On 9.12 Apple released iPhone X S & iPhone X S Max – On Sale September 14th

Improvements

• Faster Processor
• Better Camera
• Water Proof to 2 Meters
• Dual Phone Number Support
• 1.5 hr. Longer battery life on Max

Options

• Colors: Black, Gold & Space Grey
• Display Sizes: 5.8″ & 6.5″ Max (same body size as the 7Plus)
• iPhone X R (lower cost LCD model)

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Also released Watch 4

Here are some tips from the FBI you can use to avoid becoming a victim of cyber fraud:

Business

• Ensure company policies provide for verification of any changes to existing invoices, bank deposit information, and contact information.
• Consider requiring two parties sign off on payment transfers.
• Contact requestors by phone before complying with e-mail requests for payments or personnel records.
• Ensure that log-in credentials used for payroll purposes are unique.

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Today the greatest threat to company security is the email vector.

KnowBe4 provides security awareness training and simulated phishing attacks to test employee response to manage the continuing problem of social engineering.

There are a multitude of services that are built specifically for storing your passwords. I’d like to briefly delve into why it is foolish to use any of them.

First of all, there are specific instances of these sites being hacked, for obvious reasons. If you store all the gold in one bank, that’s where the robbers are going to go. By placing your passwords alongside those of tens of thousands of other users, you have created a single target for a hacker. (more…)

Sketchup Make is a free version of SketchUp, however, the license is not for commercial use. Employees of our clients will often unknowingly request that we install software that has similar limitations. These requests are not intended to do harm, but they can be costly. As IT professionals we help our clients avoid these risks by performing licensing audits to ensure all their software is valid for their type of organization and that they have not exceeded the number of installs. Here is the actual license for SketchUp Make: (more…)

There is an extremely nasty hack that will brick your iOS device if you let it in. It installs itself as a Profile on your device.  In one particular instance, we discovered the Profile was named “Emergency Alerts” and had been allowed by the user clicking on a popup link that indicated these would help in the case of a tornado. (more…)

Passwords should never be stored in clear text, Excel or in the cloud. These are easy targets for viruses and hackers. There is a open source program called KeePass that will store your passwords in an encrypted file on your Mac or PC. A pin or password is used to access your data. You can also load this directly to your mobile device without it ever touching the cloud. KeePass will help you maintain strong passwords and actually speed access to your web based accounts.

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Keeping your family safe on the Internet is a moving target. The Internet brings technology into our lives, but like the Gutenberg Press, its original purpose has been corrupted. If left unchecked, it will influence the very character of your children. To this end, I have a number of technologies and insights that can aid you in protecting your loved ones. Read more below. (more…)

Doceri allows you to mirror and control any PC or Mac from a wirelessly connected iPad.  It is also an interactive whiteboard that can be used to create a presentation, insert images, save and edit and record a screencast video that can be saved and shared. It works with any software as the makeups are actually being done in a separate space in front of your computers software. This means that you are not making changes to the original files.

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Did you know you can enable your Out of office message from your iPhone (more…)