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Many Businesses are Adopting Passwordless Authentication—Including Google
Passwords used to be the law of the land, but in a world where passwords are more at risk of threats than ever before, people have turned to passwordless solutions. In fact, one of the biggest tech companies out there—Google—recently took steps toward passwordless authentication which we think is pretty darn important. Explaining Passwordless Authentication An easy way to explain passwordless authentication is to describe it as multi-factor authentication minus the password. We all are used to passwords being a security standard, but the unfortunate truth is [...]
Tip of the Week: How to See Your Current Spreadsheet Changes in Excel
Collaboration is a key component of a successful business model, and with so many cloud solutions offering the ability to collaborate in real-time, it’s easy to forget about the old tried-and-true desktop solutions as productivity platforms. Sure, you can see changes in real-time in the cloud-based version of Excel, but did you know that you can also see changes made in a spreadsheet over a period of time in the app itself? The Edits Are Not All-Encompassing, Though Excel provides you with changes made to cells and [...]
Manage Permissions in Google Productivity Apps
Depending on your business’ level of use for Google Apps, you may or may not have them set up to allow for integration with various other types of services. If you do, however, grant other programs permission to access and use your Google Drive, you should know how to manage these permissions. That’s what this blog is all about today. Some permissions you might grant to connected applications include the ability to create, edit, or access files in your Google Drive, as well as the ability to [...]
Look to These Technologies to Help Keep Your Workforce Focused
Business can get stressful. Not only for the people tasked with managing an organization, but for the workforce as a whole. Fortunately, businesses are identifying that technology can go a long way toward making all this work less stressful. Let’s go through some of the innovative technology that is being used to keep employees engaged. Before we start it has to be said that without proper training, most technology will be as much of a headache for users as not having any at all. That’s why the [...]
Tip of the Week: Improve LinkedIn Privacy
Have you ever received an email notification that someone has checked out your LinkedIn profile? While you might be flattered in the moment, you might then suddenly notice that LinkedIn is doing the same thing to you, telling others when you have looked at their profile. While this isn’t always a bad thing, and can even be good for networking, you might want to adjust this setting so that your privacy can be maintained a bit better. Adjusting Your Privacy Settings on LinkedIn The first step is [...]
Remember When Apple Recommended Physical Persuasion to Fix a Computer?
Apple has long been a key part of the technology industry, producing quality hardware year after year. Although Apple tends to produce sleek and high-end hardware running its proprietary operating systems, these devices are far from perfect and were especially controversial at certain points in the past. One Model Had to Be Slammed on the Desk to Work Properly You can’t make this stuff up. We would normally steer clear of telling you to whack your device on your desk, but one particular Apple device needed a [...]
Nothing Good Comes from Card Skimmers
Card skimming is a very real problem for companies and individuals alike, but there will always be those who are more impacted by these kinds of financial scams—particularly those who rely on prepaid cards provided by the government for food assistance and so on. Skimming Losses Really Hurt Those Receiving Assistance It has been confirmed by authorities that those who take advantage of Electronic Benefits Transfer, better known as EBT, which permits those paying for their food purchases through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are [...]
Data Sure is Neat, Part 2
How much information does your typical book hold? If you haven’t read it yet, go back and read our last blog about how much data is stored in the Library of Congress, then come back here to learn more about the everyday applications of data and how much we store on a day-to-day basis. Examining the Bit Data is made up of bits, or strings of ones and zeros. There are 7 bits in English characters and 8 bits in a byte. Data is stored in ones [...]
