When this happens, the mindset of your company changes. No longer will you experience wasted amounts of time on small features. This is because your team will only focus on parts of the product that generate money. There will also be less confusion among your team since everyone is focused on the same goal. While this type of culture is important to have if you want to grow your business, most companies fail to get there....

The good news is that these were caught early and fixed, and no longer pose any threat to users of Mozilla’s VPN. The work was carried out earlier in the year, and has recently been made public by the company, as a show of transparency. The Mozilla VPN Audit The audit was carried out by Cure53, a Berlin-based cybersecurity firm with 15 years experience, at the request of Mozilla themselves....

But NAS migration is surprisingly challenging. Verifying that all the data has in fact been copied, minimizing downtime to users as a result of the migration activity, maximizing copy performance while preserving network bandwidth for other business activities, and many other detailed steps are hard to do effectively but critically important to the success of the migration and to business agility in general. Using an automated solution for NAS migration can yield much better results than a manual, script driven approach....

For a limited time, Surfshark will bundle its antivirus software alongside its VPN at no extra charge, provided users go for a 24-month commitment. The deal’s available here — and if you sign up through that particular link, you’ll also get an additional two months of both services for free. The Surfshark Deal Surfshark costs just $2.49 per month. That one service charge covers an unlimited number of devices as well — a rarity in the VPN industry....

With Norton Family, users can control the sites that their children visit, with website locks and parental reporting, available via a dedicated app. With an increase in the number of people working and learning from home – including younger kids – we also look at other ways to stay safe online. More on this – Best Tech to Keep Your Kids Educated and Entertained at Home What’s Included in Norton Family With kids now forced to spend the usual school day at home, rather than at school, that’s a lot of internet hours that may require a little extra parental policing....

Brett Jurgens, CEO, would actually say that Notion is all about home awareness, a realm that does in fact encompass security. Every sensor in the kit also detects when doors are open, the temperature of a room, water leaks, lights, and smoke alarms. You simply name each sensor in your setup so the software can alert you to whatever you want to know, and the $199 kit comes with three sensors and a bridge to coordinate them all....

Google is a worldwide leader in the search engine industry, however its domination does not stop at simply crawling and indexing the web – it tries to dominate over its users’ privacy by collecting storing and sharing sensitive data with third parties. There is an alternative to Google’s personalized type of search and it comes in the face of a much younger and less popular search engine called DuckDuckGo. So on one hand there is a search engine that is all about personalizing its search results for its users thanks to all the data it collects including user activity, IP address, search history, etc....

The renders reveal that the upcoming S11 and cheaper S11e models will stick with the punch hole selfie camera design pioneered on this year’s S10 range. However, the front-facing cameras will be moved to the middle of the displays, similar to the Note 10 range. What’s more, Samsung will move the rear cameras from the middle to the side of the phone and the S11e will get curved sides – just like the more expensive phones in the range....

That figure has risen 5% since April, and the situation’s even worse in Canada, where 39% of SMBs couldn’t make rent. What’s driving the crisis? Some of the survey’s results suggest the culprit is a wave of rent hikes across the board, paired with outside factors including supply issues and growing gas costs. Small and Mid-Size Businesses Can’t Make Rent The new data comes from small business networking site Alignable, which released its Q2 Rent Report at the start of the month....

Of the 32 apps analyzed, 29 were judged to have poor privacy and security, according to the report from Mozilla. Just three of the apps passed the test. In other words, if you have poor mental health, reconsider which apps you’re trusting to help you — they might just be giving you worse data protection as part of the bargain. Why Mental Health Apps Aren’t Safe Out of all the types of apps that collect user data, it’s easy to see why mental health apps would gather the most....

Meaning, founders have to break out of their routine and go talk with people who have been there done that and could help you find solutions or guide you in the right direction In this interview by Maine Startup & Create Week (MSCW), a week-long (June 19-23) celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit and highlighting local companies and startups in Portland, he is encouraging startups, advisors, investors, etc., to come out and meet each other at the event....

Three hours ago, Ware posted a photo to his Instagram account with the caption ‘SHIFT is alive': A photo posted by Zach Ware (@zgware) on Oct 13, 2014 at 4:22pm PDT It would appear that the technical part of the journey was a little bit easier than the logistics of the platform; Ware and his team have curated a group of Connectors who rebalance and maintain a fleet within five minutes of all members in the core service area....

That means that net business launches were a negative number! With that sobering statistic in mind, let’s take a hard look at why freelancing has skyrocketed, and why it’s the best onramp for most of our country’s future entrepreneurs to get into the game. Startup Capital Is Difficult to Secure Many budding entrepreneurs come bounding out of high school and college with rosy eyed expectations that all they need is a great idea to become successful....

Pins and Needles Actually, this app, as the title suggests, incorporates two puzzle games. You can either play Pins or Needles. Dropping pins on a rotating wheel or dropping balls on top of existing needles sounds like an easy job . . . until you start playing the game. The simple and minimalistic designs allow you to focus on improving your skills in these spinning-circle games. Pins and Needles is available for free on the App Store [download link]....

However, the team also addressed a major pitfall with this mentality: people don’t know much about those who follow them on social media. Not to mention, a lot of these parties don’t engage with their audiences outside of simply broadcasting to them. “We believe the reason they don’t do more with their audience is they don’t have the tools to track and manage the campaigns they are running,” says the SocialRank team....

The study also found that the number of cybersecurity issues these mergers revealed after the fact is on the rise. The bottom line here: The corporate world is increasingly suffering from the massive need for strong security checks. M&A Cybersecurity Problems Rose 13 Percent Within the Last Year The software M&A study comes via West Monroe Partners, and of the acquirers questioned, the study found that 53 percent discovered new cybersecurity problems after a deal had gone through, a number up from just 40 percent the year prior....

Squarespace customers will be able to sell their videos for a one-time fee, or even set up a recurring subscription for them. The videos will be hosted by Squarespace directly. Customers will be able to add 30 minutes of video for free, with content exceeding this only accessible to paying Squarespace users. Squarespace Adds Video Monetization Tools Videos can now be monetized on Squarespace-created websites through its Member Area portal, a tool that was added in 2020 and intended as a way for website creators to offer paid content for their customers....

Have you even been on a site that has a little holiday flare? A winter snowflake, some holiday lights, and a happy snowman? What about a product that sends you a short holiday greeting to wish you well? How did these little holiday accents make you feel? Design Joyful Emails The holidays are synonymous with joy, togetherness, and giving. You should harness this wave of goodness to emotionally connect with your users....

Students enrolled in the social media marketing class at Howard University will develop plans for startups and early stage small businesses. Firms selected for Students Helping Startups receive a free social media marketing program worth $50,000. Startups are so focused on operational and funding issues, marketing often falls through the cracks. But effective marketing is critical to the success of most startups and small businesses. If selected for Students Helping Startups, you’ll get a complete social media marketing strategy and implementation through Dec....

In addition, 56% of respondents said they’d prefer restaurants become more transparent about any environmentally friendly policies they may have, with food waste and packaging both considered major issues. Those are impressive stats that point to a groundswell of support for any efforts to mitigate the climate emergency. 68% of Diners Say Restaurants Need Processes to Avoid Waste The study is out from restaurant software company Deliverect, and includes plenty of additional stats breaking down where most consumers’ interests lie....