Blog Beware Certain Sites Because Of TSA PreCheck Renewal Scam December 3, 2021 by Vertical Axion According to a report recently released by Abnormal Security there’s been a huge upsurge of instances of people getting scammed after visiting what they thought were Global Entry, NEXUS, and TSA PreCheck service sites. The issue is that scammers are building very convincing fakes of these types of sites and charging busy travelers $140 for […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Recent News Security Technology News Technology Tips
Blog Twitter Will No Longer Auto-Crop Photos On The Web November 29, 2021 by Vertical Axion Twitter hasn’t had a very good relationship with auto-cropping. Images just haven’t historically displayed very well on the platform. Fortunately that is soon changing. The company recently announced that it is dropping crop on the web altogether on both its Android and iOS apps. It may seem like a small change but Twitter’s auto-cropping algorithm […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Recent News Social Networking Technology News Twitter
Blog Most Bait Phishing Attacks Target Gmail Accounts November 26, 2021 by Vertical Axion A new report by Barracuda was recently published. It revealed that the vast majority of baiting email attacks conducted this year were done via G-mail accounts. The firm surveyed 10,500 different organizations and found that more than a third (35 percent) of them received at least one bait attack email in September 2021 alone. That’s […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Gmail Google Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security
Blog Microsoft Excel Adding Useful Features For Developers November 17, 2021 by Vertical Axion There’s great news in your immediate future if you’re one of the legions of Excel users. Recently Microsoft made some behind the scenes changes to the venerable spreadsheet application that allows developers to code their own custom data types for use inside the program. The upgrade isn’t aimed at business executives but rather at developers […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Microsoft Office 365 Recent News Technology News Windows
Blog Some People Still Use 20 Year Old Windows XP November 11, 2021 by Vertical Axion Windows XP recently turned twenty. Two decades is an eternity in the world of computers. Yet despite its age the venerable OS still has a surprising number of loyal users. The problem is that Windows XP stopped receiving security updates in 2014. That means those who are still clinging to it run a very real […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology Tips Windows
Blog Links In Stories Now Available For All Instagram Users November 10, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you’re not an Instagram user you may not have heard of ‘Stories.’ They are vertical photos or videos with a duration of no more than fifteen seconds per clip. You can post multiple 15 second clips in a row as well. The unique part is that they vanish after 24 hours of posting. Stories […] Read more » Business & Finance Facebook General Interest Instagram New Technology Recent News Social Networking Technology News
Blog Google Adds Feature To Help People Focus November 3, 2021 by Vertical Axion Google has taken another step in a long series of steps designed to improve the lives of everyone who uses their ecosystem of products. In this case the company has added a new feature to Google Calendar. Called “Focus Time” and it’s an event setting that seeks to help people block out time free from […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Google Google Apps New Technology Recent News
Blog End To End Encryption Comes To Microsoft Teams November 2, 2021 by Vertical Axion In a bid to further bolster security Microsoft has recently announced the roll-out of end to end encryption for one to one Microsoft Teams calls. Teams already encrypts user data both in transit and at rest and it allows IT admins to establish automatic transcription and recording of all video calls. Microsoft had this to […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Microsoft New Technology Recent News Security
Blog Windows 11 Update Might Cause Brother Printer Problems October 29, 2021 by Vertical Axion Early adopters who are rushing to embrace and experiment with Windows 11 and that use Brother brand printers may experience printing problems. Microsoft recently posted a help article on their website explaining that if you own a Brother printer and have upgraded to Windows 11 you may lose your ability to print if your printer […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News Technology Tips Windows 11
Blog Update LibreOffice And OpenOffice To Avoid Critical Security Risk October 27, 2021 by Vertical Axion Do you use LibreOffice or OpenOffice? If so be aware that security updates have recently been issued due to the recent discovery of a major security flaw. This vulnerability allows an attacker to modify and manipulate documents so that it appears they have been signed by a trusted party. Although the flaw that makes this […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Recent News Security Technology Tips
