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• RIP, macOS Server

  18-05-2022 21:17
  
  When Apple announced recently that it was discontinuing macOS Server, the move didn’t come as a huge surprise. Apple has been deprecating and removing its core services for a while, and moving others – such as Caching Service – into the macOS itself.But let’s take a moment to say goodbye and contemplate what we will do without it.MacOS Server has a long and storied history. It pre-dated Mac OS X by a year, launching initially in 1999. One of its cardinal features was Ope
  
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• Airtable exec describes building a 'data hub' for the enterprise

  18-05-2022 20:47
  
  Airtable has been lauded for reinventing that mainstay of office productivity software, the spreadsheet. But there’s a lot more to the company's low-code app than replicating spreadsheet functions in the cloud, according to Ilan Frank, who recently left Slack to be vice president of product at Airtable.Airtable combines the functionality of a relational database with an intuitive interface that lets users plan a team project, manage a sales pipeline, and more. Its low-code approach enable
  
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• Apple improves enterprise training to meet growing demand

  18-05-2022 19:57
  
  Apple has overhauled the professional training and certifications it offers for IT support and management in an effort to build up the skills a growing number of enterprises now need.Can’t get the staff? Why not train them?
  We know that more and more companies are deploying Macs, iPhones, and iPads, which is creating a new challenge: demand for Apple-skilled tech support and staff is also growing. (The demand for Macs is growing even as the PC industry shrinks.)To
  
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• Miro looks to move beyond the whiteboard and support hybrid work

  18-05-2022 17:00
  
  Miro has unveiled a host of new features and integrations, designed to support hybrid working and move it beyond being predominantly a whiteboarding tool.The collaboration software maker has added several new features this week, include three updated frameworks for its Miro Developer Platform, new integrations with the Google Meet and Webex videoconferencing tools, and improvements to interactive presentations.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• Apple executive rejoins Google over remote work policy - IT PRO

  18-05-2022 13:34 via itpro.co.uk
  
  Apple executive rejoins Google over remote work policy  IT PRO
  
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• Google's potentially pivotal Pixel Tablet curveball

  18-05-2022 12:00
  
  As Google looks toward the future of Android and its platform-wide tablet philosophy, you can't help but be reminded of the past.'Twas a whopping 11 years ago, after all, that Google first turned its focus toward creating an optimal Android tablet experience. Back in the prehistoric era of 2011, Le Googlé launched its initial Android tablet push with the introduction of the Android 3.0 Honeycomb software and an effort to get developers on board with big-screen app interface optimizations
  
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