AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, September 3, 2012
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, September 3, 2012
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InfoManager for Monday, September 3, 2012
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 MUG: Blast from the Past
02 loopy! Math Education App
03 Help Kids Learn How to Keep a Monthly Schedule
04 iPhone App Filters Inappropriate Content
05 Flashcards for Toddlers iPad
06 Learning the English Alphabet is Fun
07 Smartphone Asthma Management
08 iPad Storytelling App for Kids with Autism
09 Crow in Mac App Store
10 iPhone photography guide
11 How to Create a Stylish Slideshow
12 TopXNotes 1.7.4
13 RANT : IPAD & IPHONE APPS THAT SUCK
14 Quote: Abraham Lincoln
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01 MUG: Blast from the Past
Saundra Foderick writes on her Facebook wall : "Box of
old tees from 1985 to 2012 have a new use" ... and shows
this photo of the tees sewn together ...
how many of these Tshirts do YOU own ???
http://ow.ly/dqrHM
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02 loopy! Math Education App
Vancouver, Canada -- Parents who want to give their
children a lifelong learning advantage can now download the
new math education app loopy! and lay a proper foundation
for quantitative skills that will deliver rewards for the
rest of their lives.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/09/loopy-math/
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03 Help Kids Learn How to Keep a Monthly Schedule
4KidCal LLC. has announced the launch of 4KidCal onto
the App Store. Compatible with the iPhone, iPad, and iPod
touch, 4KidCal is a wild new calendar app created
specifically to help young children learn how to organize
events, make plans for the days ahead, and learn the
invaluable skills of long term time management.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/09/kids_calendar/
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04 iPhone App Filters Inappropriate Content
Rajasthan, India - Retina-X Studios, winner of the 2012
TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award for cell phone monitoring software,
announced today the release of SmyleSafe Mobile Browser and
Parental Control Suite for Android, iPhone, BlackBerry and
Windows Phone 7 smartphones.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/09/iphone_filter/
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05 Flashcards for Toddlers iPad
Newcastle, Australia - Parents and pre-school educators
searching for an ideal iPad app for young children that will
give them a learning advantage to last a lifetime can now
download the fun, effective and innovative Flashcards for
iPad app from INKids.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/09/flashcards/
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06 Learning the English Alphabet is Fun
Manipal, India - "ABCs are Fun" is an ideal product for
ESL (English Second Language) students. Compatible with the
iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, ABCs are Fun is a wild new
language learning solution built specifically with toddlers
in mind.
(This developer titled the app : "ABC's Are Fun")
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/09/esl/
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07 Smartphone Asthma Management
iSonea Ltd. has launched a new asthma management
smartphone app, AsthmaSense, available for iPhone, iPad and
Android users. AsthmaSense is the most comprehensive, yet
easy-to-use smartphone app designed specifically to help
improve the way people live with and manage asthma.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/09/asthma-management/
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08 iPad Storytelling App for Kids with Autism
Limited Cue LLC, an independent mobile application
developer, has just rocketed their second application to the
Apple App Store worldwide. Stories About Me is an Apple iPad
application designed specifically for kids with autism, kids
with special needs and disabilities, and early learners in
general. The application helps the users to create
situational stories about themselves, and to share what they
think and feel with others.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/09/storytelling_autism/
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09 Crow in Mac App Store
Sunside has announced that their action-adventure title
Crow is available for sale on the Mac App Store and Mac Game
Store online.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/09/crow-in-mac-app-store/
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10 iPhone photography guide
Leanna Lofte has written a guide to using the iPhone's
camera for iMore.com. It is aimed at the iPhone 4S, but
much of it would be appropriate for any of the iPhone
cameras.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/09/iphone-photography-guide/
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11 How to Create a Stylish Slideshow
Ben Harvell gives a nice tutorial to using Keynote
in this MacLife article.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/09/how-to-create-a-stylish-slideshow/
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12 TopXNotes 1.7.4
With performance enhancements, bug fixes, and a NoteSync
process that is a snap to set up, TopXNotes will keep your
notes synchronized between TopXNotes for Mac and TopXNotes
Touch for iPhone and iPod touch. TopXNotes 1.7.4 includes
new support menus, Help updates and a bug fix. It is also
signed with our Apple issued Developer ID to conform with
Mac OS X 10.8 (Mt. Lion) Gatekeeper standards.
http://www.ugnn.com/2012/09/topxnotes-1-7-4/
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13 RANT : What would Steve Gobs say???
What really burns me up is that lots of people have posted their
beaming, positive reviews of apps that suck.
What would Steve Gobs say???
As I review apps, many, many really suck. Yet all of their reviews
are positive. What's with that? Does Apple mask bad reviews?
One reviewed yesterday uses improper English and grammar in a kids
app. Is that what you want for your kids?
I downloaded a SONG app for my grandchild and it HAS THE WRONG CHORDS
FOR THE SONGS !!!! Unbelievable that an app developer creating a SONG
app doesn't use the correct chords????
Yet all the reviews are positive???
Are the reviewers just stupid and don't know the difference?
Are those paid reviews ???
Reviews from the developer???
So, I post my comment with the REAL evaluation, and it doesn't
show up. What's with that????
So they are selling like hot cakes, and the developer gets rich for
selling apps that really, really suck.
Something's really fishy with this scenario.
This week, TWO of our reviewed apps list themselves in the U.S. however,
upon investigation finds they are actually off-shore.
Oh, you didn't think I should spell "Steve Jobs" as "Steve Gobs" ???
Wonder why Apple promotes such mistakes?
Hmpf
Fred
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14 Quote: Abraham Lincoln
"I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy
as they make up their minds to be."
~ Abraham Lincoln
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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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