AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, November 15th, 2010
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, November 15th, 2010
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, November 15th, 2010
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InfoManager for Monday, November 15th, 2010
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 Stop Paying for Apps
02 Gifts: Ultimate Tool Guide 2011
03 Gifts: Go Clip-it USB
04 Protecting Artists' Rights
05 Get the Business (App)
06 Stencils - Draw & Design!
07 Santa's Xmas Mess
08 Where are your kids? Employees?
09 How ugly are you?
10 Scanner Pro 3.0
11 Simple Genius
12 Mac Menubar Apps
13 ProCamera 2.95 for iOS
14 Star Walk 5.0- Augmented Reality
15 PopOut! The Tale Of Peter Rabbit
16 Retro Games on OS X
17 Quotes: Don Herold, Carl Jung
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01 Stop Paying for Apps
Independent developer Richard Madison now gives you the
opportunity to scoff up on commercial, paid apps for FREE, with
his release of Freedom Lite 1.2, the free version of his
popular app discovery application for iPhone, iPad and iPod
touch. Did you know that app developers put hundreds of
iPod, iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free every day?
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/11/stop-paying-for-apps/
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02 Gifts: Ultimate Tool Guide 2011
Just yesterday I was saying to colleagues,
"You can never really have enough tools"
so, thank goodness for Make's new Tool Guide!
MAKE Magazine's special Ultimate Workshop and Tool Guide 2011
reveals the top tools and tricks for today's DIY 'maker' workshop
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/11/ultimate-workshop-and-tool-guide-2011/
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03 Gifts: Go Clip-it USB
The folks at Verbatim have married portable storage and
award-winning design with its all-new Store 'n' Go Clip-it
USB drive, an innovative solution that lets consumers
seamlessly combine their digital and hardcopy files.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/11/go-clip-it-usb/
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04 Protecting Artists' Rights
The Business of Being an Artist - In the fourth edition of
this essential artists- reference, art world insider Daniel
Grant offers a comprehensive guide to making a living through art.
This new edition has been updated to include sections on how to
market and sell art in a weak economy and how to succeed in
the business of marketing online, including tips on
creating a successful Web site and blog.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/11/protecting-artists-rights/
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05 Get the Business (App)
Fred Showker's Business apps round-up -- A few companies
continue to work towards better business for the mobile market
while others concentrate on games and fun. This line-up of
business tools includes:
* Financial Calculator for iPhone
* Finance and Investment Banking App
* AccountEdge Gains Local Focus in Asia
* Calculator Meets Spreadsheet
* Realize Your Business Ideas
* Management Learning Studio
* and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/11/get-the-business-app/
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06 Stencils - Draw & Design!
Stencils - Draw & Design! is an App that enables users to
create high-quality artwork on their iPhone and iPod touch
devices, no matter what their artistic ability is.The App
leverages a large stencil library with precise multitouch
controls to unleash anyone's creativity.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/11/stencils-draw-design/
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07 Santa's Xmas Mess
Want your Christmas Present? Catch it! Santa's Xmas Mess for
Apple's revolutionary iPad device is a fun arcade style
tap-the-right-item type of game.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/11/santas-xmas-mess/
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08 Where are your kids? Employees?
Retina-X Studios, the creators of the first spy software for
the iPhone and Android, have launched Mobile Spy for Apple
iPhone 4 devices. No other professional monitoring software
is currently compatible with iPhone iOS 4. Users can silently
track GPS locations, SMS messages, photos and calls of
children or employees inside a secure online control panel.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/11/where-are-your-kids-employees/
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09 How ugly are you?
Sometimes you just need 3rd party validation.
Now, with the Ugly Meter, when you think someone is ugly,
but everyone else says 'oh how cute' - thanks to technology,
you can pull in the ultimate independant expert.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/11/how-ugly-are-you/
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10 Scanner Pro 3.0
Readdle has announced the release and immediate availability
of Scanner Pro 3.0, a major update to their popular iPhone
application that transforms the device into a portable scanner.
