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| | | You're Not Being Phished—Google Is Rolling Out a New Sign-in Page | | Android Police | Google has slowly but surely been updating its web features to use Material Design principles. The company is now undertaking a simple but potentially treacherous update: the sign-in page. G Suite users will start seeing the new page on June 14, and it'll reach everyone eventually. The functionality is the same, but there is some risk users will be alarmed by the change. The constant barrage of hacks and phishing online have made people wary of log-in screens that don't look quite right. Here's what the new sign-in page looks like. | | Here’s What We Found in One Customer’s SaaS Environment That Caused Their IT Director to Say “Nooooo” | | BetterCloud Monitor | The widespread adoption of SaaS apps is creating new risks and ways to expose data. Unbeknownst to IT, these blind spots lie undiscovered below the surface, waiting like a dormant volcano to erupt. Over the last few months at BetterCloud, we’ve uncovered many blind spots during dozens of implementation meetings with new customers, and what we found in their SaaS environments stunned many IT teams. Here's what we discovered. | | Microsoft’s Deep Sea Data Center Is Now Operational | | Engadget | Data centers are hot, noisy and usually inefficiently located. Microsoft's solution? Put them at the bottom of the sea. Following initial prototype testing, the company's years-long Project Natick is finally delivering Microsoft's vision of sustainable, prepackaged and rapidly deployed data centers that operate from the seafloor. Yup. Underwater. | | iOS 12, MacOS Mojave, and Group FaceTime: Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2018 | | CNET | Here's the lowdown on all the new features you'll be seeing in your Apple devices. |
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| | | 10 Google Sheets Tips & Tricks To Start Using Today | | Medium | Google Sheets is rich with hidden tips and tricks that can not only speed up your workflow, but also add some oomph to the way you present data. And if you happen to use Google Sheets on a regular basis, you’re bound to appreciate some of the tips and tricks listed here. | | What Is Google Smart Lock, Exactly? | | How-To Geek | Google does this thing where it uses bad names for products. Then it re-uses those names for other products, confusing everyone. Such is the case for Smart Lock, which is technically three different things, depending on whether you’re talking about Android, Chromebooks, or passwords. Two of them are for device security, but the other is for passwords. It really just…does n’t make a lot of sense. Here’s a close look at each one. |
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| | | 10 Change Management Courses for IT Leaders | | CIO | Leading change in an organization requires a balance of hard and soft skills. These 10 change management courses will help you strengthen the skillset necessary to lead organizational change. |
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| | | SaaS Updates Summary: June 4 – June 8 | | BetterCloud Monitor | Starting June 14th, you’ll be seeing a new Google sign-in screen, so don’t be alarmed if the page looks a little different. Google also announced Google Mobile Management support for Hangouts Meet on iOS, along with new G Suite integrations and updates for Slides and Calendar. Microsoft provided updates for both Windows Autopilot and the suite of threat protection services for Office 365. Slack released an integration with ADP that makes looking up pay stubs and booking time off a lot easier, and Atlassian announced the general availability of Atlassian Access. |
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