Increased adoption of biometrics security in mobile phones, close-circuit television and other consumer applications spurred revenue growth in the global market for infrared LEDs from $201.5m in 2014 to $241.4m in 2015, according to Jamie ...
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Apple Inc's long-awaited launch of tap-to-pay technology in its new iPhones and smartwatch may be the seal of approval that near-field communication technology needs to become as commonplace as wifi, Bluetooth and GPS. Called NFC, the ...
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It is reported that Vishay Intertechnology introduced two new series of 10 mm standard surface-mount 7-segment LED displays in compact, low-profile packages on August 7, 2013. Utilizing AllnGap on GaAs chip technology for high luminous ...
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Gartner today drastically lowered its forecast for the monetary payments that near field communication technology will provide in coming years, noting the struggles of Google Wallet and Isis mobile wallet services. Through 2017, NFC's ...
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Thousands of older systems, including those used to manage critical industrial control equipment, traffic lights, fuel pumps, retail point-of-sale terminals and building automation are vulnerable to tampering because they're insecurely ...
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Mobile payment systems in the U.S. have been long on promise and short on reality. The launch Monday of the Isis system in Salt Lake City and Austin will promote the adoption of mobile payments among users of nine smartphones that support ...
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Computerworld - ISIS, a consortium of three wireless carriers, said Thursday that it will not launch its Near-Field Communication-based mobile payment service in Salt Lake City or Austin, Texas by the end of the summer as earlier planned. ...
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An industry group launched on Tuesday will guide a massive upgrade of the U.S. payment card system to a new platform designed to prevent card fraud. The EMV (Europay, MasterCard, Visa) Migration Forum will coordinate efforts to enable the ...
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X2 Computing, one of the fastest growing providers of mobile computing solutions, has announced the appointment of Kelly Ou as Procurement and Administration Manager. Based in Taipei at the company's newly opened Technology Development ...
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Mobile payments with Google Wallet are growing fast, but the road to wide acceptance of NFC in the U.S. will be slow, the head of Google’s payments unit said Friday. The number of NFC (near-field communication) transactions with ...
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IDG News Service-Bank of America Merchant Services will extend its mobile payments service to small retailers in December,allowing them to use smartphones and tablets as point-of-sale terminals. The entry of the country's largest ...
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