 Microsoft today announced that it is rolling out a new feature for its OneDrive app for Windows users. The new feature Known Folder Move allows users to automatically move their stored data in known folders to OneDrive. Users with data stored in Desktop, Documents, Pictures can now be uploaded to the cloud without affecting the productivity. The data is uploaded in the background to the OneDrive and users can move all the data to OneDrive and vice versa on other devices. However for users to be able to use this feature you would need to sign in with the same Microsoft account on all the devices. This Known Folder feature is expected to be made available to Insiders starting this week and will be rolled out to all users by end of next month. Microsoft is also introducing new options for the IT admins with the new feature which lets the IT admins set up group policies for users in the network who would like to configure Known Folder Move and upload the data to OneDrive. The IT admins will also be able to redirect Windows known folders to OneDrive without the users getting notified of the upload. The admins have also been given the rights to prevent users from redirecting the Windows known folders. For more visit OUR FORUM.  Microsoft yesterday released a new Windows 10 build 17704 for Insiders in the Fast and Skip Ahead Ring. The latest build has been pushed out with many new features along with improvements and bug fixes. With the Redstone 5 build, Microsoft introduced the much-needed auto brightness feature for Videos. Windows 10 users need not adjust their video brightness settings manually anymore when watching a video outside. The new feature automatically adjusts the video brightness depending on the light. It works on similar lines to the auto brightness feature on Windows 10 Mobile. The feature uses the light sensor in the device to control the light surrounding the device and adjust the video brightness accordingly to improve the image quality and let user view images or objects on the screen even in direct sunlight. Microsoft says: “There’s a new viewing mode for you to try out, designed to improve the visibility of your video when you are in a very bright environment. This feature uses the light sensor on your device to detect your ambient light and automatically adjusts your video accordingly,”. More details are posted on OUR FORUM.  Despite the new GDPR regulation entering into effect across Europe, Facebook and Google are manipulating users into sharing personal data by leveraging misleading wording and confusing interfaces, according to a report released today by the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC). In its 44-page report, the Norwegian agency accuses Google and Facebook of using so-called "dark patterns" user interface elements into "nudging" users towards accepting privacy options. These dark patterns include misleading privacy-intrusive default settings, misleading wording, giving users an illusion of control, hiding away privacy-friendly choices, take-it-or-leave-it choices, and choice architectures where choosing the privacy-friendly option requires more effort for the users. Google and Facebook making users work for their privacy. "Facebook and Google have privacy-intrusive defaults, where users who want the privacy-friendly option have to go through a significantly longer process," the NCC says. "They even obscure some of these settings so that the user cannot know that the more privacy intrusive option was preselected. "Choices are worded to compel users to make certain choices, while key information is omitted or downplayed," the NCC says in its report. Complete details can be found on OUR FORUM. |
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