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| | | After $5 Billion EU Antitrust Fine, Google Will Start Charging for Android Apps | | Ars Technica | Google is adjusting to life in the EU after the $5.05 billion (€4.34 billion) antitrust fine levied against it by the European Commission earlier this year. Google is still appealing the initial ruling, which found that Google used Android to illegally dominate the search market, but for now Google will comply with the ruling and offer looser licensing agreements to Android device makers. | | How to Download the Personal Data That Apple Collects from You | | Macworld | Yesterday Apple unveiled a revamped privacy website to educate users on how the company handles the personal information that it collects. The website covers how your data is protected, who can access it, and iOS and Mac features you can use to further protect your personal data. Apple’s new privacy website also now lets you get a copy of the data that Apple collects about you. Here’s how to get your copy. | | Q4 2018 Internet Report: Almost 4.2 Billion Humans Are Online | | TNW | The data in Hootsuite and We Are Social’s new Q4 Global Digital Statshot report reveal that there are almost 4.2 billion internet users around the world in October 2018, up seven percent since this time last year. More than 5.1 billion people now use a mobile phone, with most using a smartphone. | | Researcher Finds Simple Way of Backdooring Windows PCs and Nobody Notices for Ten Months | | ZDNet | A security researcher from Colombia has found a way of assigning admin rights and gaining boot persistence on Windows PCs that's simple to execute and hard to stop — all the features that hackers and malware authors are looking for from an exploitation technique. What's more surprising is that the technique was first detailed way back in December 2017, but despite its numerous benefits and ease of exploitation, it has not received either media coverage nor has it been seen employed in malware campaigns. |
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| | | Drain the Swamp: An IT Management Model | | CIO | All too often IT managers find themselves so busy with problems or hot issues that pop up during the day that they don’t make progress. In other words, they are so busy fighting alligators that they forget to drain the swamp, which will eliminate the alligator issue altogether. Do you find yourself saying phrases like, "I don't have time to plan" or "I’m too busy to take time off to attend a training program I know I need"? CEO/CIO Mike Sisco says these are simply excuses, not the real problem. Working harder is not the answer. Stop fighting the alligators and “drain the swamp.” |
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| | | Hangouts Meet Add-in for Microsoft Outlook Available | | G Suite Updates | Google has built a Hangouts Meet add-in for Microsoft Outlook to help Outlook users schedule Meet meetings. This add-in allows you to create a new Meet video meeting in your Outlook event or email. |
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