We’re Just Getting Started: An Open Letter to Our Customers About Our $60M Funding Round

BetterCloud Monitor | We are proud to announce an exciting milestone! We have raised $60M as part of a new financing round. We owe all of our success to you, our customers, and are thrilled to put this capital to work in further building out the BetterCloud platform. Here's an open letter from our CEO that explains how we got here and what this announcement means for you.

Panera Bread Leaks Millions of Customer Records

Medium | Here's the fascinating first-hand report from the security researcher who found (and reported) a vulnerability to Panera Bread that allowed the full name, home address, email address, food/dietary preferences, username, phone number, birthday, and last four digits of a saved credit card to be accessed in bulk for any user that had ever signed up for an account. "Panera Bread sat on the vulnerability and, as far as I can tell, did nothing about it for eight months," he writes. A great read that includes screenshots of all the email exchanges, plus lessons we can learn from this.

Google Is Shutting Down Its Goo.gl URL Shortening Service

Engadget | URL shorteners can be both useful and fun. Google's take on the tech launched in 2009, and added a third-party API, the ability to create QR codes, and the power to link right to iOS and Android apps. Even Keanu Reeves has a URL shortener named in his honor. Unfortunately, Google is replacing its own service, goo.gl, with Firebase Dynamic Links (FDL) as of April 13th.

Delta, Sears, Kmart Hit by Data Breach: What You Need to Know

CNET | Heads up: If you bought plane tickets from Delta, tools from Sears, or household goods from Kmart between Sep. 26 and Oct. 12 last year — and you did it online — your name, address, and credit card numbers may have been exposed at those companies' websites. A piece of malware temporarily residing in their online chat service — a chat service provided by [24]7.ai — may have harvested your payment info after you completed a transaction.

Google Docs: You're Probably Only Using 10% of What This Free Word Processor Can Do

USA Today | Just like it’s said we only use 10% of our brains, you’re probably only scratching the surface of what Google Docs can do. Here's how to get the most out of this popular tool for work, school, or day-to-day life. By the way, these tips also work with Google Sheets (for spreadsheets) and Slides (for presentations).

How to Make Sure a Chrome Extension is Safe Before Installing It

How-To Geek | Much of Chrome’s power and flexibility comes from its huge ecosystem of extensions. The problem is that these extensions can also steal data, watch your every move, or worse. Here’s how to make sure an extension is safe before installing it.