Touch Id news and trends

Apple Tests In-Screen Fingerprint Tech
Apple // September 05, 2019

Apple is reportedly at work on in-screen fingerprint technology for iPhones as early as its 2020 devices. While the technology is in testing among Apple’s overseas suppliers and inside Apple, its release may fall to the 2021 revamp, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. The fingerprint...

Apple Patent Reveals Face, Touch ID On iPhones
Apple // December 18, 2018

An Apple patent shows that the tech giant might release a phone with both Face and Touch ID. Although the patent, which was found by Patently Apple, starts out describing the problems with 2D face recognition systems, it goes on to mention the possibility of both Face...

Apple iPhone X User Forced By FBI To Unlock Phone With Face
Legal // October 01, 2018

An Apple iPhone X user was forced by law enforcement to unlock his phone with his face. According to a report in Forbes, 28-year-old Grant Michalski was ordered by an FBI agent to use Face ID to unlock his phone, which he complied with, during a...

Fingerprint Scanner Tech To Grow 500 Percent In 2019
Apple // September 05, 2018

A new research note predicts that Fingerprint on Display (FOD) technology will grow 500 percent in 2019, despite Apple forgoing the technology in future iPhones. According to 9to5Mac, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that a major factor for FOD’s growth is that Android phones continue to...

Interviews & Exclusives
ID.me CEO: From Fighting Al Qaeda In Iraq To Fighting IDV Back Home

May 28, 2018
It was two weeks before Blake Hall’s unit would deploy for combat in Iraq, and suddenly he and his 32 men were being told they weren’t going into direct combat after all; they would instead be running a kill-and-capture mission, something none of them had trained for. They were given new intelligence equipment and instructions […]

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PayPal and Venmo Cards Now Compatible With Apple Wallet

October 03, 2023
PayPal Holdings has announced that customers can now add their eligible PayPal and Venmo credit or debit cards to Apple Wallet. This integration allows users to make payments with a tap of their iPhone or Apple Watch, both in-store and online, the company said in a Tuesday (Oct. 3) press release. The added benefit is that customers can still earn the […]

Apple Tests In-Screen Fingerprint Tech

September 05, 2019
Apple is reportedly at work on in-screen fingerprint technology for iPhones as early as its 2020 devices. While the technology is in testing among Apple’s overseas suppliers and inside Apple,...

Apple Patent Reveals Face, Touch ID On iPhones

December 18, 2018
An Apple patent shows that the tech giant might release a phone with both Face and Touch ID. Although the patent, which was found by Patently Apple, starts out describing the...

Apple iPhone X User Forced By FBI To Unlock Phone With Face

October 01, 2018
An Apple iPhone X user was forced by law enforcement to unlock his phone with his face. According to a report in Forbes, 28-year-old Grant Michalski was ordered by an FBI...