AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, September 8th, 2014
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, September 8th, 2014
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, September 8th, 2014
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- Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 21:30:59 -0400
InfoManager for Monday, September 8th, 2014
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here:
01 Stupid Apps : Bad Driver Database
02 WritePad Pro 1.4 features Improved Note-Taking
03 Auto-eject (or 'Jettison') your disks before your Mac sleeps
04 Introducing Nav Camera: Photos and Movies with Geolocation Data Overlays
05 Cloud Server For Printing From Smart Devices
06 Rhythm Studio 1.10 for iOS Puts Recording Studio at Your Fingertips
07 User Groups on Facebook for Week Ending September 6
08 5 Siri Tips and Tricks
09 New Folx downloader
10 10 Tools to Create Social Media Graphics
11 Vortex 1.3
12 Pando Calendar Replacement?
13 CYBER WAR LIVE - Watch Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism in Real Time
14 Quotes: random thoughts
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01 Stupid Apps : Bad Driver Database
Of all the apps out there, this one definitely deserves to be in
the STUPID APPS department. Here you can waste your time for
absolutely nothing, and nobody will care! Here's the official press
release
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/bad_drivers_stupid_apps/
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02 WritePad Pro 1.4 features Improved Note-Taking
PhatWare has rolled out the latest WritePad Pro 1.4, the advanced
word processing, note-taking, and handwriting recognition app for
iPhone and iPad. WritePad Pro 1.4 features numerous improvements, all
of which are based on feedback we received from WritePad users.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/writepad-pro/
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03 Auto-eject (or 'Jettison') your disks before your Mac sleeps
St. Clair Software Jettison 1.4.1 for Mac OS X improves the logic
for ejecting and remounting all disks, with specific improvements for
SD cards and flash drives. It also delivers user interface refinements
and support for Yosemite's 'dark mode.'
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/jettison_your_disks/
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04 Introducing Nav Camera: Photos and Movies with Geolocation Data Overlays
Nav Camera uses the proven navigation, augmented reality, and
image processing engines from Theodolite to create an app that focuses
on photogaphy and video recording with data overlays. The app has been
crafted with attention to detail, and benefits from over five years of
development and testing heritage, along with real world usage by
surveyors, geologists, architects, engineers, competitive sportsmen,
first responders, military personnel, and search and rescue workers
around the world.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/nav_camera/
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05 Cloud Server For Printing From Smart Devices
Pocket Watch has announced the availability of its new
ActivePrint Cloud Server Powered by Raspberry Pi. With this small
standalone box almost any USB printer or available network printer
will become compatible with iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. This
is done by making each printer available through AirPrint, ActivePrint
Cloud Print, and Google Cloud Print services simultaneously.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/nav_camera/
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06 Rhythm Studio 1.10 for iOS Puts Recording Studio at Your Fingertips
Pulse Code has updated its premier universal electronic music
making app, Rhythm Studio. The latest update to Rhythm Studio includes
core audio enhancements.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/rhythm-studio-2/
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07 User Groups on Facebook for Week Ending September 6
This week's subject on UGs Facebook pages are listed below. If
you know of any user groups on Facebook that aren't mentioned, please
let us know. This week we saw:
[_] September 9 Apple Event
[_] Watch the Keynote stream live
[_] See How the Mac magically decluttered your desktop
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/user-groups-on-facebook-for-week-ending-september-6/
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08 5 Siri Tips and Tricks
From LifeHacker: Here are five ways to get Siri working harder for you.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/5-siri-tips-and-tricks/
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09 New Folx downloader
Eltima Software has released a new version of their Folx download
manager that includes much anticipated torrents downloading features.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/new-folx-downloader/
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10 10 Tools to Create Social Media Graphics
This story by Paul Chaney appears on the PracticalEcommerce web
site. It offers 10 tools to help you enter the visual social web
quickly and easily.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/10-tools-to-create-social-media-graphics/
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11 Vortex 1.3
TastyApps has announced Vortex 1.3, continuing the productivity
Vortex beta introduced to the Mac, with a new streamlined stable
interface and more customizing options. Vortex brings a new level
productivity to the Mac. Dozens of Actions for the things you do most
are instantly available via Drag N Drop or shortcut keys. You can
quickly convert image or audio files, translate text or emails, add
images and files to emails, compress or uncompress archives, and
uninstall applications.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/vortex-1-3/
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12 Pando Calendar Replacement?
Recently on the iMacChat mailing list the following question was asked
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/pando-calendar-replacement/
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13 CYBER WAR LIVE - Watch Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism Live In Real Time
Home Depot is reportedly the latest added to a growing list of
retailers like Target and P.F. Chang's that have seen their customer
payment data hacked. . . here's a real-time video of cyber warfare
http://youtu.be/JH6RVjtU2Gw
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14 Quotes: random thoughts
"Here's something to think about:
How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?"
- Jay Leno, Comedian
"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either
for the first or last time.
Then your time on earth will be filled with glory."
- Betty Smith, Novelist
"We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up
that we begin to see the present only
when it is already disappearing."
- R. D. Laing, Writer
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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.
Lynn is currently working to rebuilding the Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society
(TUMS) and also is a member of the Apple Corps of Dallas.
An active participate on several MUG Facebook pages as well.
Fred has been user group guy since 1986, through the AOL UG Forum days,
then out onto the web. Fred started and developed the User Group
Network as a parallele organization to the Mug News Service, then
continued through the founding of the Association of Apple Computer
Users and Groups, and continues today at UGNN.com
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