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Chase Mobile App Updated With Fingerprint Support

Tim April 25, 2016 27

The Chase Mobile banking application received an update this week, bringing support for many to use their smartphone's built-in fingerprint reader to log into the app, instead of using a name and password. While this news will be glorious for quite a few,...

AppLock Brings Nexus Imprint Security to Any App of Your Choosing

Tim January 20, 2016 47

If you are looking to bolster the security on your Android device, and have a device that features Nexus Imprint (Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P), you can utilize AppLock, an app that will place a fingerprint barrier between the outside world and your precious data. ...

Fingerprint Cards AB, Makers of the Sensor Found in the Nexus 5X and 6P, was Almost Bought by Samsung

Tim October 22, 2015 65

The Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P feature Android Imprint, the name given to what is the fingerprint reader and software that utilizes it on the latest flagship devices from Google. More interestingly, the maker of the reader hardware itself, Fingerprint Cards AB, was...

The Nexus 5X and 6P Fingerprint Scanners are the Best.

Kellen October 19, 2015 135

Last week, I wrote an opinion piece that attempted to convince the world that rear-mounted fingerprint scanners were the ideal implementation, not the home button locations that Samsung and Apple have sold you all on over the past couple of years. I took some...

Android M Feature: Google Announces Native Fingerprint Support

Tim May 28, 2015 34

During the Google I/O keynote this morning, alongside the introduction of Android Pay, Google detailed native fingerprint management inside of Android M, a new feature for the OS. With this feature now native to Android, applications and services will be able...