Daily Archives: July 28, 2015

I Heart This Overlooked Feature Of The Apple Watch

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One of the features that most intrigues me about the Apple Watch is the one that lets you share heartbeats. It’s the sound you hear when you’re being held by someone you love. It’s something that encapsulates our humanity. It’s one of the first ways an expectant mother connects with her child—the fetal heartbeat heard via ultrasound.

This little feature has been overlooked in many of the product reviews. I am fascinated by a technological connection that fosters intimacy between two people physically regardless of where they are. Unlike FaceTime or Skype, which replicate a lesser version of someone’s visual presence, sharing a heartbeat pioneers a new realm of digital intimacy that links our bodies and our devices in a new dance of tactile connectivity.

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Keeping Data Safe In The Cloud Is Every IT Team’s Goal

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By Shelly Kramer, Co-CEO, V3 Broadsuite
Here’s something that I hear all the time and I’m sure you do as well: “The future of business is cloud technology.” A decade ago, the pundits and prognosticators who uttered these words may have had been considered visionaries, but today, cloud is not only the future, it’s very much the present. As those of us in the tech space know, most businesses (and individuals) are already using cloud-enabled services; sometimes unwittingly.
Whether it’s uploading vacation photos to Dropbox, watching a movie downloaded from the cloud while on a plane, teams collaborating through Google Drive, backing up data stored on devices, or generating invoices and accepting online payments, cloud computing has become a daily part of life for many of us. And for businesses looking to maximize resources, reduce costs, and increase efficiency and profitability, the cloud is how to make that happen. That said, there are very real risks to having sensitive data stored in the cloud.

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