Shadowserver is a non-profit many have never heard of, yet it plays a vital role in protecting the internet. Now it needs helps to survive.
The Shadowserver Foundation was started in 2004 and serves as one of the preeminent sources of information for internet security professionals. The foundation scans the entire internet multiple times a day; creates activity reports for vetted subscribers and law enforcement; and keeps a massive database of malware for researchers to study.
Despite the foundation’s important work, in an announcement on the website, Shadowserver says it “urgently needs your financial support, to help quickly move our data center to a new location and continue being able to operate our public benefit services.”
Shadowserver strikes an optimistic tone, confident it will receive the help it needs.
“We are confident that, with the help of our sponsors, constituents and the community, The Shadowserver Foundation can continue this important fight and serve you all even more effectively, for many years to come. We need to ensure that victims of cybercrime continue to be protected, and the cybercriminals do not win. We look forward to working together with you all to find the right solution for everyone.”
There are few companies that do more to protect the internet than Shadowserver, meaning saving it is a worthwhile goal. Individuals interested in becoming sponsors can do so here.
In a study of major web browsers, Microsoft’s Edge was found to have the worst default privacy settings of the entire bunch.
Douglas J. Leith, computer scientist with the School of Computer Science & Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, conducted the research on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Brave Browser, Microsoft Edge and Yandex Browser. The study evaluated a number of different factors, including the data transmitted by search autocomplete features, data transmitted while the browsers are idle, back-end services the browsers use and more.
Brave took the top spot, with not evidence of “identifiers allowing tracking of IP address over time, and no sharing of the details of web pages visited with backend servers,” according to Leith. Chrome, Firefox and Safari were in the middle of the pack.
“From a privacy perspective Microsoft Edge and Yandex are qualitatively different from the other browsers studied,” continued Leith. “Both send persistent identifiers than can be used to link requests (and associated IP address/location) to back end servers. Edge also sends the hardware UUID of the device to Microsoft and Yandex similarly transmits a hashed hardware identifier to back end servers. As far as we can tell this behaviour cannot be disabled by users. In addition to the search autocomplete functionality that shares details of web pages visited, both transmit web page information to servers that appear unrelated to search autocomplete.”
For individuals and companies concerned with privacy and security, it seems Edge is the one to avoid until Microsoft tightens things up.
As more restaurants, bars and businesses close in an attempt to blunt the spread of the coronavirus, Google Search and Maps will inform users.
In a blog post on the company’s site, CEO Sundar Pichai outlined the various steps the company is taking to help fight the spread of the pandemic, including “promoting the ‘Do the Five’ campaign to raise awareness of simple measures people can take to slow the spread of the disease, according to the WHO.”
Google is also working hard to fight misinformation regarding the pandemic. A big part of that has been removing videos that are dangerous or misleading from YouTube, as well as taking down false information, fake reviews and misleading information on Google Maps.
The company is also working to help businesses inform customers via Search and Maps when they are temporarily closed as a result of the virus.
“Based on data from governments and other authoritative sources, Google Search and Maps will now display if a place, like a school or local business, is temporarily closed,” continues Pichai. “In the coming days, we’ll make it possible for businesses to easily mark themselves as ‘temporarily closed’ using Google My Business. We’re also using our artificial intelligence (AI) technology Duplex where possible to contact businesses to confirm their updated business hours, so we can reflect them accurately when people are looking on Search and Maps.”
These are welcome steps the search giant is taking to help individuals and businesses alike in the face of the pandemic.
YouTube is warning that some users’ videos may be improperly flagged due to the company relying on artificial intelligence (AI) to moderate videos.
With more and more employees working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, YouTube is turning to AI and machine learning (ML) to make up for the shortage of human moderators. Unfortunately, AI and ML doesn’t always get it right and YouTube is warning that—in an attempt to keep violative content in check—some videos may be removed without actually violating policies.
“Our Community Guidelines enforcement today is based on a combination of people and technology: Machine learning helps detect potentially harmful content and then sends it to human reviewers for assessment,” the blog post reads. “As a result of the new measures we’re taking, we will temporarily start relying more on technology to help with some of the work normally done by reviewers. This means automated systems will start removing some content without human review, so we can continue to act quickly to remove violative content and protect our ecosystem, while we have workplace protections in place.”
