ray, Author at Easy Cloud Solutions

May 9, 2019 By ray

Google Voice VoIP calls will be live for everyone by next week

Google took a long, long break from Google Voice a while back. After letting the app fall into disrepair, Google expressed a renewed commitment to Voice in 2017. It has since announced a handful of feature updates, including VoIP calling in 2018. However, that feature never actually rolled out to everyone. Google’s Scott Johnston says it’s almost time, though.… Read more

May 9, 2019 By ray

GDPR complaints say Amazon, Spotify, and other streaming companies are breaking EU law

A series of complaints brought under Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), filed by an Austrian privacy activist, accuse eight major streaming companies of failing to comply with European Union law. GDPR, which went into effect last year, created a set of strict privacy rules around when data can be gathered and shared.… Read more

May 9, 2019 By ray

Spotify’s in-car music player may go on sale this year

Spotify’s rumored in-car music device appears to be taking shape.Financial Times sources claim the service plans to launch the in-car player sometime later in 2019 for roughly $100. There are more details as to how it would work, too. While the earlier leak mentioned voice control, the add-on would also include preset buttons that take you directly to playlists.… Read more

May 9, 2019 By ray

Verizon offers free robocall blocking, two years after AT&T and T-Mobile

Verizon yesterday said it will make spam and robocall blocking features free for all wireless customers starting in March, about two years after AT&T and T-Mobile began offering free robocall blocking. “In March, we will be rolling out our free spam alerting and call blocking tools to all of our wireless customers whose smartphones support these features, including iPhone and Android devices,” Verizon’s announcement said.… Read more

May 9, 2019 By ray

AWS Control Tower

The easiest way to set up and govern a secure, compliant multi-account AWS environment AWS Control Tower automates the set-up of a baseline environment, or landing zone, that is a secure, well-architected multi-account AWS environment. The configuration of the landing zone is based on best practices that have been established by working with thousands of enterprise customers to create a secure environment that makes it easier to govern AWS workloads with rules for security, operations, and compliance.… Read more