AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, August 8th, 2016
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, August 8th, 2016
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, August 8th, 2016
- From: Fred Showker <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2016 21:55:28 -0400
InfoManager for Monday, August 8th, 2016
by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here
01 Safenetting Cyber Security Update: Rio Olympics, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump,
. . . cyber army, malvertising and much more!
02 Facebook Update : Click-bait, Fatah, Korryn Gaines, money, olympics,
. . shootings and more
03 Apple InfoManager: Olympics, Hackers, security update, iPhone 7,
. . . Ransomware, Helix and more
04 Free Music Archives
05 10 Tricks to Make Yourself a Google Drive Master
06 iFiles 2 for iOS
07 Amazon Music and YouTube music now comes together with Musicality
08 notably* App for Service & Trade Pros
09 Shim, the VPN Client for macOS Sierra
10 The teens and millennials need a safe texting app. So be Sayfe
11 A New Zombie Shooter Inspired By Presidential Candidate Donald Trump
12 Now you can own the computer that started the whole revolution
13 Quotes : Aldous Huxley
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01 Safenetting Cyber Security Update: Rio Olympics, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, cyber army, malvertising and much more!
Another all-time huge cyber security update this week, there's just too much going on in the cyber world to ignore! Now that Politics is involved, we discover that Hillary and The Don have both finally recognized there's a cyber threat! Whew! But we got malware updates, dangerous ads, and a lot more to be concerned with. Stay vigilant!
* Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's Cybersecurity Platforms, Compared
* Prominent Cybersecurity Leader Favors Clinton, Despite Email Debacle
* New York Times, BBC and others inadvertently serve up dangerous ads
* The four cybersecurity terms everyone is talking about at Black Hat
* Commentary: The world's best cyber army doesn't belong to Russia
* 4 ways to reduce your chances of getting caught by malvertising
* What exactly is Malvertising? Why do we want to avoid it?
* South China Sea dispute escalates into all-out cyber war
* Truth in malvertising: How to beat bad ads
* There Is No Finish Line for Cybersecurity
* "Zero Days" and the Need for Cyber Policy
* Towards a Cyber-Security Treaty
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/08/cyber_update_1608_08/
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02 Facebook Update : Click-bait, Fatah, Korryn Gaines, money, olympics, shootings and more
Facebook InfoManager updates always inform and always entertain -- and hallelujah the world is beginning to notice click-bait! We've had an ongoing rant against click-bait for several years, even before it adopted the term . . . but there are a lot more kooky stories about Facebook in this update so dig in . . . .
* Google and Facebook put their fierce rivalry aside to save money in this key area
* Facebook Cut Off Korryn Gaines's Livestream of Her Standoff With the Police
* Facebook, Google, and Twitter combat online extremism with targeted videos
* Area 404: How Facebook's New Hardware Lab Is Propelling It Into The Future
* Fatah Makes Incendiary Facebook Claim of Killing 11,000 Israelis
* Facebook deletes Israel from list of Olympics participants
* It's about time : stop clickbait headlines -- or else
* Official: Facebook launches new layout for Pages
* Triple shooting streamed on Facebook Live
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/08/facebook_1608/
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03 Apple InfoManager: Olympics, Hackers, security update, iPhone 7, Ransomware, Helix and more
This is probably one of our most extensive Apple updates for a long time! Things seem to be bumping and jumping in the technology world, and Apple's right on the cusp. The next big thing may already be the current big thing! Follow along with your Apple InfoManager
* Apple celebrates diversity in new iPhone ad to air during the Olympics
* Samsung's latest invention looks suspiciously like the Apple Watch
* Hackers are holding iOS devices for ransom through Find My iPhone
* Let's try this again: Has the Apple Watch's time finally come?
* Apple releases iOS 9.3.4 security update for iPhone and iPad
* Removing Duplicate Files on Mac OS X: The Complete Guide
* Has Apple, Inc.'s iPad Business Finally Turned a Corner?
* Reading the Apple tea leaves for what's coming this fall
* Real iPhone 7 leaks out running Apple testing software
* iPhone 7 Plus purported mockup reveals blue paint job
* Apple Previews iOS 10, the Biggest iOS Release Ever
* Not all about you: The iPad can be computer enough
* How to Overcome Newly Discovered iPhone Ransomware
* So, what if your computer was an iPad Pro?
* Standzout Helix Dock for Apple Watch
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/08/apple_update_1608/
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04 Free Music Archives
I've recommended movie archives and even mentioned free music done by the same sites on occasion. This week I've come across a site that has 100K recordings of music available to the public for non-commercial use. It is at the Free Music Archives.
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/08/free-music-archives/
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05 10 Tricks to Make Yourself a Google Drive Master
Whether you've been using Google Drive for five minutes or five years, there's always more to learn, and in that spirit we present 10 valuable tips and tricks for mastering the service. Google Drive can work offline, but you have to activate the feature first: click the cog icon on the front page of Drive, then choose Settings.
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/08/10-tricks-to-make-yourself-a-google-drive-master/
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06 iFiles 2 for iOS
Imagam, Inc. has announced an update to iFiles 2 with German and Polish localization, a new version of the iFiles app for iOS devices. iFiles 2 has many new features, including SMB/CIFS client and server support, synchronization support, tabs (Multiple services can be opened; like Dropbox, Web Browser), new redesigned Interface, Document Provider Extension support, support for iPad split view as well as a redesigned interface.
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/08/ifiles-2-for-ios/
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07 Amazon Music and YouTube music now comes together with Musicality
Now with Amazon Music and YouTube Industrious One has a good idea about listening music on your Mac. Musicality for Mac has added Amazon Music and YouTube to its growing list of supported music services. Musicality breaks your music out of the browser, bringing desktop conveniences like keyboard shortcuts, powerful AirPlay streaming, and more to over a dozen of the world's most popular music services.
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/08/musicality/
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08 notably* App for Service & Trade Pros
PayStudio Inc. has announced the release of notably* 1.0, their new business app developed for iPhone and iPod touch. notably* was specifically developed to help service and trade professionals go digital and save time and money while managing their businesses on the go. It is an easily customizable and feature-rich mobile application enabling estimating, invoicing and inventory management anywhere you go.
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/08/notably-app-for-service-trade-pros/
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09 Shim, the VPN Client for macOS Sierra
Reacting to Apple's recent announcement that PPTP VPN will no longer be supported by their built-in VPN client on macOS Sierra, Fringiest Software GmbH has assured that their VPN client for Mac Shimo is ready for PPTP on the new operating system.
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/08/shim-the-vpn-client-for-macos-sierra/
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10 The teens and millennials need a safe texting app. So be Sayfe
MAG Technologies launches the Sayfe (Safe) App MAG Technologies has launched the Sayfe (Safe) App in response to teens and millennials' need for a safe and secure texting environment. In recent surveys, over 45% of users responded that security is extremely important in their day-to-day texting.
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/08/be_sayfe/
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11 A New Zombie Shooter Inspired By Presidential Candidate Donald Trump
Leave it up to the Canadians to come up with a new Zombie Shooter, Zombie Wall Attack. In Zombie Wall Attack, your objective is to fight off countless and ruthless waves of zombie attackers..
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/08/trump_zombie_shooter/
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12 Now you can own the computer that started the whole revolution
This showed up in my mailbox this morning, and I just had to pass it along, knowing many of you would love to own the legend.
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/08/apple_1_charity/
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13 Quotes : Aldous Huxley
There's only one corner of the universe
you can be certain of improving, and
that's your own self."
- Aldous Huxley
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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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