Recognizing the potential inconvenience the situation will cause, YouTube will not be quick to issue “strikes” for removed content, and recommends users appeal any decision they believe was made in error.
“As we do this, users and creators may see increased video removals, including some videos that may not violate policies. We won’t issue strikes on this content except in cases where we have high confidence that it’s violative. If creators think that their content was removed in error, they can appeal the decision and our teams will take a look. However, note that our workforce precautions will also result in delayed appeal reviews. We’ll also be more cautious about what content gets promoted, including livestreams. In some cases, unreviewed content may not be available via search, on the homepage, or in recommendations.”
This is just another example of the pandemic’s far-reaching effects, as well as the increasing role AI and ML can play in a variety of situations.
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, multiple wireless and internet providers have joined the FCC’s “Keep Americans Connected Pledge.”
With an unprecedented number of individuals working from home or laid off, wireless and home internet options are the lifelines people and companies are relying on to maintain some semblance of normalcy. In view of that, according to a statement on the FCC’s website, “in multiple phone calls with broadband and telephone service providers and trade associations, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai emphasized the importance of keeping Americans connected as the country experiences serious disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak. And in order to ensure that Americans do not lose their broadband or telephone connectivity as a result of these exceptional circumstances, he specifically asked them to take the Keep Americans Connected Pledge.”
The pledge calls on providers to “not terminate service to any residential or small business customers because of their inability to pay their bills due to the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.” The pledge also says providers will “waive any late fees that any residential or small business customers incur because of their economic circumstances related to the coronavirus pandemic.” Any company taking the pledge also agrees to “open its Wi-Fi hotspots to any American who needs them.”
Within 24 hours of Chairman Pai’s calls, dozens of companies have joined the pledge, including the four main wireless carriers, The Rural Broadband Association, Charter, Comcast, Windstream and a slew of regional companies.
France’s competition authority, Autorité de la concurrence has fined Apple a record €1,1 billion ($1.23 billion) for price-fixing.
At the heart of the issue is Apple’s practice of requiring distributors to sell Apple’s products for the same price as Apple itself, giving little room for companies to offer promotions or specials. One of Apple’s premier French resellers, eBizcuss, eventually shut down its operations in France, citing unfair competition.
According to the Autorité de la concurrencereport, “after receiving a complaint in 2012 from eBizcuss, a distributor of specialised high-end Apple products (Apple Premium Reseller, APR), the Autorité de la concurrence fined Apple €1,1 billion, as well as wholesalers Tech Data and Ingram Micro €76,1 million and €62,9 million respectively.”
Tech Data and Ingram Micro’s fines were a result of their participation in Apple’s price-fixing efforts.
The agency offered a detailed explanation for its actions: “First, Apple and its two wholesalers agreed not to compete and prevent distributors from competing with each other, thereby sterilizing the wholesale market for Apple products. Secondly, so-called Premium distributors could not safely carry out promotions or lower prices, which led to an alignment of retail prices between Apple’s integrated distributors and independent Premium distributors. Finally, Apple has abused the economic dependence of these Premium distributors on it, by subjecting them to unfair and unfavorable commercial conditions compared to its network of integrated distributors. Given the strong impact of these practices on competition in the distribution of Apple products via Apple premium resellers, the Autorité has imposed the highest penalty ever pronounced in a case (€1.24 billion).”
France’s decision could ultimately have profound impacts on how Apple—as well as other companies—sells products, and crack open the door to more varied pricing.
Amid an unprecedented number of individuals working from home, users are reporting that Microsoft Teams is struggling under the load.
Companies around the world are encouraging, and in some cases ordering, employees to work from home in an effort to slow down the coronavirus pandemic. The move has been a boon for cloud-based software and services, helping them achieve all new usage numbers.
It seems Microsoft Teams is struggling under the additional load, however. Tweets from users indicate some are experiencing problems with chat, while the application is barely usable for others. The company took to Twitter to let users know it was investigating the issue.
We’re investigating messaging-related functionality problems within Microsoft Teams. Please refer to TM206544 in your admin center for further details. ^JP
Microsoft has been trying to woo customers away from rival Slack for some time. If it hopes to continue, it will need to show it can scale under these circumstances.
“Happy Friday the 13th,” says Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield in referencing the coronavirus impact on the stock market. “There are a lot of people who are moving to a remote work or work-from-home situation for the first time. A lot of executives who are struggling to figure out how to manage and maintain operational performance in this kind of environment. They have a lot of questions and a lot of uncertainty. We’ve seen a surge in new teams created and people checking out Slack for the first time.”
Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack, discusses on CNBC the historic move to remote work by organisations large and small in response to the coronavirus. Butterfield says that this may have a lingering impact on businesses opting for more remote options and with up-leveling communications:
Slack Coronavirus Response: “This Is Our Moment To Help”
Happy Friday the 13th from the first growth company CEO to have to report into what was a pretty apocalyptic day on the markets. We’re seeing a lot from all different kinds of customers. We have 110,000 customers, SMEs, large enterprise, government, academic, and nonprofit. There are a lot of people who are moving to a remote work or work from home situation for the first time. A lot of executives who are struggling to figure out how to manage and maintain operational performance in this kind of environment. They have a lot of questions and a lot of uncertainty.
The reaction inside the company has been really fantastic. A lot of energy. I think the employees feel like this is our moment to help. We have a great collection of resources at Slack (Slack Remote). We’ve also scaled up a program to give people one-on-one consultations. Our customer success teams are very active with the enterprise customers. We’re running webinars and giving training. In some sense Slack was built for this. Not specifically for remote work but for up-leveling communications and communications is foundational to that way that business operates. In an environment where you’re suddenly making this transition it’s more important than ever.
The Crisis Will Have Some Permanent Impact On Business
I think it will (coronavirus crisis) definitely have some permanent impact. From where we sit today there’s not a lot of visibility into the future. You think about just what it felt like yesterday compared to Wednesday with moments like the Tom Hanks or NBA thing where suddenly the psychology really seems to shift. People start to have a different kind of perception of what the next couple of weeks are going to look like. So looking too far ahead I think is difficult. This will be a lingering factor and have a lasting impact for most organizations.
I got an email from a CTO last week who had just signed a huge contract with Slack, one of the biggest asset managers in the world. What he said is like hey, just letting you know, we just signed but this is the last PO we will sign before the doors kind of shut. I think you’ll see some clamping down on spending. At the same time we’ve seen a real surge in interest both from existing customers and from new customers. We’ve seen a surge in new teams created and people checking out Slack for the first time. It’s really hard to balance those two.
We feel great about (our competition with Microsoft Teams). Microsoft Teams has been out for three years now and enough time has passed. I think that’s the reception that we got on it from the analysts last night. This is our third quarter result report as a public company. One of the wins that were proudest of in the last quarter was with Veterans Affairs going to 20,000 users. They run the biggest integrated healthcare system in the United States. You think about the pressure that they’re going to be under with a lot of elderly patients and managing through that kind of crisis. This is in an environment where you’re having people work from home in an environment that’s so dynamic.
Leaders Need To Drive Alignment and Agility
I think about my own experience. Stuff is changing every day. We have 1,300 employees in San Francisco. Just last night school districts said that they’re shutting down all the schools. So people who are already in a situation where they were battling over kitchen table space with their spouse when they’re both working from home and now they are going to have two or three kids in the house as well. That’s not an easy situation to manage.
Meanwhile the disruptions of supply chains to the SMEs, restaurants shutting down, travel, that’s going to have downstream impact. It’s such a dynamic environment. Anything that leaders can do and employees can do to help drive kind of alignment and ultimately agility, because they’re in this kind of environment you need to be agile and you need to be responsive.
Slack Helping Companies With Historic (Coronavirus) Shift To Remote Work
Apple has just announced that its biggest event of the year, WWDC, will be online-only as a result of the coronavirus.
WWDC is Apple’s developers conference where the latest changes to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS are previewed, giving developers insight into what to expect in the coming year. It’s not uncommon for major hardware releases to make an appearance as well. In view of the coronavirus, however, this year’s event will be an online-only event.
“We are delivering WWDC 2020 this June in an innovative way to millions of developers around the world, bringing the entire developer community together with a new experience,” said Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “The current health situation has required that we create a new WWDC 2020 format that delivers a full program with an online keynote and sessions, offering a great learning experience for our entire developer community, all around the world. We will be sharing all of the details in the weeks ahead.”
“With all of the new products and technologies we’ve been working on, WWDC 2020 is going to be big,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “I look forward to our developers getting their hands on the new code and interacting in entirely new ways with the Apple engineers building the technologies and frameworks that will shape the future across all Apple platforms.”
