CalArts Information Technology

Hiring for a Customer Care Technician (aka Helpdesk)!
Great opportunity to get into IT, and get a broader understanding of the scope that technology will play, particularly in the expression of the arts, in the future.
Entry-level position open to those with limited experience:
https://calarts.edu/work-for-calarts/employment-listing/customer-care-technician-20

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"Don't Just Uninstall Old Apps—Delete Your Accounts As Well":

Don't Just Uninstall Old Apps—Delete Your Accounts As Well So you’ve grown bored of the latest photo filtering tool, or the newest anonymous question app, or whatever the flavor of the month in the app charts happens to be. Just remove the app from your phone and get on with your life, right? Well, not quite.

Apple has determined that, in a limited number of older 15" Retina MacBook Pros, the battery can overheat and pose a fire safety risk. Affected MBPros were sold between September 2015 - February 2017. Apple will replace affected batteries free of charge.

15-inch MacBook Pro Battery Recall Program - Apple Support 15-inch MacBook Pro Battery Recall Program

Today is also ! To celebrate the ocassion, here's a link for some password best practices! We suggest you take a look:

7 Password Experts on How to Lock Down Your Online Security You've got the password basics down. It's time for some advanced techniques.

On this day in 1983, Microsoft introduces the Microsoft Mouse. The mouse featured two buttons and is available by itself or will later be bundled with the new Microsoft Word software, which Microsoft would release in September.

on this day back in 1995 (24 years ago), ! begins advertising it's search service on national television, featuring the tag line “Do You Yahoo?”. The ads first air during Late Night with David Letterman, Saturday Night Live, and Star Trek.

Yahoo! Fishing Commercial

Graduating CalArtians: Don't forget to submit your graduation music by May 1st! For details on how to cut a clip out of your favorite song, check out this article: http://ow.ly/iyXq30owEzD

With finals coming up, we think it may be important to share this article detailing the computers and labs on-campus: http://ow.ly/5gFs30otT4f

Robots at the 2020 Olympics....welcome to the future. https://twitter.com/mashable/status/1119256086119424001

This week's is a question you may be interested in:

20 years ago, people were anticipating the release of a new type of device, the ! The RIM 850 released in 1999 was capable of sending messages, emails and had calendars, address books, task lists, a calculator and an alarm function. http://ow.ly/o86k30otlIu