Thursday, August 2, 2012

Is Apple going to take biometrics mainstream?

Coming To An iPhone Near You: Apple's New Fingerprint Key For Mobile Payments (Seeking Alpha)
With the purchase of biometric company AuthenTec (AUTH), Apple (AAPL) is opening the floodgates on biometrics. No more remembering alphanumeric password on a digital touchscreen. In the future, fingerprint, palmprint and voice-ID will allow you to log into your iTunes, Facebook (FB), or GMail account with the press of a finger.

Here comes the iWallet.