Apple is also committing $1 million to San Jose organizations to help compensate for revenue they would normally earn as a result of the venue bringing additional business to town.
Humane has announced that Patrick Gates, former Apple Internet Services executive, has joined the startup as Chief Technology Officer.
According to the announcement, “Patrick led the development of iconic Apple services like iCloud, iMessage and FaceTime. During his 13 years at Apple, he oversaw technical design, built critical infrastructure, and led the teams for numerous industry-defining features across all platforms.
“A Silicon Valley veteran, Patrick did research at Sun Microsystems and built developer frameworks at NeXT before his time at Apple. He is passionate about building and scaling teams and technologies with an unrelenting focus on customer privacy and security.”
Gates joins a startup founded by two other former Apple employees, Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno. Chaudhri is a designer who “spent over 20 years at Apple imagining and creating some of the world’s most beloved consumer products, like the Macintosh, iPod, iPad, Apple Watch and iPhone.” Bongiorno was a Director of Software Engineering and “responsible for all software project management for iOS and macOS and also played a key leadership role in the execution of critical projects such as the launch of the original iPad.”
While Humane is still in stealth mode, the addition of Gates as CTO is a big win for the startup. Together, the three former Apple employees give the young company a significant creative pedigree.
International Data Corporation (IDC) is projecting the coronavirus outbreak will have a significant impact on IT spending during 2020.
According to the report, the IDC sees hardware spending taking the biggest hit during the first half of the year, with software and services also being impacted. Pessimistically, IT spending growth could drop to as low as 1%, as opposed to the more than 4% growth originally projected.
“The situation is extremely fluid,” said Stephen Minton, vice president in IDC’s Customer Insights & Analysis group. “Our monthly data and surveys are clearly pointing in one direction, but it’s still early to understand the full impact of the coronavirus crisis across all sectors of the economy. We are using scenario models to illustrate that forecasts have a wider range than usual, and the downside risks in those models seem to be increasing every day. But the duration of the crisis remains a big unknown and will go a long way in determining overall market growth for the year as a whole.”
“The pessimistic scenario is not a worst-case scenario,” added Minton. “Things are moving so quickly that we need to constantly recalibrate our assumptions and expectations, but the pessimistic scenario reflects an IT market in which weaker economic growth translates into weaker business and consumer spending across all technologies over the next few quarters. Things could get worse, but hopefully not.”
MIT has informed students that classes will be cancelled the week of March 16, and all classes will transition online once spring break is over.
In a letter to the MIT community, President L. Rafael Reif said that “state and federal public health officials advise that to slow a spreading virus like COVID-19, the right time for decisive action is before it is established on our campus.” President Reif said that although risk on campus remains low, the university is stepping up its response to keep its students and faculty safe, along with the community at large.
The university’s measures are fourfold:
“All classes are cancelled for the week of Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 20. Because the following week is spring break, this will allow faculty and instructors two weeks to organize a full transition to online instruction.
“Online instruction, which some units are already experimenting with this week, will begin for all classes on Monday, March 30, and continue for the remainder of the semester.
“Undergraduates should not return to campus after spring break. Undergraduates who live in an MIT residence or fraternity, sorority or independent living group (FSILG) must begin packing and departing this Saturday, March 14. We are requiring undergraduates to depart from campus residences no later than noon on Tuesday, March 17. Please see below for details on graduate students.
“Classes will continue this week as we continue to prepare for this transition.”
The lengths to which MIT is going illustrates the danger the coronavirus represents, and the measures companies and organizations are willing to take to help contain it.
Apple and Amazon are among the latest companies to recommend their employees work from home due to the growing threat of the coronavirus.
As the World Health Organization (WHO) warns “the threat of a pandemic has become very real,” governments and companies are scrambling to contain the spread. Major events, such as SXSW, have been cancelled, while others, such as WWDC, hang in the balance. In addition to those measures, multiple companies have implemented work-from-home policies, in some cases voluntary and others mandatory. Microsoft, Twitter and Google have all recommended at least some of their employees—especially those in heavily impacted regions—work from home.
Now Apple and Amazon have joined their ranks. Amazon has specifically asked employees in New Jersey and New York to work from home, as New York has one of the biggest concentrations of confirmed cases. Apple has taken it a step further, giving employees at most of its global offices the opportunity to work from home.
