Score one for the late Steve Jobs. Adobe is changing the name of Flash Professional CC, its web animation tool, to Animate CC. The goal is to accurately reflect the reality that web developers are using the tool to also create HTML5 content—“over a third of all the content” created with the app—according to Adobe. Check this article from PCWorld.com
YouTube Red’s free one-month trial period ended for the first wave of its users a few days back, leaving us to wonder if enough of them would be willing to pay to keep their subscription. Well, the initial portents are encouraging. Check out this article from TechHive.com
Microsoft is offering one more day for Windows owners to capitalize on its 10-cent deals on apps, albums, and movie rentals, with virtually all of its deals still available. More of this article from PCWorld.com
Autodesk and Microsoft have teamed up to bring virtual product designs into the real world using augmented reality. The two companies announced on Monday that Autodesk Fusion 360 — software that lets users design, test, and ultimately manufacture physical objects — will connect with Microsoft’s HoloLens headset.Check out this article from PCWorld.com
In Windows 10 you’ve got tons of choices for desktop programs, and apps from the Windows Store can be useful too. But there are still probably a few key webpages you turn to every day instead of a desktop program or modern UI app. More of this article from PCWorld.com
We’re just a few days from Thanksgiving in the United States as I write this, and as usual, the holiday shopping season is getting underway, complete with the requisite sales. Not to be outdone, on Friday, Microsoft kicked off a ten-day sale during which select hot movies, music, games, and apps are on sale for only ten cents each. More of this article from PCWorld.com
If you wanted to upgrade a PC to the latest release of Windows 10 using the Media Creation Tool (MCT), prepare to jump through some more hoops. On Saturday, ZDNet’s Ed Bott reported that Microsoft recently removed the downloadable version of the November update for Windows 10, replacing it instead with the build of Windows 10 it released back in July. Check out this article from PCWorld.com