The software behind 2D animated projects like Futurama and Studio Ghibli's amazing works has been open-sourced and released free of charge. The software is called OpenToonz and is based on the "Toonz" software that was used professionally by these big studios. The license allows for the software to be used free of charge even for commercial productions. OpenToonz includes … [Read more...]
Office 365 embraces APIs with Connectors
Microsoft announced a new feature for Office 365 called Connectors. It looks like a great way to hook into APIs of other services such as GitHub, Trello, Twitter, MailChimp, Wunderlist, SalesForce, and others. Interestingly, the feature is part of the Groups feature in Office 365. This allows you to pull Twitter feeds or other content from these third party services into … [Read more...]
Built-in browser functions prove server-side validation necessary
Web developers can easily make a wrong assumption in what they place their trust in. You create a web application and test it out to verify it works to spec. It only allows certain functionality, requires fields, and displays the results. The problem comes about when the developers rely on the browser to provide one of the walls to the app's security. "I don't need to worry … [Read more...]
Microsoft released new Windows Insider Preview build with extensions for Edge
Microsoft released a new build to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring for both PC and mobile. Build 14291 includes Extensions for the Microsoft Edge browser, the ability to pin tabs in Microsoft Edge, and "Paste and go" or "Paste and search" options in the context menu when you right-click on text areas. The video below shows how to install extensions in Edge to gain additional … [Read more...]
Flash Player PPAPI plugin now available for distribution
With last week's release of an Adobe Flash Player update, I visited the Flash Player distribution page in order to download the latest version for my organization. With this release, there was a new option available to download. Previously, I downloaded the Windows ActiveX version for Internet Explorer, the Windows NPAPI version for Firefox, and the Mac OS X NPAPI version for … [Read more...]