Using Scanner Pro 3.0, iPhone owners scan multi-page documents
lightning fast thanks to a new, specially designed interface.
The new black and white mode, with reduced file sizes,
enables users to e-mail documents with twice
as many pages as before.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/11/scanner-pro-3-0/
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11 Simple Genius
FourthFrame Technologies has announced updates to all three
apps in the top-selling Simple Genius Apps suite: SG Project 2.2,
SG Action Log 1.1, and SG Risk Log 1.1. This trio represents a
leap forward in usability and utility for mobile project managers.
With this wave of updates FourthFrame continues its trend of
relentlessly improving products utilizing a blend of customer
feedback and their proven app design skills.
All three apps are available now on the App Store.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/11/simple-geniusj/
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12 Mac Menubar Apps
This article at AppCulture.net is about how to fill up the
area of the menubar next to the date and clock in the upper
right corner of the screen with useful or
at least interesting items.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/11/mac-menubar-apps/
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13 ProCamera 2.95 for iOS
daemgen.net has announced that ProCamera 2.95 for iOS has
received top honors, Gold Medal as Best Camera App, from the
international technology weblog Gizmodo. In addition to advanced
picture optimization, creative adjustments, anti-shake image
stabilization, and still/video compatibility, the app was
cited for its Expert Mode that enables the user to set and
lock focus, exposure, and white balance to different areas
on the viewfinder. The camera apps Hipstamatic and Camera
Plus Pro received the Silver and Bronze Medals.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/11/procamera-2-95-for-ios/
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14 Star Walk 5.0 - Augmented Reality
Vito Technology - the Apple Design Awards 2010 winner has
announced a birthday version of its best seller app Star Walk -
5 Stars Astronomy Guide. This is a revolutionary update that brings
augmented reality to the new gen iPod touch.
For the first time ever iPod touch fellows can enjoy the enhanced
features of Star Walk even without a digital compass. iPhone 4
users will not feel left out. Real-time satellite tracking,
calibration tool, TelRad, and new content make Star Walk one
of the most accurate, precise and interactive app for anyone
who has ever wondered where the Big Dipper is!
http://ow.ly/39x0M
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15 PopOut! The Tale Of Peter Rabbit
Loud Crow Interactive Inc. has announced its debut digital book,
PopOut! The Tale of Peter Rabbit, has been chosen Apple's iPhone
'App of the Week' in North America and several other countries.
It is also the iPad 'App of the Week' in Australia and New Zealand.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/11/popout-the-tale-of-peter-rabbit/
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16 Retro Games on OS X
This article from last April, by Joshua Johnson reminds us
about the good times by telling us of Nintendo and Playstation
emulators for the Macintosh.
Of course at one point there was a commercial emulator of the
Playstation, not only for the Mac but also for the PC.
http://www.ugnn.com/2010/11/attack-of-the-mac-emulators-retro-games-on-os-x/
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17 Quotes: Don Herold, Carl Jung
"There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence
and more sense than we have."
- Don Herold
"Your vision will become clear
only when you look into your heart.
Who looks outside, dreams.
Who looks inside, awakens."
- Carl Jung
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12 For November 15, have a great MONTH!
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** THE INFO MANAGER
A weekly column from the mice of Lynn Wegley and Fred Showker.
Lynn is a UGN veteran (AOL User Groups Forum) and User Group Network.
He's been a supporter and volunteer on many, many UGNet and User
Group Academy projects. As a long time user group member, he's
been a volunteer from Honolulu to Boston and beyond.
Currently working primarily the with the Cowtown MUG of Ft. Worth
but also works with the Apple Corp of Dallas and is a lifetime
member of TUMS the Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society).
Fred has been user group guy since 1986, through the AOL
UG Forumdays, then out onto the web.
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