Quirky makes a big connected home play with the new Wink hub VentureBeat The first is a platform that opens up many of General Electric’s patents to the Quirky community to inspire innovation and product development.

French sim card maker Gemalto loses Android patent lawsuit in US Computer Business Review The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has dismissed the patent infringement lawsuit filed by the French digital security company Gemalto against…

QR Code Press Mobile payments technology is becoming mainstream QR Code Press NFC Mobile Payments System Support for mobile wallet applications like Isis is growing as well.

Payment Week SIMalliance says HCE Will Grow Mobile Payments Market Payment Week Though host card emulation will grow the NFC market, the future of NFC-based mobile payments is in utilizing both host card emulation and secure-element technologies.

Digging Deeper with Digital River World Payments: Building the Future of …

Embezzlement Trial Due For Former Kazakh Education Official RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Sayat Shayakhmetov was arrested in May 2013 and later transferred to house arrest after investigations into his alleged involvement in the theft of more than 1…

ANINEWS Eight sites along Silk Road in Kazakhstan given World Heritage status ANINEWS Part of the millennium-old trade route, the Silk Road has been successfully included in the UNESCO World Heritage list at the 38th session of the World Heritage…

Trend.az Kazakh and Russian presidents discuss integration issues Trend.az By Elena Kosolapova – Trend: Russian and Kazakh Presidents Vladimir Putin and Nursultan Nazarbayev held a telephone conversation on June 22, Russian presidency reported.

AzerNews Kazakh-Azerbaijani business forum due in Aktau AzerNews A Kazakh-Azerbaijani business forum will be held in Aktau on June 28, Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) reported.

Kazakhstan needs $300 million annually to catch up with Russia, the USA and …