Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Google Inc. today furthered their long-term cooperative partnership with a global patent cross-license agreement covering a broad range of technologies and business areas. See on techcrunch.com

AFPApple in digital wallet pushThe AustralianIt has introduced new technologies that could allow for paying through an iPhone, including a fingerprint reader for security and an iBeacon location-sensor that detects when someone is nearby. See on http://www.theaustralian.com.au

Newsday Sources: Card Breach at Michaels Stores Krebs on Security “We are concerned there may have been a data security attack on Michaels that may have affected our customers’ payment card information and we are taking aggressive action to… See…

ImageWare settles with WCC and CITI Planet Biometrics Under the confidential terms of the settlement, WCC and CITI have obtained a royalty bearing license to IWSY’s patents at issue in the suit, which cover multi-modal biometric platforms and… See on…

Diebold CEO on Using Biometrics to Fight Card FraudAmerican BankerDiebold CEO on Using Biometrics to Fight Card Fraud. January 27, 2014. Data breaches may be impossible to prevent, but there are ways to block card fraud from following. See on…

Biometrics Institute aims to build trust in biometrics Planet Biometrics The Biometrics Institute has signalled its intent to continue to promote the responsible use of biometrics and announced a newly elected Board including representatives from… See on http://www.planetbiometrics.com

The “vacuum cleaner” of rising interest rates in the developed world will continue to suck money out of emerging markets and force authorities to tighten policy to beat inflation, the head of Brazil’s central bank warned on Monday. See on…

U.K. startup DeepMind has no sales, but is on cutting edge of where neuroscience and technology intersect (Google’s latest buy a bet on its long-term vision – The Globe and Mail: Telegraph.co.ukGoogle’s latest buy a b… See on http://www.theglobeandmail.com

Kyiv PostKazakhstan concerned about Ukrainian people, says parliamentary committee … See on http://www.kyivpost.com

The Baltic CourseVast opportunities for Lithuania-Kazakhstan cooperationThe Baltic CoursePresident Dalia Grybauskaite met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Erlan Idrissov. See on http://www.baltic-course.com