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| | | Google Calendar Will Stop Coworkers from Pestering You When You're Away | | CNET | Google Calendar just made it a little easier to keep your work-life balance. The scheduling platform announced new out of office and customizable working hours features -- making it easier to mark when you'll be working. Thanks to its new out of office feature, you can indicate that you'll be unavailable when creating an event. Google Calendar will make an event that looks different than normal events, and automatically declines meetings that occur during this period. You can customize your decline message, too. | | WPA3: WiFi Receives Its Biggest Security Upgrade After 14 Years | | Fossbytes | In January 2018, the WiFi Alliance announced a major upgrade to the WiFi security protocol called WPA3 (WiFi Protected Access III). Now, after almost six months WPA3 is official. WPA3 is designed to make authentication more robust and increase cryptographic strength of wireless networks. | | The Always-Connected Chromebook: What's Different This Time | | Computerworld | Google's Chrome OS has been quietly reshaping the state of modern computing for some time now — and thanks to a new twist on an old idea, it's about to do it again. The concept in question is built-in LTE connectivity — something signs suggest Samsung is actively working on for an upcoming Chromebook and that Google itself is integrating into the Chrome OS code in some interesting ways. That may seem inconsequential on the surface, but hang on: As usual, there's more to this story. | | Adidas Website Hacked, Millions of US Customer Details Stolen | | PCMag | Sportswear maker Adidas announced a data breach last week, which the company says it impacted shoppers who used its US website. The company says it became aware of the breach on Tuesday, June 26, when it learned that an unauthorized party was claiming to have acquired the details of Adidas customers. So far, Adidas believes contact information, usernames, and encrypted passwords were taken for "a few million consumers." |
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| | | 10 IT Management Certifications for IT Leaders | | CIO | IT management requires both technical skills and the ability to manage teams, projects, and processes. These 10 certifications will help you showcase your IT management skills and abilities. |
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| | | SaaS Updates Summary: June 25 – June 29 | | BetterCloud Monitor | Google is introducing a new out of office option and customizable working hours in Google Calendar to further improve your digital well-being (and hopefully get people to stop pestering you when you’re out of the office). Google is also rolling out a new G Suite Apps Uptime Report in the Admin console, and they’re making the Quick Access feature in Google Docs available too. Plus, they’ve enabled new features in Hangouts Meet to ensure your users always find their meeting rooms configured correctly. And finally, Google announced a discounted price of Jamboard devices for G Suite for Education customers in the US (a one-time cost of $5600). |
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