AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, July 16, 2012
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, July 16, 2012
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, July 16, 2012
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InfoManager for Monday, July 16, 2012
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 UGNN Facebook Update . . . smooth moves, pitfalls ???
02 Safenetting : Malware Report 1207.15
03 10 Essential Mac Apps
04 EverClip
05 Add 5 Finder Functions to Mac with 2 Apps
06 Cryptzone calls for state education about the dangers of cyberspace
07 Lion Tweaks 2.01
08 6 Ways to Regain Disk Space on Mac
09 Safenetting : Malware Report 1207.10
10 Crowdsourcing news update for Summer
11 Quotes: Disraeli, Aikman, Petit-Senn
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01 UGNN Facebook Update . . . smooth moves, pitfalls ???
UGNN InfoManager news all about social media and
Facebook Facebook updates follow smooth moves and pitfalls
-- sometimes the ones users never see! This edition has some
shocking new developments you may or may not like
* Yoga Teacher Fired for Telling Facebook Employee - No Phones
* Facebook Totally Demolished Yahoo In The Patent Fight
* Facebook scans chats and posts for criminal activity
* Facebook Security - Checkpoint Hits Roadblock
* Facebook likes and adverts value doubted
* Facebook Didn't Kill Digg, Reddit Did
. . . and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/07/facebook_1207-15/
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02 Safenetting : Malware Report 1207.15
Our earlier report this week just wasn't enough
- we have to file once again . . .
* Facebook Users Claim Malware Checkpoint Locked Their Accounts
* Intel OS X binary of latest multiplatform malware discovered
* Android malware's dirty secret: Repackaging of legit apps
* Cross-platform Trojan attacks Windows, Intel Macs, Linux
* New Zeus malware grabs victims' money via Facebook, GMail
and more . . .
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/07/malware_1207-15/
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03 10 Essential Mac Apps
MacLife has joined the Mac Bundle business.
Their first offer has $926 worth of apps for $49.99.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/07/10-essential-mac-apps/
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04 EverClip
Ignition Soft has announced the availability of its
productivity app EverClip 1.0.0, exclusively iPhone and iPod
touch. Clip texts and images from other apps, which supports
copy & paste function, and organize them in EverClip before
sending to Evernote.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/07/everclip/
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05 Add 5 Finder Functions to Mac with 2 Apps
The actual title of this article on Mac360 - by Jack
Miller is actually '5 Finder Functions Your Mac Doesn't Have
But You Get With These Two Apps.' The two apps in
discussion are TotalFinder and Neu.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/07/add-5-finder-functions-to-mac-with-2-apps/
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06 Cryptzone calls for state education about the dangers of cyberspace
Cryptzone Vice President said
"Children are using technology at a younger and younger age, but
are not hearing suitable security messages often enough.
Many parents are in the dark themselves, so unable to pass on
these skills to their children."
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/07/child_safet/
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07 Lion Tweaks 2.01
Lion Tweaks is a freeware utility from Fredrik Wiker.
Version 2 added support for Mountain Lion and Gatekeeper.
The idea is to put back some of the features that were
discontinued with Lion.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/07/lion-tweaks-2-01/
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08 6 Ways to Regain Disk Space on Mac
MacLife has posted this article about regaining disk
space on your Mac. In these days of 500+ GB disks, us old
timers wonder how you could possibly have disk space issues.
But it does happen.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/07/6-ways-to-regain-disk-space-on-mac/
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09 Safenetting : Malware Report 1207.10
Phishing, attack sites, and malware sites keep getting
hotter, as the summer grinds on. Headlines since last time .
. .
* Scam Warning: Citadel Malware Delivers Reveton Ransomware
* Another malware sneaks past Google Play's defenses
* alware deadline passes, very few knocked offline
* Flame malware prompts Windows encryption revamp
* Apple App Store gets first malware app
and more . . .
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/07/malwareupdate/
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10 Crowdsourcing news update for Summer
It's about time for another update on the ever-expanding
phenomena of crowdsourcing! There are some astonishing
headlines since last time . . .
* Fortune 500 Crowdsourcing is a Force to be Reckoned With
* Poptent Raises $5.5 Million to Support Continued Growth
* Pendulo Studios crowdsourcing ?satire with a conscience?
* Jennifer Lopez starts a new role: startup exec
* Penny Arcade and Steam turn to crowdsourcing
Let's see... what's up in crowdsourcing this summer
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/07/crowdsourcing-2/
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11 Quotes: Gibran, Cunningham<
The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing
that enters the house as a guest, and then
becomes a host, and then a master.
~ Kahlil Gibran
Party well.
~ Spoken by Preston D. Cunningham, Island Administrator;
Bimini Bahamas; August 4, 2007... at the Bimini Sands
http://www.biminisands.com/
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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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