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| | | Apple Disables Group FaceTime Following Major Security Flaw | | The Verge | Apple has temporarily disabled its Group FaceTime feature in iOS and macOS to fix a major security flaw. A bug in Apple’s FaceTime video calling feature has allowed anyone to call a phone or Mac and listen in before the other person picks up. | | Product Tip: How to Automatically Clean Up Empty Slack Channels | | BetterCloud Monitor | Welcome to a new product tip series, where we'll give you a quick use case that you can apply in BetterCloud. We’ll kick things off with a customer favorite: how to automatically clean up empty public Slack channels using BetterCloud. | | Meet the Chromebooks of 2019 (So Far) | | CNET | Chromebooks have come a long way. Once an option-of-last-resort for those looking to buy a super-cheap laptop, improved design, hardware, and access to Android apps have made Chromebooks a legitimate option for both work and fun. | | New Security Flaw Impacts 5G, 4G, and 3G Telephony Protocols | | ZDNet | A new vulnerability has been discovered in the upcoming 5G cellular mobile communications protocol. Researchers have described this new flaw as more severe than any of the previous vulnerabilities that affected the 3G and 4G standards. |
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| | | I Cut Google Out Of My Life. It Screwed Up Everything | | Gizmodo | Long ago, Google made the mistake of adopting the motto, “Don’t be evil,” in a jab at competitors who exploited their users. Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has since demoted the phrase in its corporate code of conduct presumably because of how hard it is to live up to it. |
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| | | SaaS Updates Summary: January 28 – February 1 | | BetterCloud Monitor | Microsoft, Google, and Asana released SaaS updates last week. Gmail is getting a mobile facelift and you can now sort and filter on Asana Boards. Keep reading for the rest of last week’s updates. |
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