Cubic Corp.‘s Ventra mobile application has achieved more than one million downloads and was utilized for roughly $110 million in fare payments by Chicago-area transit users a year after its launch. Cubic Transportation Systems, the Chicago Transit Authority and transit partners Pace and Metra collaborated to launch the transit app designed to help users plan, organize and pay their […] More

BlackBerry‘s latest operating system and its multi-OS enterprise mobility management platform have received the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Security Technical Implementation Guides approval for use across the Defense Department. BlackBerry said Tuesday the STIG approval certifies its BES12 platform and BlackBerry OS 10.3.2 for smartphones as compliant with efforts to help government agencies and organizations prevent cyber attacks. “Security is one of the […] More

A new ABI Research report predicts that the biometrics market will reach a value of $13.8 million this year as the commercial sector is poised to catch up with government agencies in utilizing biometrics technology. The company said Monday that the consumer and enterprise segments will have the dominant share of the market by late 2017 and reach $8 million […] More

General Dynamics C4 Systems has been awarded a contract to supply encrypted smartphone units for use by enterprise information technology managers in government. The Defense Mobile Classified Capability project includes 100 units of Samsung Galaxy S4 mobile phones equipped with Samsung Knox and GD Protected security features, the company said Thursday. The award builds on […] More

Venture capital deals and funding for the smart grid industry reached $142 million in value third quarter of 2014, almost double the amount of investments from the previous three months, market intelligence from Mercom Capital Group says. The report identified Savant Systems of New York as the top VC-funded company, which raised $90 million for its home automation portfolio in Q3 2014, followed by big […] More

Frost & Sullivan forecasts that biometrics would be a mature technology by 2019 and be considered an alternative to existing authentication tools for mobile devices. Worlwide revenues of biometric technology embedded in smartphones are projected to grow from $53.6 million in 2013 to $396.2 million by 2019, representing a 39.6 percent compound annual growth rate, […] More

MarketsandMarkets forecasts an 8.06 percent compound annual growth rate for the image sensor market by 2020 to reach a total market value of $15.77 billion and cites that trend to new CMOS design and fabrication technology. The market research firm said Thursday that companies emerging to develop the market include Aptina Imaging, Canon, CMOSIS, OmniVision Technologies, ON Semiconductor, Samsung Group, Sony, […] More

IBM researchers have produced a computer chip that is designed to simulate human brain function without needing to consume large amounts of energy under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s SyNAPSE program. The computing architecture is built with 5.4 billion transistors and 256 million programmable logic points that are modeled after the brain’s neuronal structure, DARPA said Thursday. […] More

Technology companies Atmel, Broadcom, Dell, Intel, Samsung and Wind River have partnered to start a consortium that will work to bolster interoperability and define connectivity requirements for products that are a part of the Internet of Things. The Open Interconnect Consortium seeks to ensure the interoperability of billions of devices that could come online by 2020, the companies said Tuesday. “Having […] More

Glympse announced Tuesday that they have secured $12 million in financing from new investors UMC Capital and Verizon Ventures, as well as existing investors Ignition Partners, Menlo Ventures and Naya Ventures. The company’s total capital now stands at nearly $20 million, their applications collecting a number of industry awards for innovative technology and design. Bryan Trussel, co-founder and […] More

Microsoft has entered into a patent licensing agreement with Motorola Solutions that provides global coverage for the latter’s devices that run on Android or Chrome operating systems. The agreement is part of Microsoft’s intellectual property licensing program that includes patent licensing for Android device-makers such as Samsung, Acer and Motorola Mobility, Microsoft said Monday. “Microsoft and Motorola Solutions share a respect for […] More

The 2014 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain was dominated by security, privacy and mobile device management integration themes, Information Week reported Tuesday. Randy Siegel, founder of Center Circle Consultants and a principal at Acommence Advisors, writes MWC participants have become interested in security products following recent reports of mobile device hacking and government surveillance […] More