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• No, sideloading is not good for you

  11-11-2021 15:47
  
  Apple is continuing its campaign to explain why sideloading on Apple’s devices is a bad idea.Apple Software Vice President Craig Federighi appeared at Web Summit 2021 to passionately defend his company’s approach to platform security on iPhones. He was speaking against a clause in the EU’s Digital Markets Act that would force the company to support app sideloading on iPhones.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• Meta and Microsoft move to tie Workplace and Teams closer together

  11-11-2021 12:00
  
  Microsoft Teams users can now access newsfeed updates in Meta’s Workplace enterprise social network without switching screens, thanks to a new integration announced by the two companies Wednesday. And plans to enable streaming of Teams video calls directly from Workplace are also in the works.The integrations are the first between Microsoft’s workstream collaboration tool and Workplace, which has more than 7 million paid subscribers. (There are already existing Workplace integration
  
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• Reduce risks, improve compliance by automating standards testing

  11-11-2021 10:58
  
  Data networks are now intrinsic to our everyday experiences. Automobiles are data centres on wheels with hundreds of sensors and control systems in constant communication. Smart appliances, lighting, climate control and security systems manage our home environments invisibly.These experiences are so seamless that it is easy to forget how much work goes into making such a wide variety of devices from disparate manufacturers work together.That interoperability is made possible by standards. They
  
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