CNET | It's back to school for Apple with a brand-new iPad. Apple unveiled a new version of its iOS-powered tablet at its education event in Chicago. The new iPad is Apple's answer to Google-powered Chromebooks, which have become the go-to gadgets for teachers in classrooms. Apple devices used to fill up schools across the country, but they've since slipped as Chromebooks rose in popularity.
BleepingComputer | In the past Google would automatically log out G Suite users from Google web services such as Gmail or Drive after two weeks so that they would be forced to reauthenticate themselves. Now, Google is rolling out a new feature for Google G Suite Business, Enterprise, and Education admins that allow them to specify a custom session duration for their organization's users.
BetterCloud Monitor | Say hello to the new and improved BetterCloud Monitor. Our new blog design is simpler, sleeker, and cleaner. Now it's easier to find and read content—and we've added reading times and progress bars for each article too. Check it out and let us know what you think.
 
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MakeUseOf | Once you get to Inbox Zero, the really hard part is maintaining it. As is the case with most things, keeping things simple is often the best way to ensure success. With a system consisting of just five folders (or labels in the case of Gmail), you can keep your inbox free of clutter.
Slack Guides | Have you ever clicked on a Slack message too quickly and then you couldn't find which channel it was posted in? Hop back to your previous channel with this little-known keyboard shortcut: ⌘ + [ (Mac) or Alt + ← (Windows). Hat tip to our BI engineer Shaun for suggesting this one. "It's a game changer," he says. Click here for a list of other essential shortcuts.
 
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G Suite Updates | Google is giving G Suite Business, Enterprise, and Education admins the ability to specify the duration of web sessions for Google services (e.g. four hours, seven days, or infinite). Unless a user logs out on their own beforehand, they’ll be automatically signed out at the end of that duration and prompted to re-enter their login credentials.
G Suite Updates | Google is adding more options for how often you're notified about new posts in the Google+ communities and collections to which you subscribe. Instead of getting all or no notifications, you can now opt to get "highlights" only.
G Suite Updates | To make the Jamboard experience even more integrated with G Suite, the jam files you own will now appear in your Drive folder. This means you can easily open, copy, and share jam files from My Drive and Team Drives, and save jam files from Jamboard to My Drive.
Box Blog | Box is excited to announce another integration with Apple: Box now integrates with iWork, enabling users to create, preview and collaborate on Pages, Numbers, and Keynote files from within Box. Now, users can collaborate in real-time on iWork files from Box or directly in iWork apps, with all changes saved securely back to Box.
Smartsheet Blog | Smartsheet is updating their interface to make the product more intuitive — so you can easily access the tools you need to get even more done, faster. The updated navigation and layout will make it easier for you to find and use the most powerful features available in Smartsheet, and speed up the learning process for new users so onboarding team members is even easier.
Freshservice Blog | Freshservice announced a TeamViewer integration to ensure customers can take advantage of the easy-to-use remote support platform to seamlessly troubleshoot issues and increase your service desk efficiency.
Freshdesk Blog | Here are 7 new features that were built to supercharge your productivity so that you can do what you do best—supporting customers.
 
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