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If you have Apple Quicktime for Windows, uninstall it!

It is a confirmed security risk. Apple confirms that it is no longer supporting Quicktime for Windows - engadget.com Apple confirms that it is no longer supporting Quicktime for Windows If you somehow still have it installed, get it off your machine pronto. Read more →

Revit User Group Auckland April Meeting Announcement

This month we have a presentation from Sam Macalister, Autodesk Australia, on soon to be released Autodesk BIM 2017 products. Can’t be any more specific that that as some are not yet announced! What's new: Autodesk BIM 2017 - Sponsored by A2K Technologies When: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 Where: Jasmax 2 Marston Street Parnell Auckland (From the top of the stairs, turn right at reception, meeting space past the café area) Please join us from 5.30pm: 6:00pm : Welcome and Introduction 6:05pm : Presentation What is new in the Autodesk 2017 BIM product range. Samuel Macalister (Senior Technical Sales Specialist... Read more →

Seeing with Microsoft’s Cognitive Services

It was interesting to try Microsoft Cognitive Services & Bots after seeing the keynote presentation* from the recent Build conference. I thought www.captionbot.ai did quite well with this photo of Alfie considering the mix of elements in the image. Writing a caption for a dog photo is amusingly impressive but this real application of cognitive computing is magical: About Caption Bot: * Click on the time below to launch the relevant section of the Build Day 1 Keynote video: [2:05:50] Cornelia Carapcea, Senior PM, Cognitive APIs [2:07:13] "What is in this image" demo [2:07:58] CaptionBot Read more →

Vale Dame Zaha Hadid – BBC Desert Island Discs

I first heard this when it was uploaded in February 2016 but it’s timely to share given the recent news of her death. I was familiar with Dame Zaha Hadid’s work but Desert Island Discs gives some insight into Zaha Hadid, the person. Due to copyright restrictions her chosen eight music tracks are trimmed to 10 second clips but that just leaves a fascinating interview. Vale Dame Zaha Hadid, who leaves a remarkable legacy. BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Dame Zaha Hadid - 2016-02 Kirsty Young's castaway is the architect, Dame Zaha Hadid. The first woman to be... Read more →