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May 29, 2023 - Google Purging Accounts; Login Best Practices

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IN THIS ISSUE: Google To Delete Unused Accounts; Simply Preserving Digital Data; A New API to Simplify Web Pop-ups; 11 Best Practices for Login Prompts; How to Cut App Launch Time; Microsoft Gives Coders a Dev Home   Google to Begin Deleting Old…
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SendTo ZTools2 - Easily Create Zebra Lockdown Configurations

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Intro: These SendTo shortcuts provide a convenient and easy way to auto-generate a lockdown configuration for Zebra Android 11 (and later) devices. The lockdown is performed via Mx XML documents which can either be processed locally on the device or…
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May 1, 2023 - Malware in 60 Android Apps, Bing Bug Bounty

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IN THIS ISSUE: Malware Found in 60 Apps; The Bazel 'Revolution'; Keep Easter Eggs from the Basket; AndroidX Library Taking Shape; Nuclear Power is Green Power; Microsoft Bing Bug Bounty Malware Weasels into 60 Android Apps Despite best efforts to scan…
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Using Shortcuts in EHS to Launch Enterprise Browser 3.x

Using Shortcuts in EHS to Launch Enterprise Browser 3.x  Ian Hatton Zebra EMEA (Revised Jan24)   Overview This is a demonstration of a method of creating multiple Enterprise Browser shortcuts (on Android 11 , Android 13 and later OS versions)…
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Industry Views: Apr. 17, 2023 - UK Proposes AI Regulations

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IN THIS ISSUE: UK Proposes AI Regulations; Why Does Business Ignore the UX?; AWS to Code With AI; Android Privacy Week; Beware of 'Fake' Open Source; Prepping Apps for Flamingo;    UK Proposes AI Regulations  Citing the unpredictability…
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Industry Views: Apr. 3, 2023 - Insurance Giant Leveraging AI

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IN THIS ISSUE: GitHub Updates AI-based Coding Tool; Easy App Optimization; Developers Seek AI Knowledge; Aflac Getting AI Ducks in a Row; The Head-tracking 3D Illusion; The Atari Democrat   GitHub Unveils Copilot X GitHub has released Copilot X,…
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Android™ 13 Security Overview: Direct Boot, FBE and more...

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Direct boot mode HEADS-UP! One of the changes Google has made in Android 13™ to improve security is the removal of support for Full Disk Encryption (FDE), which means OEMs must now implement a File Base Encryption (FBE) filesystem. For developers, this…
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Industry Views - Mar. 20, 2023 - Fastlane CI/CD for Android

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IN THIS ISSUE: Build First, Then Design; A Better Way to Google Play; Bringing Apps to the Dashboard; TypeScript 5.0 is Smaller, Faster, Standard-er; Big Tech Embraces ChatGPT, Warts and All; Free API for RESTful, Apache Kafka Visibility    …
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What’s New in Android™ 13 and the Impact on Zebra developers

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Hello Developers! Spring is here and so is the good news: Android™ 13 is available for Zebra devices! Can’t wait any longer to explore its compelling new features? Follow me (and the official documentation) for a guided tour through its many advantages…
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Cold Chain Tracking with Zebra Electronic Temperature Sensors

Overview Combining Bluetooth Low Energy and Cloud technologies, Zebra brings cold chain tracking to a completely new level with its innovative Electronic Temperature Sensors solution that consists of hardware devices, companion mobile apps, and REST…
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How to use SendTo ZTools1 Shortcuts with Zebra Devices

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Using SendTo Tools1 Shortcuts with Zebra Devices Ian Hatton Zebra EMEA March 2023, Updated June 23 Overview This blog describes a collection of shortcut files located in PC SendTo folder in order to allow quick ‘right click’ access to commonly used…
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Industry Views - Mar. 6, 2023 - ChatGPT API, AI Regs & More

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IN THIS ISSUE: Building a Malicious Chrome Extension; ChatGPT API Released; AI Needs Regulation; Hyundai Challenge: Hackers Wanted; Use Twitter 2FA Without Blue; Enhancing the Multi-window Experience Building a Malicious Chrome Extension  One of…
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Pushing Files to the Enterprise folder on Zebra Android 11 Devices

SendTo Shortcuts for pushing files to /enterprise sub-folders via ADB + MX FileMgr on non-SD660 devices Ian Hatton Zebra EMEA 2023 Overview On Android 11 and later OS versions running on Zebra devices which do not use the QC SD660 platform , access to…
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Industry Views - Feb. 20, 2023

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IN THIS ISSUE: .NET Upgrade Assistant Simplifies the Future; ChatGPT Can't Be Good at Everything; Clipper Malware Found in PyPi; Container Queries in Major Browsers; Inspecting Interactions in the Browser; Android 14 Preview 1 Drops .NET Upgrade…
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Industry Views - Feb. 3, 2023

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IN THIS ISSUE: Navigating the Gradle Version Catalog; Managing Payments in the Digital Age; Android Studio Does 'Crashlytics'; Does ChatGPT Understand Your Code?; Twitter to Charge for API Access; Windows 11 Ads Are Misleading Navigating The Gradle…
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Android™ Scoped Storage

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Background In the last few years Google has been introducing enhancements and restrictions to further secure the Android™ operating system. A key area of focus has been the ability of an application to write to any directory within the file system…
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