AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, July 8, 2013
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, July 8, 2013
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, July 8, 2013
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InfoManager for Monday, July 8, 2013
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 CISPA -- Obama? Google? NSA? DHS? Al Qaeda? Who?
02 Teachers With Apps CERTIFIED
03 Parent's Assistant
04 Augmented Reality: Hype, Research & Effects
05 Air Media Server
06 Switching To Mac
07 Cyber Security -- Beijing, South Korea and Hacker superstars
08 Fact Checking
09 7 Ways to Keep Your Secrets Safe Online
10 The future of cinema and TV: It's game over for the hi-res hype
11 Quotes: What about time?
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01 CISPA -- Obama? Google? NSA? DHS? Al Qaeda? Who?
User Group Network UGN Safenetting and Cybercrime report
Following along with the CISPA issues, and the recent 'awakenings'
about Google, and google glass, and the NSA, it such an interesting
experiment in the "social" human. That's why we have included Obama's
video on the subject below. You recall people on Facebook who shared
and 'liked' insane political propaganda depicting Obama as the second
coming of Jesus Christ during the campaign -- but now, they're
insanely against his policies. But then in the next moment, they click
Google to search for something. They either don't get it -- or they're
in denial. Anyway, read it with a level eye by following the
InfoManager . . .
* NSA revelations throw wrench into lawmakers' cybersecurity push
* Michael Seeds: Behind-the-scenes cyber advocate
* 6 tech policy issues you should be following
* DHS hopes get same cyber-spying powers as NSA
* Obama: "No One Is Listening To Your Phone Calls"
and more . . .
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/07/cispa_0708/
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02 Teachers With Apps CERTIFIED
Southampton, New York - Teachers With Apps has announced 25 apps
honored with the Teachers With Apps CERTIFIED badge of approval. The
Teachers With Apps Certification Program was designed to recognize
apps that go above and beyond excellent. This distinction is awarded
to education apps that prove exemplary in the following areas:
content, presentation, and execution, as well as overall user
experience.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/07/teachers-with-apps-certified/
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03 Parent's Assistant
This is a list of apps for iPhone and/or iPad that help with
parenting. It comes from a web site called App Advice.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/07/parents-assistant/
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04 Augmented Reality: Hype, Research & Effects
Augmented_Reality Augmented Reality - media hype, or the future?
Google Glass seems to have made augmented reality, a reality. But is
it really AR? And just how useful can AR actually be? This week we
look the reality of augmented reality with personal views, the
potential for training, and the effect of AR on everyday life.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/07/augmented-reality/
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05 Air Media Server
I'm always looking for ways to expand video usage on my Mac. My
Mac User Group has had presentations on a number of AirPlay devices
and apps at the first of the year as well as one more recently on
building a media server using Plex on the Mac and using a Roku box to
receive the Plex video. We only briefly mentioned that someone has
figure out how how to use the Trailers app on AppleTV to receive Plex
video as well. Air Media Server would be a competitive product to
Plex and would run natively on each device...
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/07/air-media-server/
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06 Switching To Mac
This is a web site dedicated to those who used Windows machines
before switching to Macintosh or those who are just considering the
switch.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/07/switching-to-mac/
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07 Cyber Security -- Beijing, South Korea and Hacker superstars
User Group Network UGN Safenetting and Cyber Security report
Beijing, Army Reserves, Hacker superstars and South Korea all in the
news this week -- but amazingly, things seem to be slowing down, or
else more is happening we're not being told about!
This is the nineth installment of the infomanager: "Cybersecurity"
* Cyber Security: Beijing wants US to help settle regional tension
* Cyber security: Why it needs to be a board-level issue
* Army Reserves will become cyber security specialists
* Hacking competitions seek cybersecurity superstars
* Financial Industry Is Serious About Cybersecurity
* South Korea to Train 5000 Cybersecurity Experts
* Cyber Experts Unite To Halt 'Gunpowder Moment'
* China ready to talk cyber security
and more . . .
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/07/cyber_security_07/
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08 Fact Checking
If you, like me are getting tired of all the ridiculous stories
that are spread across the social networks, then you will appreciate
this list of Fact Checking web site.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/07/fact-checking/
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09 7 Ways to Keep Your Secrets Safe Online
More than a quarter of college admissions officers have Googled
or "Facebooked" potential applicants, reports the Huffington Post.
It's probably not that they expect you to be a criminal, they're
double checking to make sure your persona matches your claims. And
they're not the only ones.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/07/keep_secrets_safe_online/
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10 The future of cinema and TV: It's game over for the hi-res hype
This week's bursts from Terry "The Mac Doctor" Bowman, comes with
the subject line : "Is your movie strobing?" (among others!)
Digital video guru and author of The MPEG Handbook, John Watkinson,
examines the next generation of TV and film and reveals it shouldn't
be anything like what we're being sold today. http://bit.ly/11DWgWX
... but then writes :
Mavook: Author of the Flashback worm
adding :
"BTW, I have a copy of the page that infects you (you have to
click OK to download it)."
* http://bit.ly/10uvqNK
Then he cautions :
Creative Cloud has already been cracked. So much for copy
protection. <quoting>
GRAPHICS SOFTWARE FIRM Adobe's Creative Cloud software suite
has been cracked within 24 hours of going live. Releasing the suite of
applications for both professionals and consumers on Tuesday, Adobe's
Photoshop Creative Cloud (CC) 14 for Windows, as well as copies of
Dreamweaver CC 13 and Adobe Illustrator CC 17 have already found to be
circulating via two magnet links on bittorrent websites.
http://bit.ly/19ajLfs
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11 Quotes: What about time?
Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money,
but you cannot get more time.
-- Jim Rohn
Time is the coin of your life.
It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine
how it will be spent.
Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
--Carl Sandburg
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... 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 active in UGs since 1986, first the AOL UG Forum, then
the User Group Network. He spoke at the original AppleWorld in 1987,
and served as Apple User Group Advisory Board Member for three years.
He founded the User Group Academy, and the Appleseeds Foundation
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