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Congratulations to Dartanian Richards, IT Support Engineer with Thumbtack, for his SaaSOps Star Award nomination! Dart has made it his mission to automate manual tasks—reducing onboarding & offboarding from a 3+ hour process to a few button clicks and workflows. With BetterCloud, he identified risks from deeply rooted shadow IT, and through regular auditing, has worked to clean the tech stack. 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! | | | Google Proposes New Privacy Standards to Protect Web Browsing Data | | Engadget | Google is stepping up its efforts to limit web fingerprinting and otherwise protect your privacy while keeping its ad business intact. The internet giant is developing a set of open standards, nicknamed the "Privacy Sandbox," that would allow for personalized ads without requiring that you divulge individually identifying data. The proposals would largely focus on strength in numbers—advertisers can't pinpoint you if your data forms part of a larger group. | | Microsoft Promotes 'Full-Chromium' Edge to Beta, Touts Enterprise Skillset | | Computerworld | Microsoft this week pushed the "full-Chromium" Edge one step closer to a production release with the launch Tuesday of a Beta build for macOS and all supported editions of Windows, including 7 and 10. | | Google, Intel, and Microsoft Partner to Improve Cloud Security | | The Next Web | Some of the biggest names in tech have banded together in an effort to promote industry-wide security standards for protecting data in use. The initiative—dubbed Confidential Computing Consortium (CCC)—has Alibaba Cloud, Arm, Baidu, Google Cloud, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Red Hat, Swisscom, and Tencent as its founding members. | | Android Q Is Now Simply Android 10 | | Engadget | Google has finally revealed Android Q's release name, and it's not Quiche, Quinoa or Quesadilla. In fact, it's not named after any dessert that starts with the letter Q at all—the tech giant has decided to simply call it Android 10. In a blog post, the company said it's changing the way it names its releases altogether in a push for greater accessibility. |
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| | | How to Spot Unsafe Email Attachments: 6 Red Flags | | MakeUseOf | Email remains a prominent attack vector for hackers, cybercriminals, snoopers, and other online miscreants. As such, it’s vital that you know how to spot an unsafe email attachment. If you’re not sure where to start, check out the article MakeUseOf is going to explain several red flags that’ll help you identify potentially dangerous files in your inbox. | | The 6 Best Time Tracking Software and Apps | | MakeUseOf | It’s easy to lose track of time. After all, you are busy and multitasking between jobs every day. But even as you are ticking off all those pending to-dos, it’s important to keep an eye on where you’re spending your precious time. For a freelancer, it’s vital to account for all those billable hours. Thankfully, there are tools that help you do just that with minimal hassle. Here are the best time tracking apps you should try. |
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| | | Complete Basic PDF Forms Directly in Google Drive on Mobile | | G Suite Updates | You can now fill out structured PDF forms within the Google Drive app on Android and iOS devices. You’ll be able to complete text fields, select options from a dropdown menu, and select checkboxes or radio buttons. After filling out the form, you can save your edits as a new revision of the document, or save a copy. |
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