Emergency access
Password manager and secure digital vault
Keeper Security has added a new feature
that, in an emergency, enables up to five
trusted family members or friends to
access a customer’s digital vault to find
important documents and passwords.
Keeper users can add or remove anyone
from their Emergency Access list at any
time and adjust the waiting period for
access to the vault.
iOS screen sharing
TeamViewer has launched industry-first
software that gives all iOS 11 mobile
device users the ability to
share screens. iOS screen
sharing is TeamViewer’s most
requested product feature
to date and gives SMBs
and enterprises enhanced
business collaboration and
remote support. The feature
will be particularly beneficial
to users who need to provide
remote technical support to
iPhone and iPad owners.
KYOCERA finds app
developers of the future
A team of students from Fife College
has won the first KYOCodes schools
coding competition and prizes
worth around £4,000, including an
ECOSYS 2640idw multifunctional
printer, MakerBot Replicator Mini+
3D printer and accreditation as an
approved KYOCERA app developer.
The competition run by KYOCERA
Document Solutions tasked entrants
with designing a new app for KYOCERA
MFPs that met a real business need. The
winning entry, chosen from submissions
from 22 schools and colleges across
the UK, combined scanning with social
media.
Connected workforce
The Gatwick Airport Community app,
devised in partnership with AirportLabs,
has been shortlisted for seven national
awards, including the Lloyds Bank
National Business Awards and the
Digital Impact Awards. Launched in
early 2016, the smartphone app gives
the entire workforce easy access to
real-time airport information, such as
departure or bag delivery performance
data; hourly passenger departure and
arrival numbers; aircraft turn milestones;
airport contacts; fault reporting facility;
localised airport weather information;
and public transport updates.
Enterprise chat
Zoho has added a new enterprise chat
solution to its business software suite.
Cliq blends instant messaging with video,
audio and group conferencing to create
a unified communications system for
organisations of any size. Available on
desktop, web, Android, iOS andWindows,
Cliq features file sharing; audio and video
calls; an AI admin assistant, Zia, for event
and meeting reminders; animated emojis;
and Zoho and third-party integrations.
Train ticket price prediction
Independent train ticket retailer and train
travel app Trainline has launched the UK’s
first train ticket price predictor. Most
train companies release Advance tickets
around 12 weeks before the day of travel,
and these almost always go up in price
as the day of travel gets nearer. Price
Prediction shows train travellers when
Advance ticket prices are set to increase.
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Alan Goode,
founder
,
Goode Intelligence
“3D facial recognition technology
uses infrared (IR), neural networks and
machine learning to support biometric
authentication on a bezel-less OLED
display, which so far has proved
problematic using a fingerprint sensor.
“When Apple announced Touch ID
in 2013, it revolutionised consumer
biometric authentication and led to
an explosion of fingerprint sensors
being integrated in almost all new
smartphones.We expect Face ID to be
disruptive and to impact the market –
we’ll see Android Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs) replicate
Apple’s move by integrating 3D facial
recognition technology into their
flagship models. However, Fingerprint
will continue to play an important role
for OEMs, both in single and multi-
modal strategies.”
Richard Lutkus,
attorney
,
Seyfarth Shaw
“When arrested, can cops point the
phone at the suspect and have it
unlock? In most cases, the passcode is
more secure than your fingerprint. They
can and have compelled use of a finger
to unlock a phone. Facial recognition
technology seems analogous and does
not even need a touch.
“Can your face self-incriminate
you? There will be interesting legal
arguments on this, in terms of search
and seizure and protection against self-
incrimination. And even Miranda
(the
‘right to remain silent’ warning given
by US cops – Ed)
: silence is golden until
your face unlocks your phone.”
Loizos Heracleous,
Professor of
Strategy,
Warwick Business School
“Apple’s introduction of a $1,000 iPhone
is consistent with its business strategy
of differentiation and exclusivity,
targeting the higher end of the market
rather than just aiming for a larger base
of users. Given that the iPhone accounts
for the majority of the company’s
revenues and profits and that its
demand curve is relatively inelastic – i.e.
a price change has less effect on sales
– this pricing strategy makes sense in
terms of revenue and profit growth.”
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