Smart Eye buys competitor Sightic to expand its driver monitoring system
Smart Eye, the biometric driver monitoring systems (DMS) supplier for auto makers such as Volvo, Nissan and BMW, is acquiring…
Consumer Electronics
Biometrics-based consumer electronic devices are standalone products that include access control door locks, security systems, home automation and IoT, automotive, game consoles and mobile devices. Companies that integrate biometric technology into existing consumer devices are included in this category.
US Justice Department’s search of reporter’s phone, laptops raise biometric, privacy concerns
When federal agents searched the home of Hannah Natanson, they were not just pursuing a leak investigation. They were taking…
Google expands Identity Check biometrics use with Android update
Phone theft is extremely annoying but it happens. Whether it’s snatched on the street, or stolen after being left somewhere,…
Indonesia mandates biometric SIM registration
Indonesia has issued a sweeping regulation that makes biometric verification mandatory for SIM card registration. The SEMANTIK (Comfortable Smile with…
Biometrics vendors should ‘step up their marketing’ say smartphone analysts
Next Biometrics has partnered with Taiwanese company Giantplus to invest in an innovative new technology that could change touchscreen authentication….
Mauritania warns telcos to comply with biometric SIM identification rules
Three mobile network operators in Mauritania have been given two months to fully comply with existing SIM card identification rules…
Next Biometrics is betting on ‘anywhere-on-display’ — could a future iPhone use it?
The world’s most popular computing device to access the Internet has evolved at breakneck pace. Through the crucible of competition…
Vietnam prepares biometric verification for 100m mobile phone users
Biometric identity verification is becoming a feature of life in Vietnam. The latest measure sees mobile phone users swept up…
Samsung, Hyundai advance biometrics, digital wallets as car keys
Both vehicle manufacturers and tech companies have been vying to put biometric technology into our cars. The mass adoption moment…
China proposes new biometric data rules for app makers
China has proposed a new regulation mandating that apps store biometric data on devices instead of transmitting it through the…
