FOSTER CITY, Calif., Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), the global leader in payments, today announced that it is expanding the use of new security technology that replaces the traditional 16-digit Visa account number with a unique series of numbers, helping to prevent exposure of sensitive consumer account information in online and mobile payments. [...]
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a BMO Bank of Montreal survey, 43 per cent of Canadians now own a tablet device and many of them are using them to stay organized and conduct daily activities while on the go – including banking and investing. The report, conducted by Pollara, revealed how tablet users [...]
BOSTON, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile phone shipments grew 7 percent annually to reach 515 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014. It was the first time worldwide mobile phone shipments have passed the half-billion-unit threshold. Apple was the star performer, capturing a record [...]
Tokyo, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Tanaka Holdings Co., Ltd. announced today that Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., which operates the Tanaka Precious Metals Group’s manufacturing business, will commence the provision of evaluation samples of tips made from platinum alloy and nickel cladded (bonding of dissimilar metals) (the “Product”) as side electrodes used on spark plugs [...]
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — It hardly can be a better timing for this invention – a risk of the Ebola epidemic and need for screening people to detect fever demands instant availability of non-contact medical thermometers. Fraden Corporation of San Diego (www.fraden.com) announces that it was granted a second U.S. patent for [...]
Amsterdam, Oct 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, is supplying its Optelio Contactless MiniTag to CaixaBank, Spain’s most innovative financial services provider, for their commercial launch of contactless EMV payment wristbands. These novel wearable banking devices, certified by the international payment schemes, give CaixaBank customers the freedom and security to [...]
The WSQ Specification V3.1 sets the latest standard for the exchange of fingerprint images within the biometrics and law enforcement community. (image: Suprema) SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Suprema, Inc., a leading global provider of technology in biometrics and identification, today announced its fingerprint image compression algorithms received the latest version of FBI WSQ [...]
SANTA CLARA, CA, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Sensory Inc., the industry leader in speech and vision technologies for consumer products, is pleased to announce that its pioneering TrulyHandsfree(tm) voice technology is deployed across an array of Samsung’s iconic Galaxy products including smartphones, tablets, cameras, and wearables. TrulyHandsfree(tm) is the leading always-on, always-listening voice control [...]
MELVILLE, N.Y., September 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Canon U.S.A., the leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced that its parent company, Canon Inc., is commemorating the 80th anniversary of Canon’s first camera, the Kwanon. Marking Japan’s first 35mm focal-plane-shutter camera, the Kwanon was produced in prototype form in 1934, the culmination of the dreams of [...]
Tokyo, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Tanaka Holdings Co., Ltd. (a company of Tanaka Precious Metals) announced today that Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., which operates the Tanaka Precious Metals Group’s manufacturing business, and MEMS CORE Co., Ltd. (“MEMS CORE”) have concluded a joint development agreement and committed to a technology alliance for pattern formation technology [...]