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| | | AT&T Decides 4G Is Now “5G,” Starts Issuing Icon-Changing Software Updates | | Ars Technica | "There's a new cellular network technology on the way. The 5G upgrade will require new modem technologies, lots of new chips to pack into devices, and the need for new and more plentiful cell towers. That all sounds like a lot of hard work, so wouldn't it be easier to just update everyone's 4G icon to '5G' and call it a day? Welcome to AT&T's 5G plan, where perception and marketing is all that matters. AT&T is just going to start calling 4G LTE '5G E,'" writes Ron Amadeo. "The company started rolling out a software update to several Android phones over the weekend, and what was called '4G' yesterday is now called '5G' today." | | IT Profession to Get One of the Biggest Pay Rises This Year | | Computer Weekly | IT workers are set to receive one of the highest pay rises of all professions in the UK this year as competition for their skills increases. | | 2019 Trends: Security Limited to the Perimeter Offers Minimal Safety | | CIO Dive | As more companies declare data as a company's most valuable asset, increased security initiatives closely follow. Here are what companies should keep a careful eye on this year in cybersecurity. | | Apple's iPhone Privacy Billboard Is a Clever CES Troll, But It's Also Inaccurate | | Macworld | "Even without a booth, Apple is looming large over CES. Literally. In a giant billboard that went up on the side of the Springhill Suites Marriott hotel near the Vegas strip late last week, Apple is touting the privacy features baked into the iPhone, telling people, 'What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone.' It’s a clever and effective ad that plays off the classic Vegas slogan. The billboard’s claim is certainly true for parts of the iPhone. But even so, many — maybe even most — people won’t experience the lock-down privacy Apple alludes to in the billboard," writes Michael Simon. |
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| | | End Users Are Speaking: It’s IT’s Turn to Listen | | Computerworld | There’s a quiet crisis throttling productivity, frustrating end users, and vexing IT leaders: Workers aren’t getting what they need from IT to do their jobs. They’re frustrated, avoiding IT, and becoming less engaged with their work. The good news is this crisis can be quelled with some simple steps like listening more, asking the right questions, and focusing on the ends — the business objectives — to deploy the means — technology — to empower workers. |
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| | | Assign Unique Colors to Chart Elements in Google Sheets | | G Suite Updates | Now, when you’re working on a chart in Sheets, you can give a design element (such as a bar on a bar graph or a point or line on a line graph) a unique color, instead of all similar elements being the same color. | | Embed Google Drawings in Google Docs | | G Suite Updates | Now you can embed Google Drawings files saved in Drive into Google Docs and update the content of linked drawings embedded in Docs. When the source file is updated, you’ll see an “Update” button in the upper right hand corner of the embedded drawing. |
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