Google has announced several changes to its YouTube mobile interface for both Android and iOS. The update, which debuts three new tabs: Home, Subscriptions and Account, is available for Android now and will be rolling out for iOS soon. Home lets you explore and discover videos with recommendations based on your viewing history, and playlists that are customized for you. A new Subscriptions tab helps you find the latest videos from your favorite channels and creators. You can even tap the Bell icon on a channel to be notified when new videos are posted. The Account tab lets you check your playlists, watch history and the videos you’ve uploaded in…
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It seems like only yesterday — well it was, in fact, yesterday — that an update for the Android version of YouTube offered new support for full-screen playback of vertical videos. Today, a new update to the iOS version also supports that feature. Yay. YouTube version 10.28, posted on the App Store today, informed users of the eagerly awaited feature. In launching the app however, the improvement may not be immediately obvious. A vertical video will still play in its narrow box at the top of the screen until you use a gesture to expand it — and presto, the videos now look really…
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Dassault Systèmes, specialists in 3D CAD software, has launched the Solidworks for Entrepreneurs Program, giving early-stage businesses low-cost licenses for 3D design apps to aid in industrial design from prototyping through 3D printing. Solidworks apps are used for product design, simulation, publishing, data management and environmental impact assessment. The program is designed to ease the way for cash-strapped hardware startups and incubators worldwide to more quickly complete their designs and bring their products to market. Dassault Systèmes already provides Solidworks apps to a variety of startups and incubators in North America, such as MassChallenge, Diagnostics for All, Super Pedestrian — makers of the Copenhagen wheel — and Design that Matters. It has also recently provided…
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Gamescom is arguably the biggest and most important gaming trade show in Europe. A mix between E3 and San Diego Comic Con, Gamescom is open to the public and features booths from top names in gaming — Activision, Ubisoft, and Microsoft will debut their upcoming games this year, among others. It’s apparently also home to a culturally insensitive, fratty cruise that promises you can mingle with “40 concubines.” San Francisco e-commerce payment company Paymentwall is promising a night of debauchery on a boat sailing upon the Rhine in their fourth annual cruise, themed “Arabian Nights.” My editor Martin Bryant was asked to…
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