Category Archives: The Technology Revolution

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Why You Should Speed Up Your Digital Transformation During the Crisis

Before the crisis, if your company depended on a physical business location and in-person interactions with customers, vendors and employees, it might have made sense to cling primarily to legacy systems and paper processes. Adding digital components like a website, mobile app  or electronic payment processing didn’t necessarily mean you’d undergone a complete digital transformation.   The current health crisis has changed the business community with guidelines and mandates on remote work and social distancing. Even if you’re fortunate enough to continue operating, this radical change may mean it’s time to take a deep dive into a digital transformation, rather than just baby steps. …

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A Private Satellite Wi-Fi network is cheaper and easier than ever

The ubiquity of cellular coverage is something that’s easy to take for granted. Even if you live in a relatively rural area, seeing zero bars on your smartphone is quite rare these days. But it still happens. Another problem is network saturation as a result of too many people trying to make use of the network at any one time.  Then there’s the issue of reliability during emergencies. …

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The slow death of the Mac as we know it

The future of the Mac is in the hands of people who see a laptop or a desktop as an accessory to an iPhone or iPad, not the other way around.  … For existing Mac users, this is the slow death of the Mac as we know it. Now, nothing is going to happen overnight. …

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When More Information Leads to More Uncertainty

How can I figure out which news sources and leaders to trust?  Every day we are faced with a torrent of information from news articles, cable networks, social media, the White House, the Center for Disease Control – and yet, there are no clear answers.  As humans, we innately find uncertainty to be an aversive state and are motivated to reduce it, even at a cost. …

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Cortana’s Promotion Is Tied To Microsoft 365

Today, if you click the Cortana button on a Windows 10 PC, you still get the “Ask Cortana” prompt, and you can click the microphone button to start talking. But saying “Hey Cortana” does nothing. All those third-party skills are no longer operative, and Cortana’s notebook has officially been tossed into the digital dumpster. … Cortana is “Your personal productivity assistant in Microsoft 365,” and the tasks are no longer about music and fitness and home automation. Instead, the skill set includes things like catching up with your email, coordinating meetings, and filing expense reports. …

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Harvard Business Review: How To Deal with Collaborative Overload

Collaboration is taking over the workplace. As business becomes increasingly global and cross-functional, silos are breaking down, connectivity is increasing, and teamwork is seen as a key to organizational success. According to data we have collected over the past two decades, the time spent by managers and employees in collaborative activities has ballooned by 50% or more.  Certainly, we find much to applaud in these developments. However, when consumption of a valuable resource spikes that dramatically, it should also give us pause.  …

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Microsoft’s Firmware Scanner Takes Security to a Whole New Level

Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Microsoft Defender ATP) is extending its protection capabilities to the firmware level with a new Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) scanner.  Hardware and firmware-level attacks have continued to rise in recent years, as modern security solutions made persistence and detection evasion on the operating system more difficult. Attackers compromise the boot flow to achieve low-level malware behavior that’s hard to detect, posing a significant risk to an organization’s security posture.  Windows Defender System Guard helps defend against firmware attacks by providing guarantees for secure boot through hardware-backed security features…

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Microsoft Teams: Free version can now create video meetings

Users of the free version of Teams, the Microsoft 365 online collaboration platform, can now create video meetings.  The change, spotted by OnMSFT, means Teams free users can create a Teams meeting from their account, rather than only being able to join a meeting created by paying customers. … Microsoft Teams, which launched in 2017, has grown from 44 million daily active users in March, 2020 to 75 million in April, 2020. …

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Google tracking your private browsing activity?

A class action was filed against Google on Tuesday, accusing the tech giant of invading the privacy of millions of users without their knowledge by tracking internet use even when using private browsing mode.   The class action accuses Google of tracking and collecting consumer browsing history and other web activity data even when using private browsing mode.  The complaint, filed to the District Court of Northern California, claims Google tracks users’ browsing data and other identifying information through Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager, and various other application and website plug-ins, such as Google applications on mobile devices and the Google Sign-In button for websites regardless of what mode of browsing is chosen. …

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Time Blocking: How to Get The Most Out of Your Schedule

Some of the most productive people in the world swear by a technique called time blocking.  Ever heard of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, or Cal Newport? Yep – all time-blockers. And they’re not doing it because they like coloring in their bullet journals. They’re squeezing every drop of productivity from their days. It’s simple and it works. And I’m going to show you how. So, let’s see if this sounds familiar: You have too many things to do, and the list never gets smaller. …

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Chinese apps can pose security risks

So what are these security concerns? Let’s split these up into two distinct areas to see the strategic nature of these apps and investments;  pps such as UC Browser and TikTok, and investments Chinese companies are making in entertainment-based apps…

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Home office technology will need to evolve in the new work normal

The new normal for work will be more remote, spur a home office innovation wave, make edge computing more mainstream and require more automation, immersive experiences and robotics. … Our assumptions about what it meant to work from home were wrong collectively. We had this idea that work from home was about work/life balance. You were working or you were doing home stuff. That was what worked from home had to deal with. And what we almost immediately discovered was it wasn’t that simple. In fact, there were at least four different contexts that people had to live in or experience sitting at their desk at home at any given time over the course of the day. …

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Microsoft Teams will be bigger than Windows

Microsoft is very excited about Microsoft Teams, their fastest-growing business app ever, even before the COVID-19 crisis, but according to Jeff Teper, corporate vice president for Microsoft 365, the app is just getting started.  “It’s a platform that transcends operating systems that will be even bigger than Windows,” Jeff Teper told Venturebeat. This is because Teams is seeing application well beyond the 1 billion Daily Active Windows users. … Teams has become more than an app – it is also increasingly a platform.Teams has become more than an app – it is also increasingly a platform.Teams has become more than an app – it is also increasingly a platform.

