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| | | Google Starts Migrating All G Suite Users from Hangouts to Meet | | TechCrunch | Google announced that starting now, it is moving all of its G Suite users who follow its recommended schedule from its Hangouts video chat service to Hangouts Meet, the more enterprise-ready version of Hangouts. The move will likely take about a month or so. This means all newly created Calendar invites will now link to Meet video meetings, though Google stresses that all previously created meetings won’t be affected by this. | | No Smiles for Coca-Cola After Data Breach | | Infosecurity Magazine | The threat of malicious insiders is one that Coca-Cola knows all too well now that it has had to disclose a breach after a former employee was discovered to have stolen a hard drive. According to Cyware, Coca-Cola suffered a data breach in September 2017 in which the personal data of 8,000 employees was compromised after a former employer at one of its subsidiaries stole an external hard drive. | | Apple Releases iOS 11.4 for iPhone and iPad | | ZDNet | iOS 11.4 is out, and it brings with it a number of new features, along with the usual bug fixes and improvements. The three new features are AirPlay 2, HomePod stereo pair, and Messages in iCloud. | | Ghostery Tries to Comply With GDPR, But Ends Up Violating GDPR in the Process | | BleepingComputer | You can't make this up. The company behind Ghostery, a privacy-focused browser and an ad-blocking browser extension, has apologized for a technical error that occurred when its staff was sending out GDPR-themed notification emails that exposed the addresses of other users. The incident isn't as bad as it sounds, as only email addresses were exposed. It's more funny than an actual security breach. Still, it's ironic because it was a GDPR email campaign that broke GDPR rules. (facepalm) |
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| | | 6 Google Doc Hacks to Boost Your Productivity | | Inc. | It's one of the most widely used business tools, but it isn't always easy to use. Here are some hacks for Google Docs that can save you time and energy. | | How to Stop Overthinking and Never Run Out of Things to Say | | Hacker Noon | If you’ve ever had your mind spontaneously go blank in the middle of the conversation, then you know that feeling… searching your mind for something…anything to say. Yet the harder you try to come up with something, the less you have to say. Then the awkward silence creeps in. Good news: It isn’t because you can’t think fast enough to respond. It’s not because you were “born awkward.” It’s something you can overcome with a little planning, practice, and mindset shift. Use these three hacks to stop overthinking and have effortless conversations. |
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| | | The Best Chromebooks You Can Buy, 2018 Edition | | Review Geek | There has never been a better time to get into the Chromebook scene, so you’re in a great position to make the leap. If you’re having a hard time figure out which Chromebook to buy, Review Geek is here to help. |
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| | | Migrating All G Suite Domains From Classic Hangouts to Hangouts Meet | | G Suite Updates | In March 2017, Google announced Hangouts Meet, the next generation in enterprise video meetings. After continued positive feedback from their customers who have begun using Meet, starting May 29th, they’ll enable Hangouts Meet for all G Suite domains that are automatically upgrading on Google’s recommended schedule. This means that all newly created Google Calendar events will contain Meet video meeting details. Previously created meetings will not be impacted with this change. | | Copy A Site in the New Google Sites | | G Suite Updates | Google is making it possible to copy a site created in the new Google Sites. Sometimes you want to work on a new site, but you don’t want to start from scratch. By copying an existing site, you can save time by reducing duplicate work and avoiding manual copying of existing sites. | | Introducing Project Archiving for Jira Software Data Center | | Atlassian Blog | As the scope of Jira grows in your organization, having a plan for how to remove outdated information becomes more and more important. That’s why the Jira team is excited to share that their Data Center offering now includes project archiving. |
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