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| | | | | Google’s Latest Chrome Update Delivers ‘Largest Performance Gain in Years’ | | The Verge | Chrome now will prioritize your active tab over the others in the background, “reducing CPU usage by up to 5x and extending battery life by up to 1.25 hours (based on our internal benchmarks).” But even opening Chrome should feel faster. | | 2020 SaaSOps Buyer's Guide (ebook) | | BetterCloud | SaaS Operations (SaaSOps) solutions can drive enormous benefits, such as threat reduction, cost savings, and productivity gains. But how do you choose the right one? In this buyer's guide, you'll learn what SaaSOps is, why it exists, what product capabilities to look for, and how to select the right solution for your organization. | | Microsoft Reveals Pluton, a Custom Security Chip Built Into Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm Processors | | TechCrunch | The chip, announced today, is the brainchild of a partnership between Microsoft and chip makers Intel, AMD and Qualcomm. Pluton acts as a hardware root-of-trust, which in simple terms protects a device’s hardware from tampering, such as from hardware implants or by hackers exploiting flaws in the device’s low-level firmware. | | Apple Lets Some Big Sur Network Traffic Bypass Firewalls | | Ars Technica | Firewalls aren’t just for corporate networks. Large numbers of security- or privacy-conscious people also use them to filter or redirect traffic flowing in and out of their computers. Apple recently made a major change to macOS that frustrates these efforts. Beginning with Big Sur released last week, some 50 Apple-specific apps and processes are no longer routed through firewalls like Little Snitch and Lulu. |
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| | | How to Paste Text Without Formatting on a Mac | | Macworld | Because we use styled text in so many places in macOS (including when copying something from a web page), it’s easy to wind up frustrated when you want to paste it into a document or an email without carrying along its original (or a similar) font, type size, italics or Roman, indents, bullet list items, or other elements. Here are several ways to copy styled text and then paste it without formatting. | | How to Transfer Chrome Tabs Between iPhone, iPad, and Mac | | How-To Geek | You can make Chrome the default web browser on your iPhone and iPad and use it as your only browser for all your Apple devices. Just like Safari, you can transfer open tabs between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Here’s how. |
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| | | Contact Tracing Software Recommendations | | SaaSOps Community | The community is abuzz over a conversation around contact tracing software. Pandemic fatigue is real, but this thread is worth checking out. Huge hat tip to Jesse Nowlin for kicking this one off. Join in by clicking the link above. |
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| | | Enhancing Your Microsoft Teams Experience With the Apps You Need | | Microsoft | Microsoft announced a slew of new Teams apps to increase productivity. Some of the standouts include a deeper integration with Asana and Slido during meetings. Plus, customers can now use Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents apps for Teams. Read more in the link above. |
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