ZDNet | Grammarly has fixed a security bug in its Chrome extension that inadvertently allowed access to a user's account—including their private documents and data. Tavis Ormandy, a security researcher at Google's Project Zero who found the "high severity" vulnerability, said the browser extension exposed authentication tokens to all websites. That means any website can access a user's documents, history, logs and other data, the bug report said. The grammar-correcting browser extension is used by about 22 million users.
ZDNet | Mozilla has a new web browser, called Firefox Quantum, to compete with Google Chrome. Is Firefox Quantum truly better than Google's rival browser? If you'd like to learn about what types of updates Firefox Quantum brings to the table, or how these two top-tier browsers stack up, ZDNet has broken out all the stats and features worth paying attention to.
The Register | This is a great read for any IT admin managing SaaS apps. "Connectors like Zapier, IFTTT, and Microsoft Flow make it easy for the average user to read data out of one system and stick it into another … without the need to involve the IT department. What a winning concept for raising productivity when we’re working across a dozen different Software as a Service apps! What a nightmare for IT who has no idea what other apps now have access to the corporate data or who’s using them. So what’s the IT department to do?"
 
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MakeUseOf | Have you ever considered using Google Calendar to go back in time rather than forward? Just like a journal, think about looking back at a calendar with convenient views, color-coding, and memorable dates at a glance. Goals you achieve, moods you experience, foods you eat, and even bucket list items you complete can all be tracked easily with Google Calendar.
Stuff | How can you get the most out of Slack? With these 21 nifty tips, that’s how. Here are some of the neatest tricks this cross-platform app has up its metaphoric sleeves.
 
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Office Blog | Four new features for Planner will give you greater visibility into project schedules, let you group and filter tasks, allow you to receive notifications of upcoming deadlines, and soon you will be able to publish tasks to your Outlook calendar.
G Suite Updates | Check out the latest "What's New in G Suite" launch recap for a roundup of all G Suite launches from January 2018.
 
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