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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. To dispose of a Dash Wand, check out Amazon’s recycling program. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. The company killed its physical Dash buttons last year.

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5 Tips to Help Create a Winning Grocery Loyalty Program

CIO Business Intelligence

But the average bill and already slender margins in grocery can make it challenging to create a loyalty program that provides sufficiently compelling rewards. Nevertheless, it’s worth the effort, given that loyalty programs are a powerful incentive for grocery shoppers. Make it easy (and rewarding) to sign up.

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Your House Now Buys Itself What It Needs

CTOvision

The Dash Button is a one-touch way to re-order common things in your home, along with the Dash Replenishment Service, a wildly futuristic program that’s designed to automatically and intelligently keep you from ever running out of things again.

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Alitheon gains traction with military and commercial applications for its ID system

GeekWire

The system, known as FeaturePrint , doesn’t use barcodes or blockchain. “Last year, auditors found that Lockheed Martin had lost a million parts in the F-35 program ,” Ganzarski said. The barcode fell off, the sticker got erased. “Lost? You don’t ‘lose’ parts.

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Stealing payment card data and PINs from POS systems is dead easy

Network World

They typically run Windows and have peripherals like keyboards, touch screens, barcode scanners and card readers with PIN pads. These malware programs are known as memory or RAM scrapers because they scan the system's memory for credit card data when it's processed by the payment application on the POS system.

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ID Card Maker

Galido

With integrated membership management, webcam capture, and barcode support, you can manage records and issue cards simply for low cost and with only a few clicks. Multi-layer card designer allows you to insert templates images, texts, 1D barcodes, 2D barcodes, vector shapes, and logos and custom arrange them to your liking.

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The power players of retail transformation: IoT, 5G, and AI/ML on Microsoft Cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Optimizing delivery workflows For delivery to retail outlets, logistics programs— TCS DigiFleet is one example—increasingly rely on AI/ML to help distributors plan optimized routes for drivers, reducing fuel consumption and associated costs. With 5G-enabled smart mirrors, a person can virtually try on apparel.

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