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| | | Congress Is Fed Up with Google After It Hid Major Data Breach for Months | | TNW | "Google’s childish approach to business ethics has landed it in hot water with Congress yet again. After discovering a software glitch earlier this year — persisting since 2015 — the company chose to hide it from consumers and regulators. That is, until The Wall Street Journal exposed it earlier this week," writes Tristan Greene. The glitch, which has since been fixed, affected the company’s Google+ social network and exposed the personal data of nearly 500K users. Senators John Thune, Roger Wicker, and Jerry Moran sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai yesterday demanding a copy of an internal company memo allegedly detailing plans to keep quiet about the glitch. | | 6 Takeaways from Altitude 2018 | | BetterCloud Monitor | Last week, we hosted Altitude, our annual customer summit, in Denver, Colorado. It was our best customer summit yet (!), with over 140 IT and security professionals attending. Thirty speakers from all over the country gave insights and tips on security automation, SaaS management efficiency, and the future of IT and technology. Missed it? No worries. Here are six key takeaways from the conference. | | Zoom Intros Zoom Voice, Partners with Dropbox and Atlassian | | ZDNet | Cloud video conferencing company Zoom announced a series of new products and features, as well as key partnerships and integrations with Dropbox and Atlassian. Key releases include the launch of Zoom Voice, a new cloud-based phone system that Zoom hopes will increase its competitive edge among enterprises in the cloud communications industry. | | Kanye West Has Literally the Worst iPhone Passcode You Could Ever Have | | Motherboard | "In a clip of Kanye West meeting with President Donald Trump broadcast and then shared on social media yesterday, the superstar is seen unlocking his iPhone before getting access. The apparent passcode? Well it’s just hammering the bottom key as much as possible really: 000000," writes Joseph Cox. |
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| | | Remote IT Jobs: 4 Downsides and How to Beat Them | | The Enterprisers Project | Working from home is the number one perk that IT pros want. The Enterprisers Project examines the pros and cons of remote IT jobs — and how employees and employers can beat the challenges. |
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| | | Atlassian Partners With Zoom | | Atlassian Blog | Atlassian announced a new partnership and strategic investment with Zoom, the global leader in cloud-based video communications. They will start by serving the needs of modern, global IT teams, and build integrations with Jira Ops, their newest product, as well as Jira Service Desk, the fastest-growing product in Atlassian’s history. |
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