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Tech News Flash: Thursday -- July 12, 2018

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How Smart Should a Home Be?
New iOS Security Feature Ripe for Defeat
Polar Flow Fitness App Exposes Soldiers, Spies
Ribbons and Tabs Give OnlyOffice Suite a Fresh Look
Next Up, Game Consoles: Is There Anything Google Can't Do Badly?
Intel's 'CEO Problem' Is Its Board

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How Smart Should a Home Be?
One of the loudest buzzes in the Internet of Things is around smart
homes. Vendors have rushed to connect everything imaginable within a
house, including lights, appliances, entertainment systems, windows,
shades, door locks, ceiling fans, faucets, smoke detectors, security
systems, furniture -- basically anything with a battery or power cord
now can be connected.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85440.html

New iOS Security Feature Ripe for Defeat
A new feature in iOS 11.4.1, which Apple released earlier this week, is
designed to protect against unwanted intrusions through the iPhone's
Lightning Port. However, the protection may be weak at best. The
feature, called "USB Restricted Mode," disables data transfer through
the Lightning Port after an hour of inactivity. In some cases, the phone
might not charge, according to Apple.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85438.html

Polar Flow Fitness App Exposes Soldiers, Spies
A popular fitness app provided a convenient map for anyone interested in
shadowing government personnel who exercised in secret locations,
including intelligence agencies, military bases and airfields, nuclear
weapons storage sites, and embassies around the world. The fitness app,
Polar Flow, publicized more data about its users in a more accessible
way than comparable apps, investigators found.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85436.html

Ribbons and Tabs Give OnlyOffice Suite a Fresh Look
Ascensio System SIA recently released its free office suite upgrade --
OnlyOffice Desktop Editors -- with a ribbon and tab interface plus
numerous updated features. The refresh makes version 5.1 a potential
alternative to Web versions of the Microsoft Office suite and Google
Docs for Linux users. The three-module set of OnlyOffice Desktop Editors
has an impressive collection of tools.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85435.html

Next Up, Game Consoles: Is There Anything Google Can't Do Badly?
It's interesting to compare Google and Amazon -- two of the most
incredibly powerful companies in the world. Amazon brings out product
after product, with more successes than failures. Google largely buys
companies and then loses interest in what they do. Profit is built into
Amazon's retail efforts, while Google largely lives off selling users'
information and providing access to content.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85430.html

Intel's 'CEO Problem' Is Its Board
Tech companies have been going through a lot of CEOs of late. HP had a
revolving door for CEOs with mistake after mistake. Yahoo's board kept
making choices that made things worse, Uber's CEO almost took the
company under, and CEOs fired for ethical lapses jumped a whopping 36
percent. When an employee misbehaves and has to be fired, it generally
is at least partially the fault of management.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85427.html

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