Govt biometrics market to hit US$6.9bnSecurity Document World (press release)A new report from SDI reveals that eGovernance is set to drive the government biometrics market to US$6.9bn by 2024. See on http://www.securitydocumentworld.com

“Touch ID marked Apple’s first foray into biometrics, confirming user identity via fingerprint, but the company may have much bigger plans in mind for biometric sensors in future devices,” Clover reports. See on macdailynews.com

Can You Live Without Credit Cards?Fox BusinessAs more cyber thieves steal personal and financial information, can you insulate yourself from the risk of having your money and identity stolen by giving up credit and debit cards? See on http://www.foxbusiness.com

Cash in on Antiquated ATMsEnergy and CapitalThey’re so common that we also tend to forget there’s actually a complex computer working there – a screen, keypad, user interface – and inside there are processors, memory, and communications hardware. See on…

A five part (and multi-year!) series from the Twilio blog recently concluded – here’s the list of all the posts in the series: Building a Real-time SMS Voting App Part 1: Node.js & CouchDBBuilding a Real-time SMS Voting App Part…

Kazakhstan Sees Threat From Afghan InstabilityWall Street JournalASTANA, Kazakhstan—Oil-rich Kazakhstan isn’t immune to the threat of instability in Afghanistan amid this year’s withdrawal of NATO-led troops, the country’s foreign minister said. See on online.wsj.com

Trend.az Kazakhstan plans to provide employment for disabled people in field of tourism Trend.az Tourism Industry Committee of Kazakh Industry and New Technologies Ministry has discussed a project on creation of an integrated system of cooperation… See on en.trend.az

First mission for SSTL’s new X50 platform will be for Kazakh customer Space Daily Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Ghalam LLP (Kazakhstan) have agreed that SSTL’s new X50 platform design will deliver KazSTSAT, a small satellite mission… See on…

Central Asia OnlineKazakh inventors work to improve lives, benefit economyCentral Asia OnlineA tonne of such pellets would cost 10,000 KZT (US $65) in Kazakhstan. See on centralasiaonline.com