AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, January 21, 2013
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, January 21, 2013
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InfoManager for Monday, January 21, 2012
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 Top Ten Apps to Start 2013 Off Right!
02 New App Brings Emergency Response To Your iPhone
03 Apple TV Presentation Part 3
04 App Tamer 1.3.2
05 Favors App
06 Dolly Drive launches web series
07 10 Things to do with your Mac
08 Measures 2.3.0 conversion utility with iPhone5
09 Drop-n-Roll - Moviemaking has never been so easy
10 The simplest drawing app for your iPhone or iPad
11 Quotes: Winfrey, Schweitzer
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01 Top Ten Apps to Start 2013 Off Right!
It's that time again: The New Year has arrived and everyone's
excited to start 2013 on the right foot. We re ready to tackle the
biggest projects, climb the tallest mountains, and make the biggest
deals. Now all we need are the right tools to help us get the job done.
To make this task easier on you, we ve compiled a list of ten
innovative apps that are bound to be big hits in 2013.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/top-ten-apps/
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02 New App Brings Emergency Response To Your iPhone
Medlert 1.4.2 is a free Medical Emergency Response App built for
families and individuals with High Risk Medical Conditions. One push of
a button during an emergency notifies your selected family, friends,
doctor and 911 simultaneously.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/medalert/
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03 Apple TV Presentation Part 3
Previously Part 1 and Part 2 have been posted. In this post, I will
talk about third party apps that can access AirPlay as well as some
companion hardware that may not directly help with the Apple TV, but
help to "cut the cord."
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/apple-tv-presentation-part-3/
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04 App Tamer 1.3.2
St. Clair Software has updated its Macintosh utility, App Tamer.
It automatically pauses applications to improve battery life and reduce
CPU usage. Praised by both users and the press for its sophistication
and ease of use, App Tamer makes it easy to conserve battery and CPU
power. This update adds support for Retina Displays and restarts
background applications in response to gestures or scroll-wheel activity
in their windows, allowing you to scroll background windows without
activating a stopped application. This release also corrects several
bugs in the previous version of App Tamer.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/app-tamer-1-3-2/
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05 Favors App
NIL has announced the release of Favors 1.0, a new iOS app that lets
anybody issue coupons for Apple's Passbook app. All you do to create a
new coupon is fill in the fields such as who it's from, the favor you
owe, and who the coupon is for. You can also change the color of the
coupon if you d like.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/favors-app/
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06 Dolly Drive launches web series
Dolly Drive, makers of online backup & cloud storage for Mac
computers, has launched its new webinar series "15 Minutes on ". The
fifteen minute web sessions will show Dolly Drive users how to make best
use of the app's capabilities in easy sessions. The first in the series
will highlight "How to use Dolly Drive's new Space feature for cloud
productivity".
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/dolly-drive-launches-web-series/
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07 10 Things to do with your Mac
This article on Techradar, is entitled "10 cool things you
didn t know your Mac could do." This was originally
published in the British magazine, MacFormat's
February 2011 issue.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/10-things-to-do-with-your-mac/
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08 Measures 2.3.0 conversion utility with iPhone5
Neuwert-Media has forced a major update into their popular unit and
currency conversion utility for iOS devices Measures. Measures is
designed with a focus on usability. The range of conversions offered can
suit everybody from a college student to a seasoned engineer or
scientist. Travelers might find currency and clothes / shoes sizes
conversions very useful. Version 2.3.0 available from today adds support
for iPhone 5 gorgeous 4-inch screen as well as few new features and
units.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/measures/
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09 Drop-n-Roll - Moviemaking has never been so easy
Drop'n'Roll Lite - Moviemaking has never been so easy Hong Kong
New Photographers Burning Factory has rolled out Drop n'Roll Lite for
Mac OS X. The app mashes user's video clips into a movie accompanied by
soundtrack, and it makes it instantly and automatically. No editing
skills are needed. Just shoot more video.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/dropnroll/
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10 The simplest drawing app for your iPhone or iPad
Drwer 1.0 for iOS - The simplest drawing app for your iPhone or iPad
Tanner Christensen, creator of the best-selling Lifestyle app Oflow, has
launched Drwer 1.0 for iOS, the perfect app for creatives and artists
who need to jot an idea down or do a quick sketch without having to fuss
over impractical features and unnecessary settings in an app. Just
launch and draw, it's that easy.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/01/drawit/
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11 Quotes: Winfrey, Schweitzer
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.
If you concentrate on what you don't have,
you will never, ever have enough.
--Oprah Winfrey
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out.
It is then burst into flame by an encounter with
another human being.
We should all be thankful for those people who
rekindle the inner spirit.
--Albert Schweitzer
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17 ... 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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