Long before the coronavirus was a concern, some estimates projected 60% of office workers telecommuting by 2022. As the virus continues to spread, telecommuting may very well become the new norm long before that.
For the third time in two weeks, the Robinhood trading app has experienced a major outage during a heavy trading day.
Monday morning Robinhood notified its customers via Twitter that trading was down and the company was investigating the issue.
Trading is currently down on Robinhood and we’re investigating the issue. We’re focused on getting back up and running as soon as possible and we’ll update the status page with the latest https://status.robinhood.com.
An hour later, approximately 10:30 AM, the company informed users it had partially restored services.
Trading has been partially restored on Robinhood and our team is working to get our platform fully back up and running. We’ll update the status page with the latest: https://status.robinhood.com
Shortly after 1:00 PM, the company had restored most functionality, except fractional equities.
Trading on Robinhood has been functional for new orders with the exception of fractional equities since at least 10:25 AM ET. We’ll continue to update our status page with the latest https://status.robinhood.com.
The company has already faced threats of class-action lawsuits and loss of customers as a result of the previous outages. Customers have complained that they have lost out on some of the biggest trading days, in some cases costing them thousands of dollars.
Robinhood is going to need to demonstrate they can solve their issues once and for all if they hope to keep existing customers, let alone continue growing.
Amazon is working on a cure for the common cold, under the aptly named “Project Gesundheit.”
According to CNBC, Amazon has a research and development group called the Grand Challenge, which focuses on the biggest challenges facing the world. Amazon wants to make sure it can see the next big thing coming, rather than be surprised by a shift in industry or a disruptive startup.
As part of the Grand Challenge, Project Gesundheit is “hoping to develop a vaccine, but is exploring a variety of approaches to the problem. Internally, the effort is sometimes referred to as the ‘vaccine project.’” The effort has been going on for years, although Amazon will not acknowledge either the project’s existence or that of the Grand Challenge.
If Amazon is successful, it would be a boon to both the company and the U.S. economy. As CNBC points out, in 2003 a study showed the common cold costing the economy some $40 billion a year, a figure that is likely much higher now.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has unveiled a proposal to require carriers and telephone providers to fight robocalls, after being disappointed some did not voluntarily do so.
“All of us are fed up with robocalls—including me,” said Chairman Pai. “We’ve taken many steps to stem the tide of spoofed robocalls. I’m excited about the proposal I’m advancing today: requiring phone companies to adopt a caller ID authentication framework called STIR/SHAKEN. Widespread implementation will give American consumers a lot more peace of mind when they pick up the phone. Last year, I demanded that major phone companies voluntarily deploy STIR/SHAKEN, and a number of them did. But it’s clear that FCC action is needed to spur across-the-board deployment of this important technology. There is no silver bullet when it comes to eradicating robocalls, but this is a critical shot at the target.”
Spoofing is a favorite of robocallers who will make their number appear as if it is from the same area code or exchange as the person they’re calling, making it more likely the receiver will pick up. STIR/SHAKEN is a protocol that helps carriers verify the identify of a caller to ensure the number is not being spoofed. If the call spans carriers, the originating carrier passes on the verification to the receiving carrier, and a “Call Verified” badge will show up on the receiver’s caller ID.
The FCC had previously recommended that carriers begin implementing STIR/SHAKEN but, based on Chairman Pai’s proposal, some of them did not comply. Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T have all committed to supporting the protocol.
After multiple companies pulled out of the event, SXSW has officially been cancelled by the City of Austin.
The festival’s organizers said, “We are devastated to share this news with you. ‘The show must go on’ is in our DNA, and this is the first time in 34 years that the March event will not take place. We are now working through the ramifications of this unprecedented situation.
“As recently as Wednesday, Austin Public Health stated that ‘there’s no evidence that closing SXSW or any other gatherings will make the community safer.’ However, this situation evolved rapidly, and we honor and respect the City of Austin’s decision. We are committed to do our part to help protect our staff, attendees, and fellow Austinites.
“We are exploring options to reschedule the event and are working to provide a virtual SXSW online experience as soon as possible for 2020 participants, starting with SXSW EDU. For our registrants, clients, and participants we will be in touch as soon as possible and will publish an FAQ.”
With new confirmed cases popping up all over the world, as well as the United States, governments are increasingly working to limit large gatherings in an effort to get ahead of the outbreak.
