Shortening that timeline is one reason for the popularity of online MBA programs that don’t require the GMAT for admission. Given the option, many students choose online programs to expedite their educational progress. Online MBA programs also allow working professionals to make their learning experience work with their professional and personal schedules. Alternatives to the GMAT Students have several alternatives to taking the GMAT. But first, what is the GMAT?...

I’m ordering an iPhone 13 Pro Max. So why is Apple getting a good chunk of change off me? I’ve three reasons. iPhone 13 preorders are live. How and where to get the best deal on Apple’s new phone First and foremost, it’s the improved battery life. I’m a heavy-duty iPhone user. The thing is always with me. I use it for work, rest, and play. To be fair, if I didn’t use my iPhone so heavily for work, I’d probably not buy such an expensive smartphone....

The point of the elaborate attack was to make mass spam – promoting a fake sweepstake – look like it originated from the compromised Exchange domain rather than the actual origins, which were either their own IP address or third-party email marketing services, according to Microsoft. The sweepstake ruse was used to trick recipients into providing credit card details and signing up for recurring subscriptions. “While the scheme possibly led to unwanted charges for targets, there was no evidence of overt security threats such as credential phishing or malware distribution,” the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team said....

But your work is not complete. Microsoft’s default settings aren’t necessarily tuned for you, and a default setup comes with a handful of annoyances that you can quickly fix. When you get to the Windows desktop, I recommend taking a few minutes to do these six things before you go any further. Use a Microsoft account for maximum security On a system you own and manage personally, you have two choices for setting up your primary user account: a Microsoft account or a local account....

Microsoft also says it will no longer deliver updates to the OneDrive app on those PCs from January 1, 2022, although the app will continue to sync until March 1. Windows 7, of course, reached end of life in April 2020 and has become a greater security risk because Microsoft, as a rule, doesn’t offer patches for the OS. However, it has deviated from that policy for drastic malware outbreaks such as WannCry....

Prospects are so bad for his company, riddled with an unimaginable amount of debt, that he is also content to hand over his stake to any entity – government or otherwise – that can keep the struggling company afloat. To absorb how other-worldly that is, and the extent of its implications, not just for Indian telcos but for Indian business as a whole, consider the fact that Vodafone is not just any old struggler that is unable to manage strategy or pay its bills....

A report by Cisco on the impact of hybrid working found that workers view themselves as more dependable than their co-workers in being productive while working from home. In a survey of 1,050 UK employees, 75% of respondents said their manager trusted them to be productive while working remotely, yet a lower proportion (61%) felt their colleagues could be trusted to do the same. Workers also felt that bosses were more likely to micromanage when they were working remotely or in hybrid arrangements, with 43% of respondents reporting those micromanaging behaviours had increased....

Lensa AI is a free-to-download, photo-editing app that launched in 2018 and is available in both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. In late November, the app launched a “magic avatar,” which skyrocketed the app’s popularity, placing it at #1 in the Apple App Store charts for both the free app category and the photo and video category. The “magic avatar” converts 10 to 20 selfies you upload into artistic portraits of you – as an anime, fantasy or cosmic character, among other renditions – using stable diffusion....

Zendesk said in October that it entered an acquisition deal that would have seen Momentive shareholders receive 0.225 shares of Zendesk stock for each share of Momentive stock. The deal amounted to about $4 billion. Zendesk stockholders would have owned approximately 78% of the combined company and Momentive stockholders will own approximately 22%. But on Friday, Zendesk announced that it was terminating the deal after it did not receive the approval of its stockholders to adopt the proposal to issue shares of Zendesk common stock at its stockholder meeting on February 25....

As you attempt to wade through the sea of discounts, sales, and promo freebies, some of the best robot vacuum deals we’ve found are hundreds of dollars less than what you’d normally pay. You can even save $50 to $100 on some budget models, which makes those robot vacuums as affordable as many standard vacuums. Let’s take a look at some of the robot vacuum deals that are still available today, and be sure to check back in the coming days as we add more deals....

