AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, March 17, 2014
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, March 17, 2014
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, March 17, 2014
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InfoManager for Monday, March 17, 2014
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 Facebook MUGs
02 Safenetting : Security ALERT : American Express Identity Theft
03 Strange Macintosh "Fixes"
04 IDG: Artificial Intelligence: Big Data, Robots' and the Future
05 iPIN - Password Safe is available for iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows
06 Random House Digital Releases Happy Camping
07 Espresso Ray 3D 1.1 - New 3D Viewer and Surface Analysis Tool for OS X
08 10 Tips to Speed Up Mavericks
09 Flixel Cinemagraph Pro Earns Featured Status on Mac App Store
10 EverWeb 1.3
11 GlucoAide
12 Quotes: Making mistakes
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01 Facebook MUGs
Of course UGNN has had a presence on Facebook for sometime now.
You can connect with us at:
UG Infomanager:
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/UGNet/
and
UG Netnews:
* https://www.facebook.com/ug.netnews
There are lots of others ... here's a quick list
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/03/facebook-mugs/
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02 Safenetting : Security ALERT : American Express Identity Theft
As of 3am, Thursday, March 11, the Safenetting spam traps have
been hit with several convincing phishing attacks surrounding American
Express, Jet blue Airlines and Facebook. We had more on the 12, 13,
and today, 14! The worst of these, by far, is the American Express
phish which we'll show here.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/03/american_express_phishing/
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03 Strange Macintosh "Fixes"
In the early 1990's, we had a "Mac Guru" in our Dallas user
group, who came to the meeting and told us how he cleaned his keyboard
by putting it in the dishwasher.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/03/strange-macintosh-fixes/
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04 IDG: Artificial Intelligence: Big Data, Robots' and the Future
highlights The idea of Artificial Intelligence has been around
since the Ancient Greeks -- Pygmalion's ivory statue was given life by
Aphrodite, and Europa was protected by Zeus' bronze man, Talos -- but
the term itself wasn't actually coined until 1955. In the 60 years
since John McCarthy first defined the term, we've gone from theory to
reality, with AI being used in industries around the world. So what's
next? This week we look at whether 2014 is 'the year' for AI, the
potential AI has in Big Data, and how AI and robotics are transforming
industry.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/03/idg-artificial-intelligence/
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05 iPIN - Password Safe is available for iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows
iPIN is the mobile safe for all important passwords and PINs of
everyday life. Confidential data is being encrypted, so no
unauthorized person is able to take a glimpse at it. The program is
already available for iOS, MacOS and Windows. Now it is also being
offered for Android smartphones and tablets. To celebrate the good
news, all four versions are presented for a short period of time at
half price.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/03/ipin_password_safe/
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06 Random House Digital Releases Happy Camping
Happy Camping is a utility app for your next outdoor adventure -
featuring six useful tools to help plan and enjoy your time outside.
Outdoor enthusiasts can download it today.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/03/happy_camping/
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07 Espresso Ray 3D 1.1 - New 3D Viewer and Surface Analysis Tool for OS X
ER3D Group has released Espresso Ray 3D 1.1, their new 3D viewer
and surface generation analysis tool for OS X. Designed to work with
DICOM images and other medical imaging formats (namely nifti-1),
Espresso Ray 3D supports 3D volumetric data, in addition to grayscale
and color DICOM image volumes. Essentially, Espresso Ray 3D allows
users to complete a variety of common and complex medical imaging
tasks, including the ability to quickly view, image, surface, and
analyze data from MRI and CT.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/03/espresso_ray_3d/
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08 10 Tips to Speed Up Mavericks
This article at Apple Gazette is about how to speed up OS X Mavericks.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/03/10-tips-to-speed-up-mavericks/
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09 Flixel Cinemagraph Pro Earns Featured Status on Mac App Store
Less than two weeks since Flixel Photos Inc. launched Cinemagraph
Pro for Mac 1.0.1, the living photo creation software has achieved
featured status on the Mac App Store where it's reached first in the
photography category in over 50 countries - including US, UK, Canada,
Japan, Germany, France and China. The application is also first
overall in 20 countries.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/03/flixel_cinemagraph_pro/
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10 EverWeb 1.3
RAGE Software has announced an update to EverWeb, the website
builder for OS X that builds on the ease of use of Apple's
discontinued iWeb software. EverWeb brings the familiar iWeb interface
with new, modern features such as mobile websites, drop down menus,
built in search engine optimization, e-commerce stores and much more.
(Toronto, Canada)
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/03/everweb-1-3/
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11 GlucoAide
GlucoAide is an application built especially for Macintosh users
with diabetics. With GlucoAide, you can track your meter readings in
either mmol/L or mg/dL. Data entry has been designed to be quick and
easy. Because GlucoAide is not restricted to any proprietary brand of
meter it can be used regardless of the type of meter you have.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/03/glucoaide/
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12 Quotes: Making mistakes
After all these years, I am still involved in the process of
self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to
play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
-- Sophia Loren
Know when to tune out. If you listen to too much advice, you may wind
up making other people's mistakes.
-- Ann Landers
If I ran a school, I'd give the average grade to the ones who gave me
all the right answers, for being good parrots. I'd give the top grades
to those who made a lot of mistakes and told me about them, and then
told me what they learned from them.
-- R. Buckminster Fuller
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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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