And by "the first of the year," I assume you mean the first of last year, since if I'm not mistaken, that is about when these biometric acquisitions first became ALUF/WAFR/AP-i-yi's "latest" "great" "news" for stuckholders.
....no, wait...
This "any day now, we're in the biometrics industry" shidazzle goes back TWO full years.