TechRepublic | WhatsApp Messenger and Facebook Messenger are the two riskiest apps found on both iOS and Android, according to Appthority's new Enterprise Mobile Security Pulse Report for Q2 2018. Both WhatsApp Messenger and Facebook Messenger were rated 7 out of 10 for their data leakage range, a press release noted. That means the "apps access and/or send enterprise related or identifiable information," according to the release. Both of these apps are among the top five most blacklisted apps in the enterprise as well, the report noted.

The Verge | Google has been hit with a record-breaking €4.3 billion ($5 billion) fine by EU regulators for breaking antitrust laws. The European Commission says Google has abused its Android market dominance in three key areas. Google has been bundling its search engine and Chrome apps into the operating system. Google has also allegedly blocked phone makers from creating devices that run forked versions of Android, and “made payments to certain large manufacturers and mobile network operators” to exclusively bundle the Google Search app on handsets.

The Verge | Microsoft and Walmart are teaming up for a strategic partnership that will take on rival Amazon in both technology and retail. Walmart announced at Microsoft’s Inspire partner conference that it’s partnering with Microsoft to use the company’s cloud services. The five-year agreement will see Walmart use Azure and Microsoft 365 across the company, alongside new projects focused on machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data platforms.

BetterCloud Monitor | Our annual customer conference, Altitude, is happening October 2-4 in Denver, Colorado. If you haven't registered yet, you should. We promise you it's unlike any other IT conference you've been to. "It says a lot about Altitude that the second I got the email about this year’s conference, I pretty much said, 'Yeah, of course I’m going to go again,' said Bjorn Pave, senior director of IT at PopSugar. He shared what makes Altitude a really “rad” IT conference — what he enjoyed the most, his major takeaways, and why attendees are guaranteed to get something out of it.

ZDNet | Hey, that's us in ZDNet! Exciting news: We've launched real-time, activity-based security alerts for G Suite in BetterCloud. These new alerts will help enterprise IT teams watch for malicious or unauthorized activity, like unauthorized file downloads or logins from an unusual location. Now IT admins can set security policies and alerts for certain user activities. For instance, if an employee tries to log in from an unusual location, BetterCloud can automatically clear any active sessions across applications and devices. This will prompt the user to log back into SSO and ensure they haven't been hacked.

Umuse | From promotional emails to calendar reminders to business reports, if we leave our inboxes unattended for too long, we run the risk of having important messages buried under the clutter. This is where knowing how to sort your Gmail comes in handy.

TNW | Chrome extensions are small plugin apps that reside within your browser. Therefore, they could potentially have full access to all your data in your browser, such as the websites you visit, the content of these websites, what you enter in forms (e.g. passwords), and more. Here are some great tips on what you should check before installing a Chrome extension.

InformationWeek | To make sure you're not falling behind, it's necessary to be able to identify the tell-tale signs that your IT infrastructure is no longer meeting your end user needs. InformationWeek has five such signs you can use to monitor and gauge the performance capabilities of your infrastructure.

Popular Science | Pull a USB flash drive out of your Mac without first clicking to eject it, and you’ll get a stern, shameful warning: “Disk Not Ejected Properly.” But do you really need to eject a thumb drive the right way?

BetterCloud Monitor | Acquisition seems to be the word du jour. This week, Okta announced its acquisition of zero trust security firm ScaleFT, Workday announced its acquisition of Stories.bi to expand its analytics capabilities, and Slack announced its acquisition of Missions (a tool that lets end users automate routine tasks in Slack). There are a few G Suite updates to know: The new Google sign-in screen is (finally) launching, and Google also announced that the migration to the new Google Forms UI starts August 22nd. In other news: DocuSign rolls out document scanning for DocuSign Mobile, Atlassian introduces project archiving in Jira Service Desk, and Asana introduces the ability to draw dependencies between Tasks in Timeline.