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Industry News - Apr. 4, 2022

IN THIS ISSUE: GitHub Co-Pilot for VS2022; Mozilla's Future Vision; Chrome Reaches 100; Mdash Works Well With Others; Role of Satellites in the Enterprise; Linux Flaw Found, Fixed GitHub CoPilot Available for Visual Studio 2022 In a blog post last week…

Connecting SSI Bluetooth LE to iOS 13+

Barcode-Scanners
 A new security feature from iOS13 xCode11 requires users to give permissions before establishing a Bluetooth connection over SSI BLE, which effects   some of our Bluetooth scanners that support SSI BLE. If a user does not grant permission…

Execute a Script to Start an Application upon Scanner Management Solution (SMS) Execution Completion

Barcode-Scanners
Learn how to execute a script to start an application once the Scanner Management Solution (SMS) execution is completed, as well as starting an application via a script. This blog applies to both the Zebra Scanner Management Solution, and the Zebra…

Update Barcode Scanner Firmware via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Using a VBScript

Barcode-Scanners
 Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is an industry-standard from Microsoft for the management of hardware devices, including Zebra   barcode  scanners, in a Windows enterprise computing environment. This blog provides step-by-…

Query the Asset Information of Zebra Scanners via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Using a VBScript

Barcode-Scanners
 Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is an industry standard from Microsoft for the management of hardware devices, including Zebra barcode scanners, in a Windows enterprise computing environment. You can write WMI scripts or applications to…

Step-by-Step Guide to Install and Uninstall Zebra Barcode Scanner SDK for Linux

Barcode-Scanners
Zebra Barcode Scanner SDK for Linux installation and uninstallation is found challenging to some users because Linux images are built based on custom configurations. Apart from that, Linux distributions derive mainly from Debian and Redhat, and therefore…

Zebra DevTalk | Navigating Android's Scoped Storage Restrictions Using Zebra Secure Storage Manager | Wednesday, April 20 10 am CDT

Android
In this session, Zebra will introduce you to our new proprietary tool, Secure Storage Manager (SSM). SSM provides a number of APIs designed to allow two or more Android applications to securely share data which would otherwise be restricted by the Scoped…

Industry News - Week of Mar. 7, 2022

IN THIS ISSUE: Kremlin Creates Digital Divides; Stack Overflow Ups its Game; One Step Closer to 'SkyNet?''; Teams Aren't Using Microservices; Cutting Through Tangled Git Branches; Reading Between the Twitter's Lines    Kremlin Creates Digital…

DataWedge OCR | Identity Documents

Android
By @darryncampbell DataWedge 11.2 introduces new, powerful options to capture data with advanced "Workflows" including the ability to highlight specific barcodes in the field of view, capture images with the scanner and OCR (optical character…

Why Zebra is Transitioning Mobile Devices Directly from Android 11 to Android 13

Android
You may have read on our main zebra.com blog that we’re planning on transitioning our mobile devices directly from Android 11 to Android 13, i.e., skipping Android 12 release. You can read the full exert from our VP & GM of Mobile Computing, Julie…

Industry News - Week of Feb. 21, 2022

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IN THIS ISSUE: Apache ECharts a Top-Level Project; Taking a Crack at JavaScript; Look Deeply into Eyes of Chrome; Building an Adaptive Favicon; A Wordle Font Nobody Can See; How Much Research is Enough?   Apache ECharts Reaches Top-level Status In…

Zebra DevTalk | Learn about DataWedge OCR, Barcode Highlighting and Free-form Image Capture | Wed. March 16 | 10 am CST

DataWedge
In this webinar, learn from Zebra's Darryn Campbell about the DataWedge 11.2 new 'Workflow' input plugin which allows for more complex data capture workflows. Using this new plugin you can now capture a free-form image using the built-in scanner,…

DataWedge OCR | What It Is and How to Control It

Android
By @darryncampbell DataWedge 11.2 introduces new, powerful options to capture data with advanced "Workflows" including the ability to highlight specific barcodes in the field of view, capture images with the scanner and OCR (optical character…

JCenter End-Of-Service & EMDK Migration to MavenCentral

JFrog, the company that maintains the JCenter artifact repository where the EMDK is hosted, recently decided to make JCenter a read-only repository. According to the official announcement here, JCenter will allow existing repositories (including the…

DataWedge Free-Form Image Capture

Android
By @darryncampbell DataWedge 11.2 introduces new, powerful options to capture data with advanced "Workflows" including the ability to highlight specific barcodes in the field of view, capture images with the scanner and OCR (optical character…

Industry News - Week of Feb. 7, 2022

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IN THIS ISSUE: Visual Studio Drops Mono; Citrix, Tibco to Merge; Soaking Up Memory Leaks; Could Gov't Force Sideloading?; Global Tech Policy Roundup; Four Laws Complement Moore, Metcalf Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Drops Mono Runtime In an effort to go…