worth $1.3 billion in revenue over the next five years…

 

Apple patents system for electronic credentials with biometric protection

An iPhone could one day stand in various for identity credentials, including the user’s passport, according to a patent application…

 

Tascent powers new fingerprinting solution for employee background check and onboarding

Background check and drug screening solution provider First Advantage has launched a Mobile Fingerprint Capture solution, through a partnership with…

 

Acuant reports most profitable quarter in company history

Acuant has achieved the most profitable quarter in company history with a 300 percent year-over-year increase in total sales growth…

 

Synaptics executives see growth ahead as company reports fiscal 2018 earnings

Synaptics’ net revenue for fiscal 2018 fell 5 percent from 2017 to $1.63 billion, as its Q4 revenue dropped 9…

 

Google develops method of identifying individuals with web search and facial recognition

Google received a patent in July for a system which searches images from social networks and applies facial recognition to…

 

Axon CEO says facial recognition not accurate enough for police body cameras

Facial recognition is not yet accurate enough to be added to body cameras, Axon CEO Rick Smith said in a…

 

West Virginia to offer Voatz biometric voting app statewide for overseas military

Military service personnel from West Virginia serving overseas will be able to vote in the November U.S. midterm elections with…

 

Amazon facial recognition technology accelerates trafficking investigations

Child exploitation prevention organization Thorn has sped up its investigation time by 65 percent using Amazon’s Rekognition and other AWS…

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