Using facial recognition or a fingerprint sensor instead of a four-digit PIN offers a more secure authentication method for Windows PCs. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.biometricupdate.com

Mobile is an increasingly large part of retail in all locations – including the real world – but it could be better. PayPal’s new white paper explains how. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

According to a new survey, nearly half of small businesses will have a mobile app by 2017. If you don’t have one, here are options to help you decide. Sourced through Scoop.it from: smallbiztrends.com

Today, nearly 43% of the world is connecte Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.businessinsider.com

Cities designed around the individual can support sustainable urban development and create lasting value and innovation. Sourced through Scoop.it from: knowledge.insead.edu

Kazakhstan has quite the fashion crowd to know. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.vogue.com

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its ‘BB’ long-term corporate credit ratings on Kazakh gas utility company KazTransGas (KTG) and its 100 percent owned gas pipeline operator Intergas Central Asia JSC (ICA). Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.trend.az

A new high-end smartphone manufacturer Sirin Labs has raised a $72 million seed round from Singulariteam founder Moshe Hogeg, Kazakh businessman Kenges.. Sourced through Scoop.it from: techcrunch.com

Not a bad way to put a nation on the style map. The best looks we saw outside the shows on day one of Kazakhstan Fashion Week. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.vogue.com

JEFF POWELL: Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko will perform their deadly dance again on July 9 in the Manchester Arena, where they are about to begin banging the box-office drum. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk