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Business OperationsWork Smarter, Not Harder
Harness The Power Of Technology To Improve Productivity
April 28, 2023 3 min -
Technology TrendsThe 7 Effective Features to Maximize Your Productivity on Google Drive
Google Drive is more than a file-sharing platform. It allows you to streamline your work in ways you never thought were possible. Learn how it can help boost workplace productivity.
April 26, 2023 6 min -
Business Operations5 Ways Technology Can Streamline Your Business Operations and Save You Time
As a business owner, time is your most valuable resource. Every minute counts and any inefficiencies or bottlenecks can cost you dearly in terms of lost productivity, missed opportunities, and reduced profits. Fortunately, technology provides numerous tools and solutions that can help streamline operations while saving you time. Here are five ways technology can make running your company smoother:
April 1, 2023 2 min -
CybersecuritySearch Engine Yandex Suffers Massive Leak
Russian search engine Yandex offers a slew of online services to replace Google, Netflix, Spotify, Amazon, and Uber. However, a recent Yandex data leak contains nearly 50 gigabytes of data with leaked files, including information ranging from API (application programming interface) keys to search engine behaviors. Information released by the leaker as “Yandex git sources” contains source code for most of Yandex’s online services.
February 18, 2023 3 min -
CybersecurityRecent T-Mobile Data Breach Affects Google Fi Customers
Google Fi users have received emails regarding a recent data breach at T-Mobile. From November 2022 through January 2023, hackers were able to obtain unauthorized access to data for 37 million T-Mobile customers. Google Fi, a wireless plan, uses T-Mobile networks to provide wireless service to customers. Google Fi wireless plan users also had information stolen, a side effect of using T-Mobile’s 5G network.
February 15, 2023 3 min -
Technology TrendsEffortlessly Share Files with Google Drive
According to a post on Google's official blog site, the company is making it even more straightforward to share files with coworkers by making new suggested contacts available directly from the share sheet.
December 12, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityEnd-to-End Encryption for Dropbox Business Users
Dropbox has announced its plans to purchase several key assets from Boxcryptor so that it is able to provide end-to-end encryption for its business users. In addition, the partial merger between the two companies will enable Dropbox to better meet its client's needs, including an enhanced level of security for cloud storage.
December 5, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityHow Uber Was Hacked By An 18-year-old And Why This Is A Warning For Your Business
Uber was hacked by an 18-year-old – here’s how he did it.
November 9, 2022 3 min -
CloudHow To Keep Cloud Storage Organized
Between 2015 and 2022, the percentage of corporate data stored in the cloud doubled.
October 10, 2022 5 min -
Technology TrendsMicrosoft Office And Google Docs Sync For Offline Use
Recently, Google announced a small but significant change to Google Docs. Now, if you have enabled offline access for files you have stored on your Google Drive, the system will auto-sync any Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, or Word files if you have opened them with Google Slides, Sheets, or Docs.
August 11, 2022 2 min -
CybersecuritySecurity Warnings Coming To Certain Google Apps To Help Users
Google has been making some fantastic changes to bolster user security in recent weeks. That includes changes to their Google Play Store that will require developers to disclose exactly what data they plan to track and collect when users install the apps they create.
May 26, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityNew GIMMICK Malware Targets MacOS Users
If you follow the global threat landscape closely, then you may already be aware of a notorious Chinese hacking collective known as "Storm Cloud." What few people know is that this group seems to be the driving force behind a new variant of malware that researchers have recently spotted in the wild.
April 9, 2022 2 min -
Technology TrendsSuspicious Files Get New Warnings In Google Drive
If you have Google Drive, there's good news. The company has recently announced that soon they'll be rolling out a new feature to help alert users to the presence of suspicious documents.
February 12, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityNew Malware Can Infect Linux, Mac, Or Windows Users
There's a new strain of malware called SysJoker to be mindful of. It's especially dangerous because it can target Windows, Mac or Linux systems. That makes it an equal opportunity strain.
January 31, 2022 2 min