Apple and Google are doing their part to combat misinformation and profiteering from the coronavirus, by limiting apps to those from reputable sources.
One of the biggest challenges related to the coronavirus is the spread of misinformation regarding it, as well as companies charging exorbitant prices for supplies. Social media platforms have already implemented rules designed to help slow the spread of misinformation, and now the companies controlling the two biggest mobile app stores are joining the effort.
According to CNBC, Apple and Google are cracking down on apps that are not from reputable sources. One developer was told by an Apple employee that only apps released by a health or government institution were being accepted on the App Store. Similarly, the Google Play Store has rules preventing apps that “capitalize on a natural disaster” or “atrocity” or that “profit from a tragic event with no discernible benefit to the victims.”
While some developers are not happy with the rules, the two companies are in a tough spot as they try to balance the need to limit coronavirus misinformation, spam and profiteering, with the potential benefits of apps that could legitimately help individuals track the spread of the disease.
Santa Clara’s Public Health Department has issued a press release urging companies to cancel or postpone mass gathers.
The Health Department says there have been six new cases of COVID-19 in Santa Clara County, bringing the total to 20 confirmed cases.
“We understand that people are very concerned about COVID-19. I want to remind the public that the vast majority of people who become infected with COVID-19 do not become seriously ill, and fully recover. We are making these recommendations to protect the most vulnerable members of our community from the virus, and slow its spread,” said Dr. Sara Cody, County Public Health Officer. “We are continuously monitoring this evolving situation, and will issue new guidance if and when that is warranted.”
As a result of the development, the Health Department is recommending cancelling or postponing mass gatherings and large community events, specifically events that has a large number of people within arm’s reach of each other.
If cancelling is not an option, the department gives a number of guidelines, including urging sick people and those at high risk of contracting illnesses not to attend. They also recommend trying to provide as much space as possible, to minimize physical contact, not to mention encouraging good hygiene.
Given that Apple’s WWDC fits exactly the kind of scenario the department is describing, it would not be surprising if Apple ends up cancelling, or makes the conference entirely digital, just as Google has done with Google Cloud Next.
Apple and Netflix are among the latest companies to pull out of the South by Southwest Conference scheduled for March 13 in Austin, Texas.
As fears about the spread of the coronavirus continue to mount, with more infections and deaths being reported in the U.S., companies are increasingly pulling out of or cancelling conferences. SXSW has already had a number of high-profile companies cancel their plans to attend, including Amazon, Facebook and Twitter.
According to Bloomberg, Apple has announced it’s cancelling its plans to attend despite its intentions to debut three new Apple TV+ programs. Similarly, Netflix planned on unveiling a feature film and four documentaries. CNN has also cancelled its plans to attend.
As Bloomberg points out, with Apple’s WWDC scheduled for June, the company will soon have to make a decision about whether to proceed or change to a virtual conference as Google did with its Google Cloud Next conference.
Adobe and Google Cloud have announced an integration between Adobe’s Creative Cloud and Gmail to make it easier to share and collaborate on projects.
Adobe recognizes that, while newer methods of collaboration may be gaining in popularity, email remains one of the most popular forms of business communication, with some 1.5 billion active users worldwide. Gmail is one of the most popular email platforms, making integration between the two services a natural fit.
“We’ve now launched the Adobe Creative Cloud for Gmail Add-on on the G Suite Marketplace,” writes Minson Chen in a company blog post. “Now you can search for your Creative Cloud Assets and attach public links to Synced files, Libraries, and Mobile creations without leaving Gmail. You can also save any attachments received in Gmail directly to Creative Cloud in a few clicks.”
The add-on is designed to work directly within Gmail, letting users add files from their Creative Cloud to their emails.
“The Adobe Creative Cloud for Gmail Add-on lets you bring content stored in Creative Cloud directly into your Gmail messages so you can easily share files or assets created in applications like XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom,” adds Chen.
“Sharing Creative Cloud assets with your team just got much easier. The add-on is readily available from the Gmail compose window. Just look for the Creative Cloud icon at the bottom of the message. Clicking it launches the add-on’s file browser where you can search and find assets to insert into your message as thumbnails that dynamically link to your Creative Cloud files.”
The add-on also makes it easy to save attachments received via Gmail directly to a user’s Creative Cloud. Overall, this feature should be a welcome addition for Adobe users and make collaboration considerably easier and more streamlined.
