Computerworld | Microsoft added a raft of new features to its Teams group chat platform last week, making it easier to interact with third-party apps and find new services through an app directory. The update, Microsoft said, is its biggest single release of new functionality since Teams launched last year. The move brings Teams in line with rival Slack, which launched its own app directory in 2015.
Dark Reading | GDPR will apply to any company that processes the data of EU citizens, regardless of where the company is based. Organizations are under the gun to get systems in place now to ensure that they are in compliance with the regulations before it's too late. Here are six key measures for enterprises to prioritize over the next few months.
BetaNews | If you have a ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, or ThinkStation system, Lenovo has an important security patch for you to install. And you should install it right now. Reporting vulnerability CVE-2017-3762, the computer manufacturer says that it discovered a weak algorithm used to encode fingerprint data could be bypassed with a hardcoded password. The problem affects the Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro utility for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1.
 
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TechRepublic | If you're wanting to convert an image into text, Google Docs has a powerful Optical Character Recognition feature built right in. Here's how to make it work.
 
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'Twas a busy week for SaaS. Google rolled out a handful of G Suite updates, and Microsoft announced new features for Microsoft Teams (the biggest single release of new functionality since Teams launched last March).
 
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