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| | | Ajit Pai Says You’re Going to Love the Death of Net Neutrality | | Ars Technica | The Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality rules took effect yesterday. But as net neutrality supporters try to get the rules back in place, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is trying to convince Internet users that they're going to love the newly deregulated broadband industry. Pai claimed in a CNET op-ed that the repeal preserves the Internet as "an open platform where you are free to go where you want" and that it "will protect consumers and promote better, faster Internet access and more competition." | | In-display Fingerprint Sensors Are Here, and They Actually Work | | The Verge | After years of rumors and prototypes, an in-display fingerprint scanner is finally shipping in a major phone from a major company. The international Vivo X21 marks the first time this technology has been sold in India and other countries, as well as the first time it’s been a standard feature anywhere in the world. | | Microsoft to Stop Offering Support for Windows 7 And Windows 8.1 in Forums | | BetaNews | Microsoft has announced that starting next month it will no longer be participating in the technical support forums for Windows 7, 8.1, 8.1 RT and numerous other products. On the software front, the company says that it will also no longer provide support for Microsoft Security Essentials, Internet Explorer 10, Office 2010 and 2013 as of July. It is not just software that is affected. Microsoft is also stopping support for Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2, Surface RT, Surface 2, Microsoft Band and Zune. Some forums will be locked, preventing users from helping each other as well. | | Top Five SecurityIQ Phishing Templates: May Edition | | InfoSec Institute | Here are the most popular phishing templates of the month from SecurityIQ (i.e., the templates with the most sends in May). Use this list to find inspiration for your upcoming campaigns, or to see how your team compared to the in-platform benchmark. |
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| | | 29 Best Add-ons for Google Docs | | Template Monster | Google Docs offers only basic features to format a document, and it is bundled with world-class collaboration tools. The application is ideal for co-editing simple documents in groups. But once you need to do something more than just editing, that's where add-ons come in. There are more than three hundred tools that will help you create documents faster; edit text; add graphics, formulas, and signatures; and publish texts in a way you want. Here are 29 of the best ones. | | 25 Useful iPhone Productivity Apps That’ll Help You Get Things Done | | MakeUseOf | Your iPhone is one of the best tools for becoming more productive. But there are thousands of productivity apps out there—how do you know which ones to use? MakeUseOf has ranked the 25 best iPhone productivity apps for you here. Which app will take the #1 spot? |
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| | | What the Evolving Icebox Says About the Role for IT | | InformationWeek | Samsung's latest device stands six feet tall, weighs 363.8 lbs. — when empty — and lives in your kitchen, not your pocket or purse. It’s called the Family Hub, a cloud-connected, WiFi-enabled refrigerator that Samsung envisions not just as a place to store groceries, but as a household’s digital command center. This story provides a revealing window into the expanding job description, and increasing strategic relevance, of IT, as a catalyst for reinventing products and re-imagining business models. Bringing to life Samsung’s vision for creating an entire digital ecosystem around a refrigerator takes a huge amount of back-end digital infrastructure development work and extensive engagement from IT. |
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| | | The Most Honest Out-of-Office Message | | The Atlantic | What if you deleted all your emails during vacation and never looked back? The author of this article emailed a professor for a story, only to get this out-of-office response: "Thank you for your message. Email received between [these dates] will be deleted from this server eight hours from now. Please send your message again after [this date]." This is a really interesting article about email culture, out-of-office messages, and FOMO (fear of missing out). |
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| | | Celebrate Pride with Asana Celebrations | | Asana Blog | Asana is happy to celebrate Pride with their employees and customers worldwide—and so are their celebration creatures! That’s why this month, you’ll notice their celebrations are extra proud to show their support of the LGBTQIA+ community. They hope these updates encourage their employees and customers to be themselves and feel supported at work, as well as making their product itself more inclusive. |
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