New AUTOCAD Software helps Mac and Windows users work together.

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New Functionality Helps Mac and Windows Users Work Together More Efficiently “This release has some rich new features but at its core, it is about eliminating dead ends that prevent people from being as effective as they can be when working to. gether on design projects.”

SAN FRANCISCO – Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced the 2015 releases of AutoCAD for Mac and AutoCAD LT for Mac software, two of the leading computer-aided design (CAD) tools for Mac users.The new software makes it easier than ever for businesses and students to create drawings and designs on the platform of their choice without sacrificing important functionality that is key to everyday design workflows. Users can also share their work with colleagues that are using Windows versions of the software for uninterrupted collaboration.

“The new releases of AutoCAD for Mac and AutoCAD LT for Mac are among the most significant updates in the products’ five-year history,” said Amy Bunszel, vice president of AutoCAD products at Autodesk. “This release has some rich new features but at its core, it is about eliminating dead ends that prevent people from being as effective as they can be when working together on design projects.”

• Key new enhancements include:

Dynamic Blocks. Mac users gain the ability to create and edit Dynamic Blocks—a capability previously limited to Windows users. This feature enables them to insert one block that can change shape, size, or configuration instead of inserting several static blocks.
Layer States. Mac users can also now save their layer settings as Layer States, which store information like color, linetype, and information about whether a layer is turned off, frozen, or locked. Prior to the 2015 releases, Mac users were unable to view any of the layer states information their Windows colleagues had embedded within a drawing.
Data Linking. Users who need to link a table to data in a Microsoft Excel file can use the new Data Linking feature, and their table will automatically update as external changes are made. This feature is especially helpful when managing large amounts of information about things like materials or fixtures.
Quick Select. The Quick Select tool allows users to quickly select objects based on query criteria, enabling users to easily select exactly what they need in their drawing. The Quick Select tool also includes a “preview” option so that users can see what they’re about to select before they commit to the selection.

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“AutoCAD for Mac 2015 is a fantastic release with a surprising number of significant new features,” said Graham Merritt, intern architect at FRANCL Architecture. “We’re very pleased with where this product is going.”

“With the newest release and its added functionality, I can finally leave Windows behind and use AutoCAD LT for Mac as my drafting and design software of choice,” said Kendra Swartz, lead designer, Liederbach and Graham Architects.

Additional details about the software, including pricing and availability, are available here.

• About Autodesk
  Autodesk helps people imagine, design and create a better world. Everyone–from design professionals, engineers and architects to digital artists, students and hobbyists—uses Autodesk software to unlock their creativity and solve important challenges. For more information visit autodesk.com or follow @autodesk.

Autodesk, the Autodesk logo, AutoCAD, and AutoCAD LT are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.

There’s ANOTHER hidden message inbox on Facebook

We know. Sounds suspicious and too weird to be true. But stay with us, and we’ll help you uncover them.

OK, so you know how there’s a “message request” box in your Facebook messenger inbox where you can either accept or deny messages from people who aren’t your friends? (Click here if you have no idea what I’m talking about.) Well, Facebook does some filtering of its own to decide which messages even pop up in that request section in the first place. Think of it like your email automatically sifts out spam.

This means there are potentially a huge pile of unseen (and unanswered) messages that didn’t make the “message request” cut. Who knows? Some of them might be useful.

We just went through all the steps and found so many messages. Let’s get you started so you can make the oh-my-god-what-is-happening face along with us.

1. Click on your Messenger app and go to the Settings button at the top (or bottom, depending on whether you’re using Apple or Android).

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2.Then go to “People”

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3. Click on “Message requests”

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4. From there, scroll to the bottom of the page where you’ll see a button “See filtered requests.”

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Go ahead. Go for it. See what happens.

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This is a great thing to know about if you use Facebook for work. There may be people trying to get in touch with you who don’t have your email or phone number. Of course, don’t be surprised when you see how many weirdos have been trying to contact you about your cat’s nighttime habits. But hey, we’re pretty used to the bizarre stuff online by now. It comes with the territory.

How much does Google REALLY know about YOU? Here’s how to find out

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Most of us have come to accept the fact that pretty much everything we do online is tracked and recorded.

And as the world’s biggest company, Google probably holds more data about us than anyone else – allowing the search giant to provide advertisers with detailed profiles of its users.

But have you ever wondered exactly what Google really knows about you?

In theory, your age, your gender, your interests, your search habits and your location history – along with any information you have included on your Google+ profile – should provide quite a comprehensive portrait.

However, depending on what permissions and access you have given Google at any given time, this picture could have been heavily distorted.

Here’s how to find out exactly who Google thinks you are:

Visit your account page

Open a browser and go to your account page by typinghttps://myaccount.google.com/ into the search bar.

You will need to make sure you are logged into your Google account to do this. If you’re not logged in, click on the circle in the top right hand corner of the screen and enter your sign-in details.

Many people don’t realise they have a Google account, but if you use any of Google’s services – such as Gmail, Hangouts, Drive or Calendar – then use these account credentials to log in.

