TechCrunch | "It’s official: Google is killing off Allo. The messaging app was only launched in September 2016 but it was pretty much flawed from the word go with limited usage. Google was, once again, painfully late to the messaging game. The company said it had ceased work on the service earlier this year, and now it has announced that it’ll close down in March of next year," writes Jon Russell.

ZDNet | In what appears to be a first on the cyber-espionage scene, a nation-state-backed hacking group has used a Google Chrome extension to infect victims and steal passwords and cookies from their browsers.

Ars Technica | More enlightened services — most notably Google and Facebook — have recently phased out security questions after recognizing something then vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin learned the hard way in 2008: the answers are easy for hackers to guess. Enter Microsoft, which earlier this year added a security questions feature to Windows 10.

CIO Dive | On Monday, Q&A site Quora disclosed an intrusion that "may have" compromised data of approximately 100 million site users. The company is in the process of notifying impacted users and addressing the root problems that afforded access. Third-party access, discovered on Friday, is still under investigation by the company's security team and a digital forensics and security firm.

Computerworld | Here are a few tips to improve your Gmail Mac browser experience.

Rocket Matter | Need a consistent way to store and retrieve your digital files? You’ll need a set of file naming conventions and protocols.

InformationWeek | Remember three key techniques to be more effective in telling IT's story to audiences such as line managers and top executives.

Motherboard | Internal emails between Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg lay bare the fact that Facebook has long sought to leverage user data to turn a profit.

G Suite Updates | You can now create, edit, and manage web apps for your organization directly through the G Suite Admin console. This simple interface will help your organization create and use web apps more quickly and effectively.

G Suite Updates | Google has just updated the “What’s new in G Suite?” Help Center article to include recent launches.

Microsoft 365 | Microsoft is rolling out exciting updates to Outlook for iOS with recognizable avatars and optimized swipe and scroll usability.

Smartsheet Blog | Smartsheet is preparing to release navigation enhancements to its web application that will help teams access, organize, and share their work more efficiently.