Everyone knows that mobile, social, cloud, and data are big freight trains of change that are blowing up old business models and old business practices. But let's face it: that train is in the station. What's next?
Guest Post The process of implementing an American national identity card would be an expensive logistical and bureaucratic nightmare.
The CIA's venture arm, IN-Q-Tel, strikes strategic partnership with mobile security company Tyfone.
Someone needs to bring our islands of identity together in a comprehensive, universal way ... or provide a DNS-like identity service that connects them all. I just don't think it's going to be StarStar Me.
Facebook is working on new ad technology that will allow businesses you already buy from, but are not connected with on Facebook, match your email address and your Facebook identity.
By merging their customer records and your Facebook information, companies will be able to market to you better on Facebook ... because they'll know much more about you.
Tim Bray, the Googler most famous for his prior role in editing the XML language, has set his eyes on a new challenge: eradicating usernames and passwords, at least as we know them today, from the Internet.
Bray, who landed …
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Frustration.
That’s the dominant note sounded by commenters at this week’s Mobile Summit, an invitation-only conclave of mobile-industry executives and investors sponsored by VentureBeat.
It’s polite frustration, to be sure. But again and again, I’ve heard on-stage speakers or members …
Identity is important to everyone, but many startups get it wrong. Getting identity right has been one of the main keys to Facebook’s success.
As Facebook gets ready for its monster IPO, which will likely value the company at more …
Intel and MasterCard have agreed to work together to beef up security for online shopping and make online payments a better experience overall.
The multi-year deal will combine MasterCard’s expertise in payment processing and commerce with Intel’s strength in chip-based …
If you were starting your own web service, would you make people sign up for an account linked to their real-world names and faces, or would you allow them to post anonymously?
This is a debate that has raged online …
miiCard, a virtual identity card, received £500,000 pounds, or $880,000, in a seed round today, and plans to bring more security to online transactions in the same way we check IDs offline.
miiCard is like an online passport or driver’s …
Ping Identity, a cloud-security company, said Tuesday it secured a second round of funding of $21 million. The funding will be used for product development and increased sales efforts.
Ping offers several tools to secure a company’s identity in the …
Christopher Poole, the founder of controversial online image board 4chan, outlined his vision for Web-based community today at the South by Southwest Interactive conference — and yes, his ideas are in pretty sharp contrast to those of Facebook founder Mark …
