The Register | Microsoft will allow "self-service purchase and license management capabilities" for Office 365 users, initially for its Power Platform low-code services, PowerApps, PowerBI and Flow. Users will be able to buy own licences and administrators cannot prevent it.

TechCrunch | Mozilla yesterday announced that its Enhanced Tracking Protection feature for Firefox, which launched in July (and became the default in September), has now blocked a total of more than 450 billion third-party tracking requests from the thousands of companies that try to track you as you browse the web. That’s a big number, but with yesterday’s launch of Firefox 70, Mozilla is also giving you a personalized dashboard that tells you how often Firefox blocked third-party cookies, social media trackers, fingerprinting tools and cryptominers.

Gizmodo | While Google announced a new dark theme was coming to Gmail late last month, it appears the rollout has arrived for Android 10 devices as of Monday night.

Ars Technica | Google Fi got an upgrade yesterday with what Google is calling "Dual Connect" technology—the ability to connect to two of Google Fi's licensed mobile networks at once for faster switching.

Mashable | The most popular web browser in the world, Google Chrome is already highly secure and the best choice for those worried about their privacy and safety online. One of the great things about the browser is you can easily customize it and add extensions to personalize your experience. One such option is to add a VPN extension so that you're further protected from threats as well as the potential risks of your ISP spying on what you're doing online.

VentureBeat | Organizations have transitioned from a design-build-support model to an as-a-service model. As-a-service has transformed everything from customer relationship management to user authentication. Unfortunately overlooked a key technology in the list above. One that very much impacts the way organizations access their apps and data to get work done: end-user computing.

G Suite Updates | In October 2017, Google announced the rollout of international Hangouts Meet dial-in phone numbers for G Suite Enterprise domains. Google is now extending this functionality to new meetings organized by G Suite Business, G Suite Enterprise for Education and G Suite Basic domains.

Several People are Typing | New platform features to simplify everyday work in a world of proliferating software.