Apple to Introduce Biometrics?
There is growing speculation that Apple will be introducing fingerprint payments as they are rumored to have acquired Australian biosecurity company, MicroLatch. Back in July, Apple also purchased AuthenTech, a fingerprint sensor company for $345 million. Existing customers of AuthenTech include Dell, HP and Lenovo who will have to find a new service from September 2013 as AuthenTech will cease to work for third parties.
Before the launch of the iPhone 5, it was thought that Apple would be introducing Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology to compete with the likes of Google, Samsung and Nokia. The technology takes a large amount of battery power and analysts have speculated that this along with limited customer demand is the reasons that Apple has been slow to adopt the tool.
According to Reuters, Apple has made a regulatory filing that further hints that the company is developing a 2-D fingerprint sensor, but it is yet unclear whether this would be used for iOS device or the Mac computer.
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