Posted by Karen Brindley, Managing Director, Krowne Communications (UK) Ltd. X This will read like a school field trip report, but after all those months of preparation, the CI Spring Conference (29th April) is finally over – and what a great day it was. A whopping 20% increase of registrations from last year and despite… Read More
Precise Biometrics launches new Fingerprint Technology Toolkit for PC & Mac
Precise Biometrics continues to build on its research results and has released a new toolkit for integration of top-performing, standardized fingerprint verification on both PC and Mac. The product has support for international standards for fingerprint templates and builds on the highest ranking fingerprint extractor in the US interoperability program Ongoing MINEX. Last year, Precise… Read More
MoreMagic Solutions on this weeks C-ITV
Back in February at the Mobile World Congress, I got the chance to speak to Pankaj Gulati, the President and CEO of MoreMagic Solutions about their goal to help bridge the gap between the developed and developing nations in terms of mobile financial solutions. Panjaj explained how quickly developing markets are embracing mobile payment technologies… Read More
The Monkeys are over but how about a Zoo?
I like this. Really. Although the main aim was to push print it does show how well a viral can work. It’s not real. Feels like it should be though. How many meeting rooms in advertising agencies are hosting groups who are having brainstorming meetings where some clever sod calls attention to this parody and… Read More
Krowne gets down to monkey business – contactless awards won in London
The awards, sponsored by Visa Europe, have grown to become a highlight of the contactless industry’s calendar, and are attracting an even greater number of entrants each year. “2009 was a pretty tough year for many businesses, so it was encouraging to see so many developments in the contactless arena over the past 12 months,”… Read More
Augmented reality with Barclays Layar – where’s the nearest contactless retailer?
I am not usually a fan of these augmented reality apps within Layar – I find them to be a little ‘clunky’ and haphazard in their workings – but I have to admit (yes, even me!) that the Barclays Layar does seem to be a neat little app that could have a real uses in… Read More
