AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, November 28th, 2011
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, November 28th, 2011
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, November 28th, 2011
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- Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:13:35 -0500
InfoManager for Monday, November 28th, 2011
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 Safenetting Cyber Monday
02 iPhone InfoManager Cyber Monday
03 Cookies for Christmas
04 Santa's World
05 iOS 5: Complete LIst of 200+ New Features
06 Stargazing on your iPhone
07 Learn iOS By Qualified Experts
08 College of Engineering Magazine for iPad
09 Most Advanced iPad Scientific Calculator
10 A Better Way To Take Notes?
11 Solar charging for your devices
12 World's first iPad celebrity news magazine
13 Craigslist results with HD images
14 10 Useful Tools For Mac
15 AppliFX 2.0
16 Quotes : Les Brown and Henry Adam
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01 Safenetting Cyber Monday
Here we are in the high shopping season
- but watch out, the criminals are out to get you
- Here are the headlines:
* Spam in October 2011: More Countries Getting in on the Act
* Spam - the email kind - is pretty slick, too
* Microsoft refunds Xbox Live phishing scam victims
* Cyber Monday phishing, scams
* PayPal email address change phishing scheme
* Cleverest Facebook scam yet
* Android Malware Is Increasing
* McAfee Internet Security for Mac 2012
* Analysis: Does the government really understand the cyber threat?
. . . and more!
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/safenet1127/
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02 iPhone InfoManager Cyber Monday
Lots and lots going on in the world of iPhone - and
"Black Friday" even bleeds into Toronto where the Eaton
Center Apple store was standing-room-only...
* iPhone 4S finally launches
* iPhone 5 to Come with 4-inch Display?
* Study finds Apple ecosystem helps iPhone lead industry
* Why I chose to join the cult - of iPhone users
* Why doesn't iPhone wifi sync with iTunes work better?
* Jailbreak Only: MobileMonitor - Big Brother Meets Your iPhone
* Schneier on iPhone security
* Samsung's new ad mocks iPhone users. Rather well, too.
and more PLUS videos
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/111127/
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03 Cookies for Christmas
CulinartMedia, Inc. has introduced Cookies for Christmas
1.1, for iOS devices. Thoughts of family gatherings and
visiting friends and bringing in the season with delicious
treats means it's time once again to begin baking Christmas
cookies. With over 50 recipes, including traditional
favorites like gingerbread and shortbread to new favorites
like panettone and sevillanas, this app makes it easy to
bake great-tasting treats at home. Each recipe displays
step-by-step color photos, ingredient listings, in-built
timer, and shopping and favorite lists along with videos and
a "know-how" section.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/cookies/
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04 Santa's World
There are five unique games within Santa's World that
are perfect for enjoying the Christmas spirit and holiday
season. Have you ever wanted to help the elves inside
Santa's workshop? Santa's World is designed to do just that
with exciting puzzles and games across the north pole! Help
the elves by building toys like rocket ships and instruments
from scratch! After the toys have been lined up and
assembled, help the master elf place the correct presents
inside Santa's bag.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/santas-world/
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05 iOS 5: Complete LIst of 200+ New Features
At the June 6 WWDC, Apple gave us 20 new features for
iOS 5. But there were over 200 new features promised. I know
I couldn't come close to naming them. This article on
TechZoom started listing them on June 8th. Now they have a
list of 248 features plus 16 updates although not all of the
updates apply to iOS 5.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/ios-5/
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06 Stargazing on your iPhone
Here's an education app that allows you to easily locate
and identify 20,000 objects in the night sky - assuming we
wanted to identify 20,000 objects in the night sky. The
360-degree, touch control star map displays constellations,
stars, planets, satellites, and galaxies currently overhead
from anywhere on Earth.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/11399/
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07 Learn iOS By Qualified Experts
IWannaMakeAnApp.com, a new platform which offers
aspiring developers the opportunity to learn how to make
apps for iPad, iPhone and the Blackberry Tablet, announces
its new platform of teachers and professionals sharing their
knowledge through educational online courses.
IWannaMakeAnApp.com provides app development courses from
Udemy with exclusive discounts going up to 60%. The website
not only sells courses, it also grants a certificate of
participation to students whom have taken a course from the
website.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/learn-ios-by-qualified-experts/
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08 College of Engineering Magazine for iPad
9magnets LLC has launched a new digital magazine for the
iPad in coordination with the Valparaiso University College
of Engineering. Designed to be an attractive way to keep in
touch with current students, faculty, alumni, and friends of
the university, the application is a flexible and friendly
way to present in-depth stories, exciting videos, and
beautiful photo galleries.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/9magnets/
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09 Most Advanced iPad Scientific Calculator
Version 1.2 of CAS Calc P11, a fully developed
scientific calculator for the iPad. Comparable to Maple and
Ti92/Ti89, this is the most powerful calculator available
for the iPad.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/cas/
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10 A Better Way To Take Notes?
PAD Software is calling their new "Scrawl," a beautiful
yet simple note-taking app for OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard,
and Lion. Scrawl is easy to access, and it sits right in the
menu bar. It has a QuickLook-like window based off of Snow
Leopard, auto save (in OS X Snow Leopard and Leopard as
well, not Lion required), and it is extremely customizable.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/scrawl/
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11 Solar charging for your devices
The new SunLeaf Pro - the iPad Solar Charger - is a
USB-based device which plugs into an electronic gadget like
the iPad or a Kindle, and can fold up to an eighth of its
size.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/solar/
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12 World's first iPad celebrity news magazine
Stone Age Publishing has launched CELEBRITY iSPY, the
world's first magazine created exclusively for the iPad. No
more scrolling through PDFs of print magazines, CELEBRITY
iSPY uses the latest technology to bring fans of
entertainment and celebrity culture the latest photos, news,
fashion insights, gossip, scandals, interviews, videos and
more.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/ispy/
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13 Craigslist results with HD images
Craigly is the popular Craigslist multi-location search
for iOS. Designed originally for iPhones, Craigly gives
users an alternative to Craigslist with multi-location
searches, saved searches, search monitors, favorites and
posting with images. The most significant feature is giving
users multiple views of their search results including: an
images text view; a thumbnail-only view; a full-screen
image-only listing browser view; and a Google Map view of
listings with images. Version 3.3 add high-definition result
images on retina-display devices.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/craigslist/
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14 10 Useful Tools For Mac
This article on A1Daily.com presents 10 tools, add-ons
and software for Mac OS X. These are the author's weapons of
choice when designing and boosting productivity.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/10-useful-tools-for-mac/
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15 AppliFX 2.0
Independent iPhone app developer, emirBytes has
announced that AppliFX is available for download in the
Apple's App Store. The app is created specifically for the
iPhone and iPod touch platform, utilizing the touch
interface. It is also compatible for iPad devices.
http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/applifx-2-0/
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16 Quotes : Les Brown and Henry Adam
"Other people's opinion of you does not have to
become your reality."
- Les Brown
"A teacher affects eternity: he can never tell
where his influence stops."
- Henry Adams
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17 ... and have a great week!
Remember, I invite all user groups to use this column in
full or in pieces in your newsletter. Or add a link to
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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
Forum days, then out onto the web.
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