AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, January 7, 2013
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, January 7, 2013
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InfoManager for Monday, January 7, 2012
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 iPad Rides High through the holiday season
02 Cinefy Free 'til Jan 10th - Create Movies With 100+ Special FX
03 IT Scare Stories: Bugs, Bangs and Ballistics
04 iOS How-Tos for 2012
05 10 Best Apps for Teachers
06 Mountain Lion's Preview
07 Reflector
08 Social Media Image Sizing Guide
09 Get Ready for the NFL Playoffs with PocketBracket
10 Energy Works; Spirit of Design, Health, Lifestyle Interactive Mag
11 BitSafe the Personal Information Manager for OS X
12 SCSC Releases Free eBook: Hard Drive Troubleshooting
13 Facebook starts off the new year with twists and turns
14 Quote: Thoughts on Thinking...
15 ... and have a great YEAR!
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01 iPad Rides High through the holiday season
UGNN InfoManager news all about Apple and Apple
computers The iPad did well over the holidays, and we tested
the iPad Mini at the New Year's party - streaming the Times
Square activities while streaming music - running the party
confidently without a glitch! Here are the best tidbits...
* 50M iPhone sales, 'booming' iPad mini expected in Apple's holiday quarter
* Apple's iPad kills the netbook; will MacBook Air devour notebooks next?
* Apple iPad 5 Rumors: Upcoming Device to Have a New Black Design and A7
* Grace Your iPad Mini With the Sterile Charm of an Apple Store Display
* Report: Post-Holiday Apple iPad Usage Dips as iPhone 5 Activity Rises
* Why The Drawing & Sketching App Paper Won Apple's iPad App For 2012
* Google's Text-to-Speech Engine Praises Apple's iPad
. . . and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/ipad_1301-07/
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02 Cinefy Free 'til Jan 10th -- Create Movies With 100+ Special FX
Cinefy Free Until January 10th - Create Movies With 100+
Special FX West Chester, Pennsylvania -- Cinefy, a
revolutionary new special FX studio, was released this for
free this week for iOS. Hot on the heels of popular apps
like Action Movie FX, Cinefy 1.1.5 allows iPhone, iPad, and
iPod touch users to create videos with over 100 Hollywood
quality special effects.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/cinefy/
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03 IT Scare Stories: Bugs, Bangs and Ballistics
The President's Nuclear Football' and its ability to start WWIII
have been the subject of movies, books and much debate. But what if
WWIII was in fact started by a computer glitch? This week we look back
at IT scare stories, data breaches of 2012, and how to prepare for the
security threats of 2013. What's your biggest security worry in 2013?
-- thanks Kasey Cassells!
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/it-scare-stories/
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04 iOS How-Tos for 2012
iMore has articles on How-To do things on Apple iOS devices.
This list consists of the most popular articles of 2012.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/ios-how-tos-for-2012/
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05 10 Best Apps for Teachers
This article on TechShout of course, is another list.
It is as the title above says a list of 10 iOS apps for teachers.
(A few are also on Android.)
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/10-best-apps-for-teachers/
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06 Mountain Lion's Preview
Macworld.com has a series of articles called Working Mac.
Subtitled "Get more out of your Mac with productivity tips and tricks."
This article looks at the changes to Apple's Preview
app in Mountain Lion.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/mountain-lions-preview/
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07 Reflector
Now it is possible to mirror your iPhone or iPad on to your
Mac or PC. Imagine the possibilities for demos.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/reflector/
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08 Social Media Image Sizing Guide
Social Media, be it Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or LinkedIn
are becoming more important in promoting almost everything.
This site gives you the details that you need to
make your graphics fit in.
http://ow.ly/gzUxt
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09 Get Ready for the NFL Playoffs with PocketBracket
PocketBracket allows users to create unlimited NFL Playoffs
brackets and organize pools that are automatically scored and ranked.
In addition, follow your NFL team through the playoff games on their
way to the Super Bowl. All conveniently from your iOS device.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/pocketbracket/
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10 Energy Works; Spirit of Design, Health, Lifestyle; New Interactive Mag
a non denominational, spa like, downloadable magazine, that has
well written articles that profile "Home Sanctuaries" and captivating
architecture. EW features stories that are eco forward, upscaled or
influenced by energy beliefs such as vastu, feng shui and spiritual
intention.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/energy-works/
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11 BitSafe the Personal Information Manager for OS X
BitSafe is a new personal information manager for OS X. BitSafe is
designed to store and organise sensitive information such as passwords
and financial details in a safe and secure format. Documents can be
stored in iCloud or Dropbox to make help ensure that the latest
versions are always available when you need them.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/bitsafe/
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12 SCSC Releases Free eBook: Hard Drive Troubleshooting
Computer Systems Company, LLC, (SCSC) has just released a new,
free eBook in PDF format title "Hard Drive Troubleshooting." The book,
which is 141 pages in length is available for free download to any
interested users from SCSC's web site
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/drive_troubleshooting/
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13 Facebook starts off the new year with twists and turns
UGNN InfoManager news all about social media and Facebook Kicking
the year off right, with a lot of news from Facebook -- now the
biggest online network in the world! And, you can count on the
Infomanager bringing you the most fun of it all:
* Google+ gaining ground against Facebook, the controversial way
* Shaquille O'Neal Peeing Facebook Post Spurs Anti-Gay Responses
* Facebook Profit Shows Existential Risk for Social Network
* Grom Social site for kids could halt Facebook's growth
* So long, Facebook and thanks for all the nothing
* Go Ahead, Complain About Your Job on Facebook
* How to quit Facebook
... and a lot more!
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/1301-07_facebook/
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14 Quote: Thoughts on Thinking...
All that we are is the result of what we have thought...
If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him...
If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him,
like a shadow that never leaves him.
-- Buddha
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15 ... and have a great week!
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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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