TechCrunch | Check out these screenshots—you’ll soon be able to send expiring emails. In the compose screen, there’s a tiny lock icon called “confidential mode.” It says that the recipient won’t be able to forward email content, copy and paste, download or print the email. You can configure the expiration date so that your email disappears after 1 week, 1 month, multiple years, etc. You can also ask your recipient to confirm their identity with a passcode sent via text message.
Business Insider | Microsoft announced Azure Sphere, a new technology to protect the processors that power smart appliances, connected toys, and other gadgets. Azure Sphere is powered in large part by Linux, a free operating system that Microsoft once viewed as a major threat. It's the first time ever that Microsoft has made Linux part of a product offering.
BleepingComputer | TaskRabbit, a web-based service that connects freelance handymen with clients in various local US markets, has emailed customers admitting it suffered a security breach.
Motherboard | Now that police agents can allegedly crack iPhones protected with passcodes made of six numbers, it’s time to use longer, harder to guess and crack alphanumeric passphrases.
 
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MakeUseOf | Where are the folders in Gmail? Are labels the same as folders? How are both different from categories? You might have questions like these about the web version of Gmail if you’re new to it. To help you get familiar with Gmail, here's the gist of all the essential Gmail features you should really know about.
MakeUseOf | You probably spend a lot of time on your Windows desktop, so it makes sense to spend some time customizing it. It’s one part of the many ways you can customize Windows 10 as you see fit. A few quick tricks can make your desktop icons more attractive or useful. Here are a few options you might want to try.
 
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G Suite Updates | Until now, G Suite users with company-owned Android devices and those with work profiles could only install mobile apps that had been specifically whitelisted by their admin. In some organizations, however, such restrictions weren’t critical, and whitelisting required unnecessary time and effort. That’s why, going forward, Google is giving admins the option to allow their users to install any app in the managed Google Play store on Android devices that are corporate-owned or have work profiles.
Office Blog | Microsoft announced new intelligent security innovations—including Microsoft Secure Score, Attack Simulator, and more—to help strengthen the way businesses manage threats from cloud to edge.
Smartsheet Blog | With Smartsheet for Slack, you can now set Smartsheet notifications to be automatically sent to Slack channels. The appropriate teams are immediately updated on specific changes in their channel, so they can swiftly take action as needed.
Asana Blog | Asana strives for transparency with their customers and partners. In that spirit, they want to share a few examples of what they have in place to prepare for the GDPR and how customers can partner with them to support their GDPR compliance initiatives.
 
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