Happy Friday & Happy National Milk Chocolate Day! It’s the perfect day to indulge in the velvety smoothness of this beloved treat. Whether you prefer it in bars, truffles, or as a delightful coating, milk chocolate is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth.
In This Issue: Summer Memories! | Meraki 4/7 dBi Dual-Band Omni Antenna | What Is SD-WAN? | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – Summer Memories!
Happy Friday, folks! It’s the end of July, and we’re approaching the start of a new school year in our house! While we’re ready for the routine that comes with a school year, we’re not quite ready to say goodbye to summer. 🌞
We made many memories this summer and are already planning for next summer! We don’t typically go out further than a year to make plans. Do you plan out further than a year? Do you have a big trip planned?
I also like to take some time at the end of each season (or quarter) to think about the memories we made during that time. I always find that brings a sense of gratitude. What memories did you make this summer? Did you go somewhere for the first time? I’d love to hear about your summer!
Have a great weekend!
Chris
Product Spotlights & Updates
The Meraki MA-ANT-20 antenna is a multi-band, omnidirectional antenna designed for use with Meraki APs that have N-type connectors. Itis a versatile antenna and is suitable for a broad range of applications. Sold in sets of 2.
Learning Center Article – What Is SD-WAN?
Networking is already a vast topic, but when you’re trying to build a large network that doesn’t really fit into a single, centralized location, things get even more complicated.
To help you get ahead of the curve, this quick guide is going to discuss SD-WAN. It’s a powerful way to approach network design and management, and after you learn about it, it could save you a lot of time and money. It could also help you reimagine your whole network to great effect.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- McDonald’s teased a new spinoff restaurant brand it’s creating. The company will test CosMc’s in a handful of sites in “a limited geography” in early 2024. CosMc is an alien from outer space who craves McDonald’s food and appeared in its advertisements decades ago.
- WhatsApp is making your conversations more fun with a new feature called instant video messages. It lets you record and send short video messages directly from the chat, similar to audio recordings. These videos can be up to 60 seconds long and appear circular in the chat.
- SpaceX was set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket and then a Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida as little as 45 minutes apart on Thursday evening. But SpaceX postponed the Falcon Heavy launch. Space. Force noted that the pair of SpaceX launches would have broken a record set by the Gemini 11 mission in September 1966.
- Ever since Apple introduced AirTags back in 2021 and disrupted the Bluetooth tracking market, there have been serious concerns about bad actors using them to invade others’ privacy. And although Apple devices receive alerts when an unknown AirTag is following them, Android users do not have such a feature. Now, in an effort to combat this issue, Google is finally rolling out the “unknown tracker alerts” feature, which aims to protect users from potential stalking attempts or unlawful activities involving Bluetooth tracking devices, including Apple AirTags.