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Technology TrendsKnown Senders Option In Google Calendar Decreases Spam Invites
Recently, Google's engineers introduced a small but important feature to their Calendar app. If you haven't used the "known senders" option, you owe it to yourself to check it out.
September 27, 2022 2 min -
Business OperationsHow To Make A New Contact Automatically
OUTLOOK: How To Make A New Contact Automatically
September 27, 2022 1 min -
CybersecurityWhat Makes A Strong Password? And Why You Need One?
Think about some of your private accounts right now. Chances are that you have an email account, social media accounts, bank account and more that are all password protected. Do you share passwords across different accounts, and are your passwords strong enough to keep cybercriminals away from your private information? If not, it might be time to evaluate.
September 26, 2022 3 min -
CybersecurityDuckDuckGo Email Privacy Service Beta Released
DuckDuckGo has a reputation for protecting the privacy of its users far more than most other companies. Last year, the tiny search engine announced that they were experimenting with a free service designed to dodge email trackers as a means of further protecting the privacy of its users.
September 26, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityAndroid 13 is safer for your business
Most of us depend on our mobile phones. And it's possible that your employees are frequently using their personal phones to complete work tasks.
September 26, 2022 1 min -
Business Operations6 Important IT Policies Any Size Company Should Implement
Many small businesses make the mistake of skipping policies.
September 26, 2022 5 min -
Technology TrendsApple Products Released at Far Out Event
On September 7, 2022, Apple hosted its annual product release event at one pm Eastern Time (ET). Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, took the stage at the Far Out event held at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California, to unveil a slew of brand-new and significantly enhanced devices. The iPhone 14 and several new smartwatches and AirPods are among the latest products.
September 24, 2022 3 min -
CybersecurityMicrosoft Teams Vulnerability Discovered
Microsoft Teams is a part of the 365 product family and is used by more than 270 million people for exchanging text messages, videoconferencing, and file storage.
September 23, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityLenovo Issues Important Update
Lenovo issued a security notice informing customers of multiple serious BIOS vulnerabilities affecting hundreds of Lenovo devices across various models (Desktop, All in One, IdeaCentre, Legion, ThinkCentre, ThinkPad, ThinkAgile, ThinkStation, ThinkSystem).
September 22, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityUber Hacked Again
An unknown hacker, who claims to be eighteen years old, acquired administrative access to Uber's corporate network and proprietary internal tools on Thursday, September 15, 2022.
September 21, 2022 2 min -
Business OperationsHow To Set Your Email Signature
OUTLOOK: Set your email signature
September 20, 2022 1 min -
Technology TrendsGoogle Leaving IoT Services
Tech giant Google recently announced that it's closing the doors on its IoT Core service. Their stated reason for doing so was that their strategic partners can better manage customers' IoT services and devices. Time will tell if the company's decision was a good one.
September 20, 2022 2 min -
Technology TrendsWindows 11 Gets New Taskbar Overflow Option
Are you the type of person who is in the habit of keeping all their apps open? If so, you're going to love a recent addition to Windows 11.
September 19, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityThe Biggest Vulnerabilities that Hackers are Feasting on Right Now
Software vulnerabilities are an unfortunate part of working with technology.
September 19, 2022 4 min -
CybersecurityCyber Security Best Practices For Businesses
Smaller companies often struggle to develop and invest in robust IT security systems, which can leave them relatively more vulnerable to cyber attacks.
September 17, 2022 2 min -
Business OperationsZoom Outage Reported
Recently Zoom, a popular, cloud-based communications platform used for online meetings and video conferencing, experienced an outage that impacted tens of thousands of users worldwide. The issue began shortly after 8:00 am PDT on Thursday, September 15, 2022, when users reported that they could not log in or join meetings. At 8:17 PDT, the company posted the following message on their incident status page:
September 16, 2022 2 min -
CybersecurityIs Your Cloud Server Safe?
Using a cloud server has numerous advantages for your business.
September 16, 2022 1 min -
CybersecurityLatest Microsoft Patch Fixes Dozens of Bugs
Even if you don't consistently install Microsoft's security patches as soon as they're released, the September 2022 patch released this week deserves immediate attention.
September 15, 2022 2 min -
CybersecuritySmall Businesses Are Attacked by Hackers 3x More than Larger Ones
Have you felt more secure from cyberattacks because you have a smaller business?
September 14, 2022 5 min -
CybersecurityNew Phishing Service Is Targeting Banks
Hackers are increasingly adopting practices that legitimate business owners will immediately recognize.
September 14, 2022 2 min
