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| | | Apple Plans a Little Mac and iPad Summer Lovin’ | | Computerworld | A fresh regulatory filing has people speculating about whether Apple plans to announce new Macs and iPads in a surprise summer blast. "Apple has filed five new iPad and five new Mac models with the Eurasian Economic Commission database, as spotted by Consomac. The new Apple items are described as running iOS 11 and macOS 10.13 High Sierra, which makes me think it’s possible the company intends introducing these things this side of summer — if it does so at all," writes Jonny Evans. | | While No One Was Looking, California Passed Its Own GDPR | | Network World | Last week, with no fanfare, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB375, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, the California equivalent of GDPR that mirrors the EU law in many ways. The law will give the state's 40 million residents the right to view the data that companies hold on them, make corrections to it, and request that it be deleted and not sold to third parties. So what happens now? If you do business in California, you have to comply with the law, and so does any company that you sell customer data. If they violate the law, you are on the hook for it. | | Tech-Support Scammers Revive Bug That Sends Chrome Users into a Panic | | Ars Technica | Con artists pushing tech-support scams are once again exploiting a Chrome bug that can give users the false impression they’re experiencing a serious operating-system error that requires the urgent help of a paid professional, according to a Google developer forum. The scam technique works by abusing the programming interface known as the window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob. By combining the API with other functions, the scammers force the browser to save a file to disk, over and over, at intervals so fast it's impossible for normal users to see what's happening. Within five to 10 seconds, the browser becomes completely unresponsive. | | 10 Best-Selling Monitors That Amazon Customers Use to Boost Their Productivity While Working from Home | | Business Insider | Whether you're looking for a budget monitor under $100, or a monitor with a blue-light reduction mode that doesn't strain your eyes as much, or one that doubles as a TV, you'll find what you're looking for here. |
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| | | Crank Up Your Chromebook's Cloud-Connecting Power | | Computerworld | For all its cloud-centric components, Chrome OS has one core element that remains curiously local and limited to one particular laptop. With a teensy bit of effort, though, you can fix that — and make your Chrome OS experience completely device-agnostic and connected to the rest of your virtual life. The element in question is Chrome OS's Downloads folder. By default, Chrome OS uses a local folder called "Downloads" for all such data, and that means any files you download while on your Chromebook aren't available anywhere else. Here's the smarter way to set things up. | | The Essential Slack Hacks for Power Users | | Lifehacker | Is Slack making your life unruly? Is nonstop collaboration, conversation, and over-communication keeping you from actually getting anything done? Thanks to Arturo Arrarte, head of growth at Slack Asia Pacific, Lifehacker has a bunch of hacks for keeping the madness in check. |
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| | | Make the Leap from IT 'Pro' to IT 'Manager' | | InformationWeek | As time passes throughout one's professional IT career, it can grow tiring to perform the same duties over and over. Often, many IT pros grow weary of constantly having to learn about the latest tech trends and earning certifications to stay relevant. A logical move is a transition into IT management. However, making the leap is sometimes easier said than done. After all, just because you have technical skills doesn't mean that others see you as IT “management material." Here are four distinct ways that you can begin to gain management and leadership experience in the tech job you already have. |
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| | | Ensuring Your Security and Privacy Within Gmail | | The Keyword | "We make it possible for applications from other developers to integrate with Gmail—like email clients, trip planners and customer relationship management (CRM) systems—so that you have options around how you access and use your email. We continuously work to vet developers and their apps that integrate with Gmail before we open them for general access, and we give both enterprise admins and individual consumers transparency and control over how their data is used," writes Suzanne Frey, Director of Security, Trust, & Privacy at Google Cloud. Here are details about the vetting process and user controls for both enterprise and consumer accounts. |
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