After three solid days of networking, presentations and deal-making for the biometrics and identification community, the inaugural Connect:ID conference and (Connect:ID closes, brings #biometrics and identification to the forefront See on http://www.biometricupdate.com

Minority Report references are old hat in the tech world. In fact, it’s often a great way to describe technology that, as the cliche goes, “sounds like something out of a Philip K. Dick novel,” yet is destined to remain…

Facebook’s new facial recognition project claims to match faces with 97.25 per cent accuracy. See on http://www.stuff.co.nz

Russian stocks take a nose dive as MasterCard and Visa stopped providing services to two of Russia’s largest banks on Thursday, including one which is said to serve as a “personal bank for senior officials of the Russian Federation” Reuters…

Marketing Strategy – Nearly two-thirds (61%) of marketers say one the biggest challenges of influencer marketing is identifying the relevant persons who can truly help their brand or campaigns, according to a recent … See on http://www.marketingprofs.com

Google Wallet users will now be able to access Google Wallet Instant Buy via Sionic Mobile’s ION Rewards application, getting rid of the wallet’s dependence on near-field communication and switching over to bar codes. See on http://www.mobilecommercedaily.com

The Australian Financial Review Mobile wallets to overtake physical wallets by 2021: CBA ZDNet The frustrations of using the physical wallet is driving the popularity of contactless card and smartphone payments, with research conducted by Lonergan… See on http://www.zdnet.com

Tethys Petroleum (LON:TPL) (TSE:TPL) has revealed its latest success with shallow gas drilling in Kazakhstan. See on http://www.proactiveinvestors.com

Phys.OrgKazakh scientists trained on latest technologyPhys.OrgBuck Faculty Victoria Lunyak (center) with visiting Kazakh students. See on phys.org

In their most basic form, biometrics simply take a piece of your information and translate it in a way which can be used securely as an identification form. Once you have this strand of identification, it can then be used…