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| | | | | Apple’s Next Event Is on September 15 | | Ars Technica | Apple has announced the date for its next big product reveal event: September 15. As usual, the company is saying nothing at all about what to expect from it, but likely new product launches this fall include new 5G iPhones, new Apple Watch models, and an Apple Silicon-equipped Mac of some kind. | | Content Scanning for Sensitive Data: Part 1 of Compliance Essentials in the SaaS Era | | BetterCloud Monitor | Confidential and personal identification data leaks happen more often than you think. It’s the email containing personal information that got sent to the wrong person. Or it’s a restaurant’s proprietary recipes stored in Box with public file sharing settings. Time for automated content scanning for sensitive data. | | Microsoft Is Readying a Smaller, Intel Core i5-Based Laptop: Report | | ZDNet | For those wondering whether Microsoft might proceed with its usual fall Surface hardware launch, it's looking like the answer is yes. And one of the new PCs likely to headline the potential October 2020 virtual launch event is a 12.5-inch, Intel Core i5-based clamshell laptop codenamed "Sparti." | | Google Cloud Launches Its Business Application Platform Based on Apigee and AppSheet | | TechCrunch | Instead of trying to sell individual services, Google is focusing on solutions and the latest effort here is what it calls its Business Application Platform, which combines the API management capabilities of Apigee with the no-code application development platform of AppSheet. | | Ransomware Delays First Day of School for Hartford, Connecticut | | BleepingComputer | The Hartford School District in Connecticut has postponed their first day of school as they struggle with getting classroom and transportation systems restored and running after a Labor Day holiday weekend ransomware attack. | | Google Launches Android 11, Rolling Out Not Just to Pixel Phones First | | VentureBeat | Google today launched Android 11, the latest version of its mobile OS, and pushed the source code to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Unlike previous major versions, Android 11 is not only arriving as an over-the-air update to Pixel phones first, but also on OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Realme phones “with more partners launching and upgrading devices over the coming months.” |
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| | | 8 Things You Probably Didn't Realize Siri Could Do | | MakeUseOf | Siri has become one of the iPhone’s defining features, but many people don't see it as a very useful one. While some of this is due to the limitations of voice recognition, it's also down to the fact that most iPhone users don't realize all the different things Siri can do. | | How to Stop Dropbox from Opening at Startup on Windows or Mac | | How-To Geek | Dropbox is a handy way to synchronize files across devices via the cloud. By default, Dropbox starts whenever you turn on your Windows PC or Mac, but sometimes you might not want it to. Here’s how to make sure it doesn’t launch when you startup. |
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