CIOs who want to get the best from their tech teams must make sure their staff feel engaged in the work they complete. Five experts give their best-practice tips for keeping IT professionals happy and productive. 1. Give your people a sense of purpose Michael Cole, CTO of golf’s European Tour and Ryder Cup, says the best way to keep people engaged is to give them a strong sense of purpose....

In 2017, it’s more important than ever to have a strong game plan when it comes to cyber security. A part of that puzzle is using a trusted VPN service that adds an extra layer of protection to your data, along with a host of other benefits. All of this, combined with recent legislative action makes it all the more important to find a service that fits your needs. We’ve partnered with Private Internet Access, one of the most trusted services around, to offer 9to5 readers a two-year subscription for $53....

Not too long after the first rumors surfaced, Apple has given its usual non-confirmation that it has acquired Faceshift, the company behind the technology Star Wars used to animate the faces of CGI characters. It’s not an obvious fit for Apple, so what could be the thinking behind the purchase? Like Apple’s patents, it is sometimes easy, I think, to read too much into some of the company’s acquisitions. Sure, it doesn’t go around acquiring companies randomly, but it may not always be after the complete package....

Apple doesn’t break down its iPhone sales figures, so we don’t know for sure that the iPhone 5c sold poorly, but certainly everything we do know seems to point in that direction – from early sales estimates through analytics and consumer surveys to Apple switching production from the 5c to the 5s. Tim Cook said in an earnings call that “the mix was something very different than we thought,” and intimated that the model might be dropped: “If we decide it’s in our best interest to make a change, then we’ll make one....

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Well-known smartphone brand OUKITEL launched WP19 the world’s biggest battery phone in June, which has gained huge popularity and broke the rugged phone selling record on AliExpress during its global premiere. Thanks to the overwhelming favor and support from our fans, OUKITEL today announces that WP19, this hottest smartphone will be on promotion and offer a massive discount of up to 71% off from 22nd to 26th August PST on AliExpress....

Advanced Rules Outlook.com According to a post on the Office Blogs, the new Advanced Rules will help you sort your email automatically in a more efficient way. Namely, you will be able to set very specific rules about what happens when a certain type of message arrives to your inbox. As seen in Microsoft’s screenshot below you can to set conditions (a message older than a set amount of time, from a particular contact) and an action (categorize as Important)....

The first two seasons made for tense, gritty television with some great performances, but will Outsiders season 3 happen? Outsiders is a series by WGN America (Salem) and follows the conflict behind a clan of outsiders and a small town in Kentucky. The Farrell clan have outcast themselves from society for centuries, and the show opens with one member of the family returning after taking time out to serve in the military....

The focus of Performance Testing is checking a software program’s Speed – Determines whether the application responds quickly Scalability – Determines the maximum user load the software application can handle. Stability – Determines if the application is stable under varying loads Why do Performance Testing? Features and Functionality supported by a software system are not the only concern. A software application’s performance, like its response time, reliability, resource usage, and scalability, do matter....

After officially announcing its new CarPlay feature for connecting iOS devices to select in-car entertainment systems, Apple followed up with confirmation that we’d also see aftermarket products with support for the feature. Pioneer was one of the first to announce that the feature would arrive on a number of the in-car systems it sells, and today we’re getting our first look at the feature in action on the hardware. Pioneer gave a few demos of CarPlay this week running on its aftermarket in-car systems, including the video above from MacWorld, and another from DigitalTrends....

Power Rangers, Lionsgate’s Mighty Morphin’ silver screen reboot, is back with a second trailer to tide us over until March. We get a closer look at some of the footage from the first go around, plus some healthy additions that give us some room to let our imaginations run wild. One thing is for sure: the names might be the same, but these are not the Rangers from our childhood. There are callsback to the original series for sure, but everything we see and experience in this new trailer is carving out uncharted territory for the old fandom to explore and to hook new fans for the first time....

MCU’s genius producer Trinh Tran is branching out from epic films like Endgame and into the somewhat more contained world of Disney+. As one of the developers of the upcoming Hawkeye series, she has plenty of thoughts on where to take Clint Barton’s backstory and how to explore Kate Bishop’s origin. She sat down with Screen Rant to discuss tentative plans for that show, as well as to celebrate Endgame becoming the biggest film ever....

Console players have a new reason to jump back into PlayerUnknown’s BATTLEGROUNDS, as the massively popular multiplayer shooter has recently announced cross party play will be coming in PUBG’s newest update. This new round of game tweaks, which also includes the much-anticipated 8v8 PUBG Team Deathmatch mode and an abundance of changes to how grenades work, is scheduled to arrive on the game’s Public Test Server later this month. Although a number of other franchises have begun making a name for themselves as popular battle royale alternatives, many players still prefer the more realistic, harsh world of PUBG over the heavily-stylized look of games like Fortnite and The Darwin Project....

In this post, we will give you a dedicated Oppo F9 Pro software update tracker. From here, you will be able to keep your Oppo F9 Pro smartphone up to date, with the latest available update for your phone. With that being said, let us get straight into the article itself: Oppo F9 Pro Specifications The device came with an LTPS IPS LCD 6.3-inches display with Full-HD+ resolution. It has a MediaTek Helio P60 SoC, Mali-G72 MP3 GPU, 4GB/6GB RAM, 64GB internal storage with a dedicated MicroSD card slot....

Reports that Apple plans to ditch the 3.5mm headphone socket on the iPhone 7 in favor of Lightning headphones have been growing in number, and a recent poll found that 70% of you expect Apple to go this route. However, it appears some 200,000 people aren’t very happy about it. A somewhat hysterically-worded petition calling for Apple to retain the 3.5mm socket had attracted some 204,000 signatures at the time of writing....

Learn about breaking passwords Discover key forensics concepts and best practices related to passwords and encryption. This skills course covers ⇒ Breaking password security ⇒ Breaking windows passwords ⇒ Two-factor authentication Start your free trial What is password spraying? Password spraying refers to the attack method that takes a large number of usernames and loops them with a single password. We can use multiple iterations using a number of different passwords, but the number of passwords attempted is usually low when compared to the number of users attempted....

Early on during the production of Logan, one thing was made perfectly clear: This would be Hugh Jackman’s final time playing Wolverine on the big screen. The revelation was not entirely surprising as it became increasingly difficult for Jackman to maintain Wolverine’s super human form after 17 years. With this being his final appearance, Fox let him and director James Mangold free of timelines and continuity, making them determined to craft the best Wolverine solo movie imaginable....

Well that was fast. On Thursday the FAA announced that it would allow personal devices to be turned on during all phases of flight from takeoff to landing. This came with the clause that airlines would have to have their planes inspected for possible frequency interference and if passed would then be able to allow passengers to use their devices from gate to gate. Delta was the first to pass testing and began allowing devices the same day the announcement passed....

Errors are resolved by fixing the program. An example of an error would be an infinite loop that never stops executing. An exception is unexpected program result that can be handled by the program itself. Examples of exception include trying to open a file that does not exist. This exception can be handled by either creating the file or presenting the user with an option of searching for the file....

Niantic has recently introduced the Bug Out event in their popular augmented reality game, Pokémon GO. This event consists of a number of research tasks that have to be completed within a certain time limit. As the name of the event makes it clear, it is centered around Bug-type Pokémon. You will be able to obtain these tasks by spinning Poke Stops as you go around. They will be featured alongside the regular monthly Research Tasks that are presently available....