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We've been able to download our Facebook posts for a long time. Now, we can... export our posts to Google Docs, WordPress.com, and Blogger? I create content for a living, so you'd assume that I'd at least be curious about this. But I also work for BetterCloud. And just a few weeks ago, we learned that the SolarWinds fiasco might have been caused by an intern who leaked passwords on GitHub. Is it absurd to think that something similar could happen when someone exports a glib Facebook status to Blogger? Am I blowing this out of proportion? Let me know in this SaaSOps Community thread. |
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| TechCrunch | Facebook today announced a new feature that will allow users to export their Facebook posts and notes to a number of third-party services. Although the company has long since offered tools that let you download the information you’ve posted to Facebook, the tool launching today offers a more practical way of saving that data — by allowing you to export your notes and posts to popular services like Google Docs, Blogger, or WordPress.com. | BetterCloud | How do you even begin to tackle automation, let alone master it? To help you start 2021 on the right foot, we curated a collection of resources that explore the power of IT workflows and automation—and give you practical tips on how to get started. | VentureBeat | Salesforce today launched Digital 360 for Industries, a set of services built to help companies in market segments like consumer goods, financial services, nonprofit, and the public sector embrace digitization. Salesforce says that Digital 360 is designed to enable businesses to overcome challenges involving data capture, systems integration, and compliance requirements. | InfoSecurity | Google is shouting about a new standard designed to enhance baseline security across mobile applications. The Mobile Application Profile is the work of the Internet of Secure Things Alliance (ioXt), a consortium of over 300 members including Google, Facebook, T-Mobile, Zigbee Alliance, Schneider Electric and many others. According to the document itself, the Profile covers passwords, interfaces, cryptography, software updates, vulnerability reporting and security-by-default. |
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| How-To Geek | Windows Terminal lets you customize many different options. If you do that and you don’t like the results, you can reset Windows Terminal to its default settings. This is done by using the app’s settings file, and here, we’ll show you exactly how to do it. | MakeUseOf | Creating bulleted lists in Excel isn't as simple as in Word. There is no bullet button on the ribbon's user interface, so how can you add them to a worksheet? Here are 7 ways to create bulleted lists in Excel. | Macworld | There’s nothing worse than a mysterious slowdown on your Mac. You search online for answers. You restart. You zap the PRAM or NVRAM (on an Intel Mac). You sigh in frustration. But sometimes the simplest action provides the answer. That appears to be the case with some macOS Big Sur Finder slowdowns. |
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| SaaSOps Community | Over the weekend, the folks in the SaaSOps Community were chatting about hardware requirements for engineering and non-engineering folks. Maybe this is because I care about this stuff when I buy my own gear, but give me all the RAM I can afford. What do you think? Chime in by clicking the link above. |
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| Google Workspace Updates | Google is adding several new features that will give you more ways to work with, display, and organize your BigQuery data when using Connected Sheets. Specifically, the new abilities and improvements are: Column stats, filter by value, calculated fields for pivot tables, pivot table grouping, and slicers. | Google Workspace Updates | You can now use Google Maps in the quick access side panel. This means you can use Google Maps to see and research place information on the same screen, which can make it easier to: See place details such as location, opening hours, and user reviews, make sure you’re adding the correct location to a Calendar event, and get travel times and directions to plan ahead your trip to an upcoming event location. |
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