Earlier in the week I published a list of my Essential WordPress Plugins.

There is a new user experience change that has come to YouTube. Window boxing, the black bars that appear above and below, will no longer appear on videos that have higher aspect ratios. Unfortunately it can’t do anything for your crappy vertical cellphone video. Click here to read more.

Linkedin would like you to use voice messaging to interact with others. The general consensus seems to be it is a pretty useless idea. Click here to read more.

Lifehacker has a collection of links to online speed test sites. Make sure you are getting the speed you are paying for. Click here to read more.

The Pentagon has released a report on the risks of Russian and Chinese software. Last year the government warned off the use of Kaspersky Lab Anti-virus software. Read the article from Defense One or the Report (Adobe PDF).

Finally, if typography is your thing there is a website with resources to make your site look good. Better Web Type

That is it for this week. Have a good weekend!