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Set App Time Limits for Kids (No Parent's End Install!) | AirDroid Parental Control Web Guide

Key Features Covered: Easy Setup – Pair devices remotely and customize schedules in minutes. Block Apps/Categories during specific hours or set daily screen time limits. Instant Notifications when your child requests extra usage time, approve/deny effortlessly. Say goodbye to digital addiction and hello to balanced screen time! Perfect for busy parents who want to protect their kids while respecting their independence.

How we implemented a release/promotion workflow with a single approval, using Kosli

A feature we often get asked about at Kosli is whether we can help support a release/promotion workflow: a workflow that deploys a known set of Artifacts from one runtime environment (eg beta/staging) into another runtime environment (eg production), typically in parallel. The simple answer is we can help, and in this blog we show the release workflow in the Kosli cyber-dojo demo project (an open sourced application for practising TDD from your browser).

2025 OneDrive Licensing Changes

Microsoft recently announced significant changes to its OneDrive licensing and storage policies, affecting organizations that heavily rely on cloud storage solutions. Starting January 27, 2025, unlicensed OneDrive accounts—those without assigned user licenses—will be automatically archived after 93 days, rendering them inaccessible unless covered by retention policies or legal holds.

Your Observability Questions, Answered

Monitoring used to be simple—set up some dashboards, configure alerts, and call it a day. But with microservices and cloud-native systems, things aren’t so straightforward anymore. Keeping track of everything can feel like an endless game of whack-a-mole. That’s where observability comes in. If you’re just getting started or looking to refine your approach, this guide answers the most common (and important) questions.

Conan Launches C/C++ Audit Functionality

Conan is a leading software package manager for C/C++ development environments. As an open source multi-platform package manager, it is used to create, manage and share native binaries and their dependencies based on C/C++ code. C/C++ is often the preferred language for developing embedded systems, mobile platforms, and real-time applications due to its low-level control, high performance, and direct memory management capabilities.

Comparing Major SD-WAN Vendors

In the face of increasingly complex, far-reaching network architectures, organizations continue to adopt Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) solutions to enhance network performance, security, and agility. Megaport Virtual Edge (MVE) offers a versatile platform that integrates with leading SD-WAN vendors, enabling businesses to deploy their virtual network functions seamlessly.

DSC and STP Update

For over 15 years, Ribbon Communications and Cellusys have worked together to drive innovation in signaling solutions. Today, we’re excited to announce the next phase of our collaboration: Cellusys and Ribbon will be combining the strength of the Cellusys Signaling Firewall and Roaming platforms with the Ribbon DSC and STP though the purchase by Cellusys of a license of the source code to the Ribbon STP and DSC products.