TrendForce forecasts that IR sensors for smartphones market to reach US$145M this year
TrendForce estimates that the infrared (IR) sensor modules for mobile devices global market will reach US$145 million in 2017, driven…
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Goodix fingerprint technology featured in Xiaomi Mi 6
Xiaomi has launched its Mi 6 smartphone featuring Goodix’s Invisible Fingerprint Sensor (IFS) technology. Goodix’s IFS is an integrated fingerprint…
Novetta VP appointed to ISO editor position
Novetta vice president of special projects, Michael Thieme, has been appointed editor of ISO/IEC 30107-4, a performance testing standard related…
BioRugged to showcase new low-cost mobile biometric devices at ID4Africa
BioRugged will showcase several new devices at its exhibit booth at the upcoming ID4Africa conference, in a major expansion of…
IDEX fingerprint sensor featured in Mastercard’s biometric card
IDEX revealed that its flexible off-chip fingerprint sensor is featured in the Mastercard next generation biometric card. Mastercard’s recently released…
Iris Corporation and Zwipe to investigate potential biometric smartcard applications in Malaysia
Iris Corporation is partnering with Zwipe to look into the potential for biometric smartcard applications and ways the two companies…
EU approve Advent’s acquisition of Morpho subject to smartcard business sale
European Union antitrust regulators have approved private equity firm Advent International‘s €2.4 billion (US$2.57 billion) acquisition of Safran’s identity and…
Privacy group wants Australia to appoint a biometrics commissioner
The Australian Attorney General’s Department is planning to add up to 12 million passport photographs to its Face Verification Service…
NEC software uses facial recognition to verify mobile service users
NEC Corporation has launched NC7000-3A, a data utilization platform software that leverages facial recognition to confirm the identity of mobile…
Sonavation licensing its ultrasonic biometric sensor technology to Analog Devices
Sonavation has entered a commercial licensing agreement with Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) for its ultrasonic biometric sensor technology. Leveraging Sonavation’s…
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