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Artificial Intelligence Comes to Excel

8/27/2018

We now get a first look at where Microsoft is going with artificial intelligence in Excel. In my Office 365 version of Excel I should be able to check out the Excel Insights. Can’t wait. My thanks to Mynda Treacy for this excellent analysis.

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Alan Salmon, FCPB

Excel Insights

Understanding your data and creating Excel charts has never been easier with Excel Insights.

Excel Insights is an AI powered service that automatically identifies patterns in your data and provides you with charts you can insert into your workbook. And because it is powered by machine learning it will provide increasingly advanced analysis as usage grows.

Note: This feature is being made available on a gradual basis over several weeks. It will first be available in English to Office Insider participants, and later to Office 365 subscribers. If you are an Office 365 subscriber, make sure you have the latest version of Office.

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Facebook's New Security and Privacy Settings

6/18/2018

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I wish that this had been in place when I changed my Facebook privacy settings late last month. It took me about ten minutes and countless clicks. I look forward to testing it when it's launched. Stand by for an update when that happens.

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Alan Salmon, FCPB

In an effort to untangle itself from its user data scandal, Facebook announced that it’s redesigning its settings menu on mobile devices. It will consolidate privacy options in one place, rather than sending users to 20 different screens. The new Privacy Shortcuts menu will let users regulate the amount of personal information Facebook keeps on them, such as political preferences and interests, and delete things they’ve already shared. It will also let people manage the information the company uses to show ads. (Source: Bloomberg)

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A regular series of postings that will update you on key technology changes that affect the Canadian accounting and bookkeeping world.

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Alan Salmon, FCPB is recognized as Canada’s leading analyst in the area of accounting technology. He has over 35 years of business, management systems, education and journalism experience. He is the Founder of K2E Canada Inc., which provides professional development technology education for accountants across Canada and the US.

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