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Congratulations to Ryan Donnon, Director of IT with First Round Capital, for his SaaSOps Star Award nomination! Ryan understands the importance of offboarding—especially at a business where exposed data can lead to compliance violations and fines. So Ryan has created a fully orchestrated offboarding process, helping him ensure precision, immediacy, and reliability. “The best part about having all your SaaS apps in one place is that you get a holistic view of what’s going on in your organization, versus having to look in small silos. I see all our users across every app." SaaSOps Stars winners will be announced at Altitude 2019. Nominate an individual or team and join us in SF for two days of great content with current and future CIOs! | | | Hangouts Shutdown Delayed for G Suite Users Until at Least June 2020 | | Android Police | Google is delaying the shutdown of its longtime internet protocol chat and call app, Hangouts. G Suite users were originally told that Hangouts would be retired starting in October. Now, the deadline for G Suite customers to move has now been pushed back to "no sooner than June 2020." | | Product Tip Tuesday: 3 Easy Scripts You Can Build in BetterCloud To Save Time | | BetterCloud Monitor | Earlier this year we released the ability to extend BetterCloud to any SaaS application. Since that release, our customers have created some brilliant use cases in order to solve their unique business challenges. We want to share with you the three most popular ways customers have extended BetterCloud to solve common use cases in other SaaS applications. | | Microsoft Makes Chromium-based Edge Beta Available for Windows and macOs | | ZDNet | Microsoft made the official beta of its Chromium-based Edge browser available on August 20. The Beta channel is open to anyone running Windows 10, 7, 8/8.1 and/or macOS and the beta version is immediately available for download from the Edge Insider site. | | Google Stops Sharing Your Network Data With Carriers Over Privacy Concerns | | The Next Web | For once, Google is putting an end to a data collection practice before it attracts closer inspection from lawmakers and regulators. Reuters is reporting that Google has shut down its Mobile Network Insights service over fears that “sharing data from users of its Android phone system might attract the scrutiny of users and regulators.” |
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| | | How to Spot If Gmail Has Been Hacked and What to Do Next | | MakeUseOf | While you can reclaim your Gmail account from a hacker, it’s not always evident that your account is under attack in the first place. As such, it’s a good idea to learn about the tools and tricks available to you, so you can catch a hacker red-handed and protect your account. | | How to Use Chrome’s Hidden “Send Tab to Self” Feature | | How-To Geek | A new “Send Tab to Self” feature in Google Chrome lets you quickly send tabs between all your Chrome devices. This feature, available via a hidden flag in Google Chrome, is available in the stable version of Chrome now. |
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| | | SaaS Updates Summary: August 19 – August 23 | | BetterCloud Monitor | Google released a number of G Suite updates last week. From shortcuts in Drive to being able to fill out PDFs on mobile, these updates are here to make your life a breeze. Check out our post for last week's G Suite updates. |
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