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Congratulations to Kevin Beattie, Senior IT Engineer with Zendesk, for his SaaSOps Star award nomination! Kevin has been transformational in rallying his team to better leverage all their SaaS apps and in laying the foundation for the future of Zendesk's IT operations. 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! | | | Microsoft Makes Chromium-based Edge Beta Available for Windows and macOs | | ZDNet | Microsoft made the official beta of its Chromium-based Edge browser available yesterday, 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. | | Hop on the Weekly Demo! | | BetterCloud | Not ready to talk to sales but want to learn more about BetterCloud? Join us today at 1pm for our inaugural weekly live demo. Our Solutions Engineer, Michael Connery, will demo BetterCloud and answer any questions that you might have—so make them tough. | | Backdoor Code Found in 11 Ruby Libraries | | ZDNet | Maintainers of the RubyGems package repository have yanked 18 malicious versions of 11 Ruby libraries that contained a backdoor mechanism and were caught inserting code that launched hidden cryptocurrency mining operations inside other people's Ruby projects. | | Google ‘Password Checkup’ Leak Detection Will Soon Be Built Into Chrome | | 9to5Google | Earlier this year, Google created “Password Checkup,” a tool that checks if any of your passwords have been revealed in an online data breach, as an extension for desktop Chrome. In the near future, the leak detection part of Password Checkup will become a default feature of Google Chrome instead of an optional extension. |
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| | | 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 today. | | 3 Google Privacy Tips for Mac and iOS Users | | Computerworld | Alternative search engines such as DuckDuckGo are attracting growing numbers of privacy focused users, but there’s no doubt that Google dominates the industry, even on Apple products. Fortunately, there are several ways to make your Google activity more private. |
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| | | Improved As-You-Type Spelling and Grammar Correction in Gmail | | G Suite Updates | Google is introducing new spelling and grammar correction capabilities for Gmail to help you compose emails quickly with confidence. As you type your message, Gmail will use artificial intelligence to make smarter spell-check suggestions while also detecting potential grammar issues. For some common spelling mistakes, Google has also added as-you-type autocorrection for improved accuracy. |
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