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| | | G Suite Admins Can Now Monitor Mac, Windows, & Chrome OS Access w/Endpoint Verification | | 9to5Google | G Suite is letting administrators keep tabs on desktop devices accessing corporate apps and other data with a new “Endpoint Verification” feature. This “lightweight and easy solution” can list desktop and laptop devices accessing corporate enterprise data. Available as a new Endpoint Verification report in the Admin console, administrators can dig deeper and view whether a device is compliant with established corporate policies, as well as user details including name and email address. | | Google Tasks Will Become a G Suite ‘Core Service’ on June 28 | | VentureBeat | Google has revealed that its Tasks app will graduate to become a G Suite core service on June 28. Given that Tasks was already available to all G Suite users, giving it “core service” status within the business software product suite won’t change all that much on the surface. But it does mean that Tasks is now being given equal status alongside the likes of Docs, Drive, Keep, and Gmail, which means that it will receive the same level of attention as its long-established G Suite counterparts. | | Apple Confirms It’s Closing Security Loophole That Police Were Using to Crack iPhones | | The State of Security | Yes, Apple is toughening up the security of iPhones with iOS 12. Yes, the steps Apple is taking will make it harder for law enforcement agencies to thwart iPhone security. But no, that’s not the reason Apple is doing it. | | Huh? Google Pixelbook May Soon Run Windows 10 | | Laptop Mag | Google has touted its Pixelbook as the must-have Chrome OS device and a real contender to any Windows 10-based machine on the market. But what if the company ultimately decides to sell the Pixelbook with more than just Chrome OS installed? In an odd twist, the folks over at XDA Developers this week discovered some code inside Chrome OS that suggests that Google's Pixelbook could natively boot both Chrome OS and Windows 10. |
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| | | How to Customize or Disable Gmail Swipe Gestures on Android | | MakeUseOf | Up until recently, swiping an email in the Android Gmail app meant one of two things would happen: You would either delete the email or you would archive it. A new update brings users a lot more options, one of which is great for the accidental swiper. | | 20 Slick Tips and Tricks for Keeping Your Windows Machine Organized | | Field Guide | You probably spend more time than you realize copying, moving, renaming, and otherwise organizing files on your Windows hard drive—so knowing how to do all of this faster and smarter can claw back a serious amount of time. Here are 20 hacks and tricks for mastering File Explorer and file management in Windows. |
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| | | Tips on Reducing IT Expenditure | | Computer Weekly | There is constant pressure for IT to reduce cost and do more with less. Computer Weekly explores how this is being achieved in practice. |
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| | | Stanford Researchers Trained a Neural Network to Make These Memes | | Motherboard | Artificial intelligence can do some remarkable things, from driving cars to improving breast cancer diagnosis. Aaaaaaand now it can make memes. Two researchers at Stanford University trained their machine learning algorithm with a dataset of more than 400 types of memes with multiple captions that they pulled from memegenerator.com using a Python script. The model was then tasked with producing its own captions—and they're pretty convincing. |
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| | | New Desktop Device Reporting in the Admin Console | | G Suite Updates | Google is giving G Suite admins more visibility into which computers are being used to access their corporate data and apps through a new feature called “Endpoint Verification.” Endpoint Verification collects information via Chrome extensions and native apps on users’ devices, and displays that information to admins in a new report in the Admin console. | | Build the Apps Your Business Needs with App Maker | | G Suite Updates | Google is making App Maker generally available to help you rethink how your teams operate. App Maker is G Suite’s low-code application development environment that makes it easy for teams to build custom apps to speed up workflows and make processes better. | | Google Tasks to Launch as a G Suite Core Service on June 28, 2018 | | G Suite Updates | On June 28, 2018, Tasks will launch as a standalone G Suite core service. Since Tasks was previously available as a feature of Gmail and Calendar to all domains, Tasks will launch ON by default, but it can be turned off at any time in the Admin console under Apps > G Suite. |
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