Competing with other cloud service providers, Dropbox announced a number of features today with an emphasis on team-based work. The Dropbox website has received a redesign, focusing on team functionality. The big collaboration feature is named Dropbox Paper. This workspace allows people to work on the same ideas together. Starting today, Dropbox Paper is generally available in … [Read more...]
How to stop Edge “tips” from showing every time you launch Chrome or Firefox
I recently rebuilt my home computer with Windows 10 Anniversary Update. I use Chrome as my default browser but I typically have a second browser for testing websites and keeping another Gmail account open. That second browser is normally Firefox but they have been falling out of favor with Pocket integration, Firefox Hello, and other annoyances. As one less program to install, … [Read more...]
Gmail will block .js attachments
Google has announced that Gmail including G Suite (formerly Google Apps) will begin blocking attachments with the file extension of .js. This means you will not be able to send .js (typically Javascript) files from Gmail and people sending messages to Gmail accounts will receive a bounce message telling them that their message cannot be delivered. Google made this announcement … [Read more...]
YouTube prepares for Super Bowl LI commercials
YouTube is preparing for Super Bowl 51, namely the commercials that air during the big game. YouTube AdBlitz stores all of the commercials so you can rewatch any that you might have missed and vote on your favorites. As this is the 10th year of YouTube's involvement, they made a slide deck to report the minutes viewed and other stats surrounding YouTube AdBlitz. YouTube is … [Read more...]
Don’t forget printers in your IoT security
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of HP MPS. All opinions are 100% mine. Internet of Things security is garnering a lot of discussion after the Mirai botnet took down several popular websites by attacking their DNS providers. The Mirai botnet is composed of many IoT devices like security camera DVRs and routers that had default or hard-coded administrator … [Read more...]