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| | | This Is Samsung’s Foldable Smartphone | | The Verge | Samsung has been teasing its foldable smartphone for weeks, and now the company has unveiled it for the first time. Samsung calls its foldable phone technology the Infinity Flex Display, and the phone itself has a tablet-sized screen that can be folded up to fit into a pocket. | | Chrome 71 Will Block Any and All Ads on Sites With “Abusive Experiences” | | Ars Technica | Google is promising to punish sites that offer what the company calls "abusive experiences." Chrome 71, due for release in December, will blacklist sites that are repeat offenders and suppress all advertising on those sites. The behaviors deemed abusive cover a range of user-hostile things, such as ads that masquerade as system error messages, ads with fake close boxes that actually activate an ad when clicked, phishing, and malware. In general, if an ad is particularly misleading, destructive, or intrusive, it runs the risk of being deemed abusive. | | HSBC Bank Admits Breach Exposing Account Numbers and Transaction History | | Forbes | Oh boy, here we go again. It appears that an undisclosed number of HSBC Bank customers may have had personal information exposed as a result of a data breach. In a templated letter sent to bank customers dated November 2nd, HSBC states it "became aware of online accounts being accessed by unauthorized users" between October 4th and 14th. | | Dropbox Partners With Google Cloud Identity for Advanced Security Features | | VentureBeat | Dropbox announced a security-focused collaboration with Google Cloud Identity and expanded partnerships with BetterCloud (hey, that's us!), Proofpoint, Coronet, and SailPoint, all of which have built integrations that enhance Dropbox Business’ management capabilities. We're very excited about our integration, which will enable Dropbox Business customers to create custom and automated workflows, insights, alerts, and actions based on their (and their team’s) usage. |
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| | | Companies Struggle to Scale Automation, But Still Welcome Disruptive Tech | | CIO Dive | Less than 40% of companies have deployed automation use cases at scale, according to a Capgemini survey of 705 business leaders from organizations with revenue greater than $500 million in FY17 that are experimenting with automation. While there will be some resistance to disruptive technologies, the companies that don't take the initial first steps to prepare will be pushed aside. |
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| | | SaaS Updates Summary: November 5 – November 9 | | BetterCloud Monitor | Last week, Dropbox announced a security-focused collaboration with Google Cloud Identity and expanded partnerships with BetterCloud (that’s us!), Coronet, Proofpoint, and SailPoint to strengthen the security ecosystem. Google rolled out some new enhancements for Slides and Vault, Microsoft rolled out new AI features in Word, and Okta expanded its partnership with VMware. |
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