Which devices have access to your account?

Over the years, you may have logged into your Google account from many devices, so it’s worth checking which still ones still have access and removing any you no longer use from the list.

Click the “Sign-in & security” tab and scroll down to “Device activity & notifications”. Here it will show you a list of “Recently used devices”, with information on when they were last used to access your account.

If there are any devices on the list that you no longer use, click on them and then click the “Remove” button.

This will sign you out of your Google account and any connected apps on that device.

Which apps are connected to your account?

You can also use the “Sign-in & security” tab to keep track of which apps and sites you have approved to connect to your account, and remove ones you no longer use or trust.

Scroll down to the “Connected apps & sites” section and click on “Manage apps” to see which apps are connected to your account.

For any you no longer use, click on them and then click the “Remove” button.

You can also use this section to check which passwords from Chrome and Android are saved with Google Smart Lock, and remove any you no longer use.

What search data does Google hold on me?

Now comes the juicy stuff. If you want to know what search data Google holds on you, go back to your account home page (https://myaccount.google.com/) and click on “Personal info & privacy”.

Scroll down to “Activity controls” and under “Your searches and browsing activity” click “Manage activity”.

In the top right hand corner of the “Insights” box, click the arrow next to “last week” and select “all time”.

This will give you a chronological list of everything you’ve searched for on any device, provided you were logged into your Google account at the time.

You can go through and delete specific searches. If you want to stop Google from recording your searches, go back to the “Personal info & privacy” page and under “Activity controls” untoggle “Your searches and browsing activity”.

Google warns that pausing this setting will prevent products like Google Now and Google+ from using your web and app activity to improve their suggestions and updates and provide personalised content.

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What does Google know about where I have been?

Many Google apps now use location information to personalise the experience for the user. As a result, Google probably has a fairly good idea where you’ve been.

If you want to know exactly what location data Google holds on you, go to the “Personal info & privacy” tab, and under “Places you go” click on “Manage activity”.

This will bring up a map of where you have been with your signed-in devices, with red dots representing locations you have visited. It may also show your home and work addresses, if you have provided this information.

Clicking on any of the red dots will bring up more information on when you were visited that location, routes you travelled and places you stayed, along with any photos you took along the way.

To delete any of these records, just click on the dustbin icon in the corner of the “Timeline” panel.

You can also prevent Google from recording this information by going back to the “Personal info & privacy” page and untoggling “Places you go”.

Once again, Google warned that this limits functionality of some Google products over time, such as Google Maps and Google Now.

Read more: Google accused of spying on children as young as seven via Chromebooks issued to schools

Who does Google think I am?

A good way to find out who Google thinks you are, is to check what information it uses to serve you ads.

You can do this by going back to the “Personal info & privacy” page, scrolling down to Ads settings and clicking “Manage ad settings”.

Here you can see what Google has identified as your gender and age, and a list of any interests Google has associated with your profile.

You can edit these interests, if you want to see more relevant ads, or delete them all, if you’d rather Google didn’t try to tailor your ad experience.

However, Google says that the ads you see may still be based on your general location (such as city or state) or recent searches.

Download your data

Finally, you can make a copy of the content in your account at any time, and use it for another service or just for your personal records.

Under “Personal info & privacy”, scroll down to “Control your content” and under “Download your data” click “Create archive”.

This will take you through to a page where you can choose which data to include, and then get a copy emailed to you as a zip file.

Google warns that this may take a long time (hours or possibly days) to create, but that it will email you when the file is ready.

WhatsApp to increase security with encrypted voice chats, as tech companies look to hide messages from government

 

The US government is attempting to force WhatsApp to break its security so that it can read the messages of a specific user, according to reports.

The Justice Department and the Facebook-owned company are currently locked in a standoff about how to spy on certain messages, according to the New York Times. A judge has allowed the government to look in on the chats of the user, but it can’t do so because those messages are encrypted, reports the New York Times.

The new case shows how the argument over encryption is spreading across the biggest technology companies, putting many of them against the Obama administration. The same dispute is playing out in the UK, as the British government attempts to force tech companies including WhatsApp and Apple to help hack into the phones of their users.

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Encryption locks messages so that they can only be read by the device that sent them and the one meant to receive them. Technology companies say that using strong encryption is key to their products, and that weakening it in one case would mean weakening it for all.

Some investigators hope that the problems with WhatsApp’s encryption could be solved by having a judge force WhatsApp to help get information by unlocking the app’s encryption, according to the NYT. Others say that the law should be changed to avoid similar difficulties in future.

But either decision could lead to a major re-writing of wiretapping laws to help governments get into encrypted conversations like WhatsApp. Current laws were written primarily for landline phones that were much easier to break into.

Neither WhatsApp or the government commented on the case to the NYT. But it does not involved terrorism.

Google, Facebook and Snapchat are all working on similar products, which first reported on the WhatsApp news. It isn’t clear what those products will be and they are further from launch than WhatsApp’s, but they will probably include some of the same protections.

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