Archive for April 28, 2020

SAP Labs Canada Appoints New Managing Director

Posted in Commentary on April 28, 2020 by itnerd

SAP Labs Canada, the Canadian development centre for SAP SE, announces the appointment of Cindy Fagen as Managing Director. In this role, Cindy will lead the strategic direction of SAP’s product development and innovation hubs in Vancouver, Montreal and Waterloo, serving nearly 3,000 employees.

Previously SAP Labs Canada’s chief operating officer (COO), Cindy has been managing the business of the organization since 2014. Cindy brings an entrepreneurial spirit, while also offering continuity in this time of unprecedented global disruption. As COO, Cindy was a fierce champion of SAP.iO, SAP’s program to seed intrapreneurship among SAP employees, initiating venture studios in SAP Canada locations from coast to coast. She also spearheaded the implementation of innovation spaces and programs to advance employee learning, innovation and community partnerships.

Cindy also brings a tenure of strong technology experience in companies large and small. Before joining SAP in 2014, Cindy was president and founder of a digital media startup and spent many years in customer-facing leadership roles at organizations like Dassault Systèmes. She is passionate about advancing STEM education and supporting women in entrepreneurship.

Cindy will take the reins from SAP Labs Canada’s longtime managing director, Kirsten Sutton who is leaving SAP to pursue new opportunities.

Under their leadership, SAP Labs Canada has become one of Canada’s most revered employers – winning 20 top employer awards in 2019 alone- and is among the elite four of SAP’s 20 global innovation centres.

#PSA: iPhone SE Does NOT Support Haptic Feedback In Notifications By Design

Posted in Commentary with tags on April 28, 2020 by itnerd

If you’re about to, or perhaps have sprung for the new iPhone SE, you should know that Unlike the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro, the iPhone SE is unable to expand notifications through Haptic Touch. That sounds like a bit of an edge case on first blush. But if you are coming from an iPhone that supported this functionality via Haptic Touch or the now seemingly dead 3D touch, this is going to tick you off. As it has ticked off many on this sub-Reddit.

Apparently this was done by design by Apple as confirmed by TechCrunch‘s Matthew Panzarino.

But Benjamin Mayo who is a well respected iOS developer sums it up this way:

I really don’t understand why Apple made this decision. It seems like they are creating one of their famous “gates” when they don’t need to. But there is a workaround of sorts. It’s possible to slide to the left on a notification and tap on the “View” option as a workaround for the missing ‌Haptic Touch‌ feature. Still. This seems like a major unforced error by Apple.

39% of Spam Emails Offer Fake Medical Products: Atlas VPN

Posted in Commentary with tags on April 28, 2020 by itnerd

Data acquired by Atlas VPN shows that health-related spam emails was the most common category of spam last year. In 2019, 39% of spam emails were promoting fake pharmaceuticals and health cures.  

Industry practices show that the number of health-related spam emails is expected to grow dramatically this year. Last week, Gmail warned their customers to use the service with caution: of a total 100 million spam emails Gmail reports daily, 18 million of them were coronavirus-themed.

Last year, the number of extortion scams increased from 0% in 2018 to 10% in 2019. Last week, the FBI announced they are receiving more extortion emails than usual.

In 2019, the most common type of malware-infected files sent through email was Microsoft Office Word or Excel files. It is likely that Google Docs or Microsoft Word files are the future of phishing since it lets hackers steal more information than setting up a fake, malware-infected website would.

To read the full report, head over to:  https://atlasvpn.com/blog/39-percent-of-spam-emails-offer-fake-medical-products/