Financial PostEmerging markets expected to rebound in 2014Financial PostEmerging market equities have been a tough bet for investors when comparing their performance to U.S. See on business.financialpost.com

ValidSoft, a global supplier of fraud prevention, authentication and transaction verification solutions and part of the Elephant Talk Group, has partnered with (Opus Research and ValidSoft Report Suggests Voice Biometrics as Future of Payments Authentication… See on findbiometrics.com

Public and private sector organisations from all over the world gathered at Opus’ Voice Biometrics Conference 2013 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. See on http://www.exponentialtimes.net

The value proposition for voice biometrics and how future applications in multi-channel environments and mobile commerce will help drive adoption. See on voicebiocon.com

Global Intelligence Forum Focuses on Europe’s Emerging Security Challenges Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release) … December 10-11, 2013, at Le Plaza Hotel in Brussels, Belgium. See on http://www.virtual-strategy.com

Smart Payment Association (SPA) sets out biometric payment card proposals Planet Biometrics The introduction of biometric cardholder verification represents an important step forward for the finance industry, according to a new position paper… See on http://www.planetbiometrics.com

If you apply the most recent update for Gmail, you can turn your notifications back on and only get notified for Primary mail. See on http://www.thesocialmediahat.com

According to a study from Adobe, in 2012 repeat shoppers made up just 8% of all site visitors in the US yet they accounted for nearly 41% of total online sales.So bearing in mind the fact that it’s also cheaper…

Step 1 to rebrand your business with social media. Audit your online presence: List your social media accounts & online profiles for updating. See on maximizesocialbusiness.com

Just a couple weeks ago, Google changed all YouTube video comments to an integrated Google+ system. And today, Google is changing how the Notifications themselves are displayed. Again. See on http://www.thesocialmediahat.com