Apple scoops up secure fingerprint sensor maker AuthenTec for $356M
Apple has purchased a mobile security firm that counts many of its mobile competitors as partners. Why? Apple may be eyeing fingerprint-based authentication for iPhones, or perhaps it wants AuthenTec's NFC-payment security technology for a future iPhone with mobile payment capabilities.
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