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| | | RIP: Google Hangouts Begins Wind-Down This Year, But Service Will Live On in Chat and Meet Spinoffs | | Android Police | In March 2017, Google announced that Hangouts would split into Meet and Chat apps, kicking off what has been a long, slow road to shutdown for the original version of the platform. Almost two years later, we now have an official timetable for the winding-down of the well-used service as Google attempts to wrestle a bigger share of the team communication market away from competitors like Slack. | | Can You Spot When You’re Being Phished? | | Google | Identifying phishing can be harder than you think. Alphabet subsidiary Jigsaw has made a quiz with Google to test your phishing chops. To make this quiz, the team drew from materials they've used to train thousands of journalists, political figures, and activists. Can you tell what's fake? | | Google GDPR Fine Shows 'Embarrassing' Extent of How Firms Misuse People's Data | | The Independent | Google has become the first tech giant to be hit with a record fine for breaching the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Data experts say the record €50 million fine for the tech giant is a seminal moment for people's privacy. But experts warn the case is "just the tip of the iceberg." | | Microsoft Declares the Official End to Its Smartphone Era | | Computerworld | In the wake of the company's failed acquisition of Nokia's phone assets, Microsoft is reminding Windows 10 Mobile users that support ends this year — and they should move to iOS or Android devices. |
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| | | The 15-Minute Chromebook Tune-Up | | Computerworld | Make your Chromebook faster, smarter, and more pleasant to use with these easy-to-follow annual steps. | | How to Spend Way Less Time on Email Every Day | | HBR | The average professional spends 28% of the work day reading and answering email, according to a McKinsey analysis. For the average full-time worker in America, that amounts to a staggering 2.6 hours spent and 120 messages received per day. Here are the five ways we unnecessarily lose this time and how to get it back. |
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| | | 5 IT Trends Shaping 2019 CIO Strategies | | SearchCIO | Tech executives sound off on the IT trends they see shaping CIO strategies in 2019. AI and cloud loom large, but the test for CIOs is not just technical. |
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| | | New Gmail Compose Formatting and Download Options | | G Suite Updates | Google is adding three new features to Gmail: Shortcut to undo/redo in the compose window, shortcut to strikethrough text, and the ability to download messages as .EML files in rfc822 format from Gmail on the web. | | Two New Hangouts Meet Tools Added to the Admin Console | | G Suite Updates | Google is launching two new features in the Admin console to help G Suite admins better understand and manage the usage of Hangouts Meet within their organizations. | | Upcoming Hangouts Service Consolidation for All G Suite Customers | | G Suite Updates | As Google announced in 2017, Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet are the next generation of Hangouts that focus on team communication. Later this year, they'll transition classic Hangouts users on G Suite domains to Chat and Meet. As a first step, some changes are coming on April 16, 2019. |
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