“Alien Technology Corporation announced today the closing of its Series F round of financing. The round, which was led by Advanced Equities Inc, totaled $38 million.”
IC-TAG Solutions announced it has earned certification from Alien Technology to use its EPC Gen 2 RFID inlays.
IC TAG utilizes Alien Technology’s EPC Gen 2 Squiggle, Squiglette, and Square inlays in their IC-TAG RFID labels and tags. Alien uses its own proprietary microchip, Higgs 3, to produce its ultra-high frequency RFID tracking devices.
In an effort to sell and/or license part of its patent portfolio, Massachusetts-based Aware Inc. has signed an agreement to sell some of its patents and patent applications to Intel Corporation for $75 million.
Starbucks has processed more than 42 million mobile transactions in the U.S. since launching its “mobile pay” app for Android and iPhone, according to VentureBeat.
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) announced on Wednesday at the 4th West Africa Information Communications Technology Congress 2012 that more than 100 million Nigerians lacked official identification in the country’s national identity database.
Alien Technology announced a software update for its enterprise class readers - ALR-9900+ and ALR-9900+EMA - that supports LLRP (Low-Level Reader Protocol) Version 1.1. This single software update supports both Alien Reader Protocol (ARP) and LLRP.
Alien Technology is working together will systems integrator CDO Technologies to launch a program designed to increase community recycling levels in the city of Dayton, Ohio.