Today in Apple history: Apple acquires the company behind Touch ID

July 28, 2012: Apple buys biometrics company AuthenTec, acquiring the technology that will power future authentication and secure payments initiatives. With a price tag of $356 million, the deal gives Apple the right to use AuthenTec hardware, software and patents. In the short term, Apple engineers start working to build Touch ID sensors into the […]

(via Cult of Mac – Tech and culture through an Apple lens)

Source: Rim Blackberry
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