YouTube is introducing videos with multiple angles. The new experience is being dubbed Choose Your View and is available as a separate tab on a YouTube channel. During playback of a video with Choose Your View capability, you can click on the thumbnail to switch to that camera angle. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard or the number 1-4 to … [Read more...]
TurboTax resumes state tax filing after fraud investigation
Tax software company TurboTax paused state filing amid growing concerns of tax fraud. The state of Minnesota actually stopped accepting tax filings prepared using TurboTax. The company worked with a third-party security expert Palantir to examine fraud activities and has since resumed filing state taxes according to a blog post earlier today. Federal tax filing was not … [Read more...]
Autodesk software will be subscription-based next year
Autodesk posted details about its transition to a subscription-based software license model yesterday. The desktop software subscriptions will begin on February 1st, 2016. Nearly all Autodesk titles will switch to the subscription model including AutoCAD, Maya, Inventor, 3ds Max, MotionBuilder, Revit, and Mudbox. Flame is one exception, which will continue to be sold under the … [Read more...]
Windows Server 2003 support ends in July
Everybody is well versed in Microsoft's operating systems reaching the end of their lifecycle since we've been through Windows XP recently, right? This time around, we're talking about Windows Server 2003. It will reach its end of support on July 14, 2015. After support ends, the operating system will no longer receive security patches from Microsoft or software and content … [Read more...]
Minecraft now allows you to change your in-game name
Mojang will now allow you to change your Minecraft name. This new capability went live today. You can change your name by visiting your Mojang account page. With the name change capability, there are still a few rules in play - names have to be unique and you can only change your name every 30 days, even to change it back. You can change the capitalization of your name while … [Read more...]