What is a password manager? It’s an app, or, more commonly these days, a combination of online service and app, that safely and securely stores your passwords, and also makes them available on all your devices. For some people, this might be the one built into the browser or operating system, or a separate standalone app (and for some, it’s a physical notebook, which I don’t approve of, but think is far better than nothing)....

We wanted you to get the most bang for your buck, so we compiled exhaustive research. We considered cost, prerequisites, course material, difficulty, and more to select our top picks. Below, we listed your best options to get you started and to help you stand out when you apply for a role in this lucrative field. You can enroll in courses that explain the fundamentals of particular career paths, whether as a system administrator or as a network engineer — and if you can ignore the cheesy thumbnails used to tout some of the courses, the actual content is valuable....

The Emergency SOS via satellite service will enable the iPhone 14 lineup to connect with emergency services, even when outside of cellular and Wi-Fi coverage, by connecting directly to a satellite. Also: Here’s everything Apple announced during its ‘Far Out’ event Most of the new funding is going to Globalstar, a global satellite service headquartered in Covington, Louisiana that has facilities across the US. When an iPhone 14 user makes an Emergency SOS via satellite request, the message will be received by one of Globalstar’s 24 satellites in low-earth orbit....

You’ve had long enough. Working from home either works for you, or it doesn’t. You may, though, have very specific, subjective reasons for your decision. Many believe I suspect that working from home is simply more productive. Personally, I’m sure it is. I always found being in an office a mildly disturbing experience. Unless that is, I really, really liked the people I worked with. (A somewhat rare event for me, I’m afraid....

With the $900 million deal, Akamai will acquire all of the outstanding equity of Linode. The deal will close in Q1 of 2022. For the entire fiscal year, the acquisition is expected to add about $100 million in revenue. The acquisition will also raise the company’s non-GAAP EPS by anywhere from $0.05 to $0.06. Dr. Tom Leighton, CEO of Akamai Technologies, said it is “transformational” for the company to have the chance to combine Linode’s developer-friendly cloud computing capabilities with Akamai’s edge platform and security services....

The e-commerce giant said fiscal 2022 revenue would grow by 20% to 23%, well off its pace in recent years. Alibaba reported fiscal second-quarter results that were mixed at best. The earnings weren’t too surprising given Alibaba’s lackluster growth from its annual Singles’ Day sale. In addition, China has cracked down on its large technology companies led by Alibaba and Tencent. For the second quarter, Alibaba reported revenue of $31....

Cryptocurrency and digital token scams have become a common threat facing investors and the general public today. Even though regulators worldwide are clamping down on fraud – through tax legislation, securities offering registration, tighter rules surrounding cryptocurrency adverts, and by keeping a close eye on initial coin offerings (ICOs), exit scams, rug pulls, and theft is still rampant. Interest in cryptocurrency – and now NFTs – continues to escalate, providing a breeding ground for new scams to appear on a daily basis....

The company has had solid year-over-year comparisons due to the pandemic – as its customers accelerated their digital transformations, they looked to products like Amplitude to help them make productive investments that would drive results. At the end of last year, CEO and co-founder Spenser Skates told ZDNet, Amplitude had a record number of new companies come onto the platform for the first time. Now, Skates said, its customers are moving past that phase of digital modernization....

macOS Big Sur gets what might be its final update before macOS Monterey is released. And it’s a biggie. Clocking in at over 2.5GB, Apple describes Big Sur 11.5.2 as “bug fixes for your Mac.” Do you need to rush out to install this, and are there any gotchas or catches to installing it? Must read: Apple broke the bad news to iPhone fans I’ve been running this since its release, and to be honest, apart from the change of version number, I can’t see any difference....

Also: iPhone 14 models compared: Which one should you buy? The company presented the new iPhone color in a Tuesday morning press release, where it also announced its Spring collection of iPhone cases and Apple Watch bands. From the image we’re seeing below, the yellow has a warm, golden tone that’s not as jarring to look at as one would expect from a yellow-colored phone. It’s a perfect middle ground between the iPhone XR’s “yellow” and the iPhone 11’s....