AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, April 5th, 2015
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, April 5th, 2015
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, April 5th, 2015
- From: Fred Showker <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2015 22:02:51 -0400
InfoManager for Monday, April 5th, 2015
by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
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What's Here:
01 Safenetting Cybersecurity & Malware Report for April 2015
02 Mobile Mouse -- The worlds first iOS graphics tablet gets Pencil support
03 Time to go fishing : Colorado's Native and Wild Trout
04 Coming: The First Boggle Like Word Game for the Apple Watch
05 Print Window 5.2 -- Update to Simple Yet Powerful Window Printing Utility
06 Hype Pro builds Responsive Layouts and animation in HTML5
07 Get Info
08 User Groups on Facebook April 4, 2015
09 Apple Watch Buyers Guide
10 Affinity Designer 1.2
11 Ug Netnews : Thirty years of Mac ads (1984-2014)
12 Thank you Ilene : How I introduced a 27-year-old computer to the web
13 Spring Cleaning: How To Clear Your Cache On a Mac VIDEO
14 Quotes: Bentley, Washington, Nin, Emerson
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01 Safenetting Cybersecurity & Malware Report for April 2015
User Group Network UGN Safenetting and Malware report Remarkably now there are all kinds of kooks coming out of the woodwork after the cyber security initiatives. Funny, had our "ISP Self Regulatory Initiative" act carried in 2000, we wouldn't have this problem today. But sometimes intelligent people aren't very smart. Well, anyway, if it's threatening you, Safenetting will do its best to help make everyone safe . . . .
* After Obama's cybersecurity order threatens Snowden fund, bitcoin donations spike
* Quantum leap: WSU grad student, adviser craft next-level cybersecurity code
* Compromised WordPress sites launch drive-by attacks off Pirate Bay clone
* Dyre Wolf malware steals more than $1 million, bypasses 2FA protection
* 'NewPosThings' malware evolves, malicious traffic traced to airports
* China investing heavily in cyberwarfare programs to compete with US
* The Dyre Wolf Campaign: Stealing Millions and Hungry for More
* Hotel Wi-Fi could be feeding your personal computer malware
* Washington launches a war of words on cyber security
* New malware exploit targets energy sector
* Google says Android malware cut in half
* and more !!
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/04/safenetting-cybersecurity-malware-report-for-april-2015/
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02 Mobile Mouse -- The worlds first iOS graphics tablet gets Pencil support
You may have been waiting on this app for quite a while! This is a real boon for graphic designers, artists, painters, illustrators, letterheads or anyone who would like to have a tracing tablet input for thier computer! Mobile Mouse 3.2.5, an iOS 8 Utility that transforms your iPhone/iPad into a multitouch trackpad and remote for your computer. Designed to operate via a local Wi-Fi network, there are no line-of-sight limitations, so users may control their Mac or PC connected to a TV from a location across the room, or use as a trackpad replacement for their computer.
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/04/mobile_mouse/
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03 Time to go fishing : Colorado's Native and Wild Trout
Yes, there's an app for that -- and Gogal Publishing Company (fishing maps and wilderness mapping applications "WildTroutStreams") has launched Colorado Wild Trout for iPhone and iPad.
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04 Coming: The First Boggle Like Word Game for the Apple Watch
ArchSquare is about to roll out the first Boggle-like word game "All Words Up" which will be available in the Apple Watch App Store on launch day April 24th. "All Word Up" is a simple yet challenging game of making as many words as possible by connecting adjacent letters before time runs out. The game style and playability fit perfectly in the casual Apple Watch gaming platform.
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/04/word_game_for_watch/
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05 Print Window 5.2 -- Update to Simple Yet Powerful Window Printing Utility
Print Window 5.2 for OS X, is a simple but powerful window printing utility that works seamlessly with the Mac OS X Finder, allowing users to generate and print a file listing of folders using several different methods including a simple key command, the Status menu, the Dock menu, or drag and drop.
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/04/print-window/
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06 Hype Pro builds Responsive Layouts and animation in HTML5
On many accounts, 40% of all website traffic is coming from mobile devices. The need to develop sites and advertisements that display appropriately across a wide range of devices has become centrally important to web designers. This task is commonly referred to as Responsive Web Design. Hype Professional includes Responsive Layouts as an intuitive way to build content at various breakpoints so the layout is always crafted and optimized for the correct scene. Resources and animations can be shared, which significantly minimizes the amount of time spent on designs.
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/04/hype-pro/
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07 Get Info
When was the last time you selected a file and hit Command-I to Get Info? Or just used the File menu to select the same information? There is a wealth of information and options there.
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/04/get-info/
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08 User Groups on Facebook April 4, 2015
Here is some more great content items posted by user group members on Facebook! If you're not already with us, please feel free to jump in . . .
* Making Stationery in Pages is not that hard to do. :-)
* POINT by Canogle
* Account overload: tips to move toward organizing your user names and passwords
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/04/facebook_ugs_1504-04/
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09 Apple Watch Buyers Guide
Rene Ritchie has posted this article on iMore.com. He provides a step-by- step guide to understanding the procedures for purchasing the Apple Watch as well as provide links to a podcast that will let you get the same info while you drive.
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/04/apple-watch-buyers-guide/
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10 Affinity Designer 1.2
Serif has announced that its award-winning professional illustration app for Mac, Affinity Designer, has been updated with fantastic new features, new languages, performance enhancements, and improvements that take working with a creative suite to a completely new level.
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/04/affinity-designer-1-2/
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11 Ug Netnews : Thirty years of Mac ads (1984-2014)
This compilation is based on Apple's '30 years of Macintosh innovation' timeline created for the Mac's 30th anniversary (http://www.apple.com/30-years).
https://youtu.be/5SIgYp3XTMk
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12 Thank you Ilene : How I introduced a 27-year-old computer to the web
Reviving an old computer is like restoring a classic car: there's a thrill from bringing the ancient into the modern world. So it was with my first "real" computer, my Mac Plus, when I decided to bring it forward three decades and introduce it to the modern web.
http://bit.ly/1cqcFzl
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13 Spring Cleaning: How To Clear Your Cache On a Mac VIDEO
Claude Pelanne shows you how to clear your cache on a Mac - There are a couple of cache folders you need to clear on a mac. See how to do it and delete your trash securely.
https://youtu.be/GBsrNS2DSlc
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14 Quotes: Bentley, Washington, Nin, Emerson
"Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that
can make the difference between damaging your relationship and
deepening it. That factor is attitude."
- Timothy Bentley
"Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon
them and to let them know that you trust them."
- Booker T. Washington
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."
- Anais Nin
"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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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