The news of a company shutting down one of its services usually isn’t good news, but for Samsung, the news of its Samsung Wallet shutting down means the company is prepping for the bigger (and potentially better) mobile wallet option…

Remember the piece I wrote last week about whether payments can save the Internet ad giants?Well, it appears that Google not only thinks it can, but is doing something about it. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

DelaneySecure is the offical UK and Ireland Distrinbutor for Neurotechnology products covering Fingerprint, Face, Iris and Speaker Identification, Object Recognition software development kits and associated hardware. Source: http://www.delaneybiometrics.com

Uncle.That’s what even we say at times when we look at the thousands of news items that gush into our databases over the course of any given day. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

DUSHANBE, May 17 — Russia has deployed hundreds of troops for drills in Central Asia with its ex-Soviet allies in a show of force as anxiety grows over a surge in fighting in neighbouring Afghanistan. Source: http://www.themalaymailonline.com

A group of athletes is asking the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to pressure Kazakhstan to drop proposed antigay legislation.Kazakhstan is in the running to host the 2022 Winter Olympi… Source: http://www.rferl.mobi

Massimov and a high-profile business delegation came to the centre in a bid to boost bilateral trade Source: gulfnews.com

ASTANA — Kazakh authorities say some 100 saiga antelope have been found dead in a northern region, with few clues as to what killed the critically endangered animals. Source: http://www.bignewsnetwork.com

Former Kazakh PM put under extended house arrest for investigation Shanghai Daily (subscription) ALMATY, May 15 (Xinhua) — Former Kazakh Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov, charged with serious crimes of corruption, will remain under house arrest for… Source: http://www.shanghaidaily.com

May 15, 2015 Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon Uafika Rhaymi met with specialist d’Affaires of the Diplomatic Mission of Kazakhstan Daulet Yemberdiyev Source: bnews.kz