Yesterday, Google posted to the official Google blog with a post titled Everything in its right place. The post goes on to explain how you will be able to use Google without Google+ and how Google+ will become a more focused product. So in the coming months, a Google Account will be all you’ll need to share content, communicate with contacts, create a YouTube channel and more, … [Read more...]
Microsoft offers preview of new Remote Desktop universal app for Windows 10
Microsoft has a preview of the new universal app to offer Remote Desktop client connections on the Windows Store. Being a universal app, it works on mobile devices, PCs (with Windows 10), the Surface Hub, HoloLens, Xbox, and other Windows devices. The Remote Desktop app uses RemoteFX and Remote Desktop Protocol to allow connections across multiple platforms. You can install … [Read more...]
Microsoft Office plugin allows saving to Google Drive more easily
Microsoft Office on Windows gained even closer integration with Google Drive this week. Google released a plugin for Office which adds Google Drive as a quick location to open or save documents. You'll notice is on the Open and Save options under the File tab. There is also a Google Drive tab that includes options: Save to … [Read more...]
Chrome 44+ bug breaking WordPress sites and others by requesting HTTPS
Google Chromium, the open-source base for Google Chrome, has two bug reports that are causing some problems around the web, especially since the problematic version of Chrome was pushed as the latest stable release. Chrome versions 44 and 45 are reported in Chromium issues 505268 and 501842 to break WordPress websites that do not use HTTPS. The problem is that Chrome 44 … [Read more...]
Sophos Endpoint clean-up resets certain Windows security settings to default values
Sophos takes an apparently divisive action when it cleans a computer from a detected threat (adware, malware, spyware, or virus). During the clean-up, Sophos implements a threat remediation effort to not only remove the detected file but also reset dozens of Windows security-related settings to their default values. Some people think this is Sophos overstepping its role while … [Read more...]