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3 things you shouldn’t do before a Zoom meeting + 3 you should

Zoom meetings can in themselves bring new stresses that you have to navigate.  I’ve made a lot of mistakes. Don’t do what I did! I’ve distilled the past few weeks of Zoom experience into three simple dos and don’t. #1: Do check your internet connection…

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It’s the Beginning of the End for Independent YouTubers

As studios pump out the type of content the site originally intended to subvert, the barrier to success rises… There’s a sense that succeeding on YouTube now requires this sort of industrialized mass production. … “I think if you’re just starting, it’s probably hard to compete,” Manintveld says. “But I think it’s not different than a musical artist starting out having to compete against U2 or Coldplay with big, multibillion record companies behind them. If they have an ability to find an audience and an ability to be original, they will find a way.” …

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Apple’s new iPhone SE has no credible Android alternative

You can’t find an Android handset that comes close to the iPhone SE.  And this is a real problem for Google and the whole Android ecosystem. The first obstacle is the power. The A13 Bionic processor is a powerhouse. It blows out of the water the Snapdragon 865 chip found in high-end handsets like the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra in benchmark tests such as Geekbench 5.  … And Apple put this chip into a smartphone costing $399.

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China Is Launching It’s Digital Currency -How will this affect your business?

China is aiming to be the first country in the world to launch a digital currency, after five years of research by a team in its central bank. The project is still shrouded in secrecy. There have been few details about what form a new sovereign digital currency might take, how it will affect banks and businesses and when it might be launched. … Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg warned that Beijing’s digitisation efforts could leave American finance in the dust.  Here is what the People’s Bank of China is really up to. … plus more at the Financial Times last year.

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Video conferencing from home: Ten golden rules

People I’ve talked to are still concerned with just how to get through a conference without messing up, while others have asked me how to up their game now that they’re conferencing regularly… So let’s get started. #1. RELAX…IT’S JUST PEOPLE…

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Zoom vs Skype: Can Microsoft offer ‘hassle-free’ video calls?

Skype has now used Twitter to promote a recently added feature that offers users “a simple, hassle-free way to connect with the important people in your life on #Skype, no sign-ups or downloads required”.

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Zoom 101: A starter guide with important tips and tricks

Offices are closing. Travel is restricted. Employers are scrambling to knock together hasty virtual setups and access to corporate networks for workers now required to work from home. … One of Zoom’s key strengths is its simplicity, but this does not mean that the platform is without a variety of advanced features that remote workers will find useful for improving their productivity. …

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The world’s internet is slowing down with everyone staying at home

With lockdowns and movement controls in place, everyone is at home figuring out what to do.  The only source of entertainment is the internet. However, that brings about another problem.  People around the world are reporting slow internet connection and instabilities.  Ookla – who made Speedtest which tests your download and upload speeds – has reported that it has seen a drop in internet speeds around the world.

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These home appliances slow down your internet speed

Halogen lamps, electrical dimmer switches, stereo or computer speakers, fairy lights, TVs and monitors and AC power cords have all been known to affect routers. Keep your router as far away as possible from other electrical devices …

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Work from home: Essential gadgets and gear for productivity

One thing that I’ve learned to do is to make technology work for me, and with that in mind, here’s a list of what I believe to be essential gadgets and gear if you find yourself working from home because of the coronavirus outbreak.

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New Study Finds: Working from Home Makes Workers More Productive

People no longer want to deal with the frustrations of driving to and from work: In fact, new research shows that one in four employees has quit a job because of a long commute. Many job seekers now rely on the flexibility of remote work to avoid these inconveniences. The real question: How do virtual and in-office workspaces differ? …

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Routers hacked to point you to coronavirus-themed malware

For almost a week, a group of hackers has been breaking into people’s routers and changing DNS settings in order to point unsuspecting device users to coronavirus-related sites pushing malware. …

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MIT’s 2020 – Top 10 Breakthrough Technologies

MIT’s  annual list of technological advances that they believe will make a real difference in solving important problems. They include: Unhackable internet, Hyper-personalized medicine, Digital money, Anti-aging drugs, AI-discovered molecules, Satellite mega-constellations, Quantum supremacy, Tiny AI, Differential privacy…

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New service notifies companies when their employees get phished

Companies across the world now have a new free web service at their disposal that will automatically send out email notifications if one of their employees gets phished.  The service is named “I Got Phished” and is managed by Abuse.ch, a non-profit organization known for its malware and cyber-crime tracking operations.

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Meet the new Microsoft Edge: Your move, Google

Google Chrome and the new Microsoft Edge browser are siblings, but that doesn’t mean they’re equal. Far from it.  The most important difference between the new Edge and Google Chrome strikes right at the heart of Google’s business model. By default, the new Edge turns on tracking protection and sets it to Balanced, which blocks many ads and almost all third-party tracking code. …

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CES 2020: The best tech, gadgets on show

This year at CES you will find, 8K TV‘s, bathroom tech, smart car visors, next-gen lighting devices, smart cat boxes, cooking appliances that do it all, and much more…

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These five tech trends will dominate 2020

We begin our list with dark clouds on the horizon for Intel: Saying Intel is going out of business … it’s simply not going to happen… That doesn’t mean it is going to be smooth sailing… 5G has plenty of benefits for the mobile operators… Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have become the goto technologies for businesses whether they want to boost productivity, increase customer engagement, or drive digital transformation…. Security in 2020: Wider, deeper, stranger threats – don’t forget the basics…

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