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Scandit raises $80 million to power mobile barcode scanning with AR and computer vision

Venture Beast

Scandit, a company that develops mobile barcode scanning and computer vision technology, has raised $80 million in a series C round of funding. Read More.

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The original Barcode Scanner app, seemingly mistaken for malware, is getting review-bombed

The Verge

One of the first Android apps — ZXing Team’s Barcode Scanner, an app that predates the first official release of Android itself — is currently getting review-bombed on the Google Play Store. I redownloaded the OG Barcode Scanner app today for the first time in many years. Right now, ZXing Team’s Barcode Scanner app sits at a solid 4.0

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Amazon is ending support for the Dash Wand barcode scanner

The Verge

Amazon is ending support for its Dash Wand, an Alexa-enabled device that let shoppers scan grocery barcodes and order household essentials from their homes. In an email to users, the company said the devices will no longer be supported as of July 21st. The company killed its physical Dash buttons last year.

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The Barcode Warehouse deploys ServiceNow to streamline managed services

Computer Weekly

Customisation of cloud-based tool has enabled ruggedised mobile devices company to streamline its business processes

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Manufacturing software startup Retrocasual raises $5.3M to help workers assemble products

GeekWire

The software, which works with cameras and other tools such as barcode scanners, also compiles statistics and reports into an analytics dashboard. Part of the company’s pitch is to use technology to address the labor shortage in manufacturing, helping untrained workers become more productive. The company has nine employees.

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Uptycs Identifies New Ransomware Binary Targeting Linux

SecureWorld News

RaaS was brought up as a key problem during a recent BarCode podcast recorded at SecureWorld Philadelphia last month. Find the session recording on the BarCode website , on Apple Podcasts , or on YouTube. Its locker ransomware infects Linux, NAS, and ESXi hosts and appears to be inspired by Babuk ransomware's leaked source code."

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Mega-Popular Muslim Prayer Apps Were Secretly Harvesting Phone Numbers

Gizmodo

Google recently booted over a dozen apps from its Play Store—among them Muslim prayer apps with 10 million-plus downloads, a barcode scanner, and a clock—after researchers discovered secret data-harvesting code hidden within them. Creepier still, the clandestine code was engineered by a company linked to a Virginia… Read more.

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