AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, February 22nd, 2016
AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, February 22nd, 2016
- Subject: AUGD: InfoManager for Monday, February 22nd, 2016
- From: Fred Showker <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 22:00:43 -0500
InfoManager for Monday, February 22nd, 2016
by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What's Here
1 User Groups on Facebook for Week Ending February 20, 2016
2 BEWARE : New Paypal Spoof phishing email alerts
3 Cyber Secutiry Update : Apple's Back Door, FBI, Stuxnet,
Zero Day and what they could mean to you!
4 Apple InfoManager: It's a crazy, crazy Apple World
... Apple Watch, iPad, iPhone updates
5 Apple iPhone Update: Apple encryption backdoor conflict
with FBI to unlock terrorist iPhone
6 Western Gunfight Challenge on Apple TV
7 Keep Close Pictures Free
8 WhatsApp for the Mac
9 Quotes: Adams and Drucker
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1 User Groups on Facebook for Week Ending February 20, 2016
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 . . .
* How to Create a More Secure Passcode on Your iPhone or iPad
* 7 Free Mac Apps That Will Skyrocket Your Productivity
* 14 Totally Free Things on the Internet Everyone Should Take Advantage of
* How-To: Take better videos with your iPhone using FiLMiC Pro [Video]
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/02/user_groups_1602-16/
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2 BEWARE : New Paypal Spoof phishing email alerts
If you receive an email like this, do not click! This is a phishing attempt to gain your ID and password to your Paypal account. Report this immediately to spoof at paypal.com
PayPal spoof email is phishing for your ID ... share this alert
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/02/paypal_spoof_alert/
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3 Cyber Secutiry Update : Apple's Back Door, FBI, Stuxnet,
Zero Day and what they could mean to you!
Today, the conflict between Apple and the FBI over iPhone encryption has now become a cybersecurity issue and moves under Safenetting's Cybersecurity Updates section. Amazing as it is, the story changes almost hourly. We'll stay on it! We're also thrilled to bring news of the upcoming movie documentary "Zero Day" that will be a real eye-opener to what we've been warning about for the past decade. Cybersecurity is alarmingly important, and it's amazing how little people know. Stay with us and help others get educated on the crucial issues of cybersecurity.
* Eccentric 'Cybersecurity Legend' John McAfee Offers To Decrypt iPhone For FBI And Save America
* JOHN MCAFEE: I'll decrypt the San Bernardino phone free of charge so Apple doesn't need to
* Watch the chilling trailer for a new movie about cyber warfare -- except it's real
* 'Zero Days' director hopes documentary will spark public debate about cyberwarfare
* The Real Lesson of the Apple-FBI Showdown: Cybersecurity Isn't Hopeless
* Obama taps former security advisor, IBM CEO to lead cyber panel
* Zero days -- security leaks for sale
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/02/cybersecutiry-update/
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4 Apple InfoManager: It's a crazy, crazy Apple World
... Apple Watch, iPad, iPhone updates
The word 'apple' seems to be on everyone's lips these days, and in this Apple Update, we'll not mention the FBI vs. Apple debacle and save that for its own, separate thread. Lots of other juicy news though from the 2nd generation Watch to Apple Pay and monitoring unborn babies ... stay tuned :
* New 4-inch iPhone to run Apple's A9 chip, 'iPad Air 3' to sport A9X -- report
* 'Apple Watch 2' Release Date, Price, Specs & Update: Facetime camera?
* Timeline of Key Features Added to Every Mac OS X Release to Date
* The Evolution of Mac OS X Security and Privacy Features
* You Can Now Order Pizza With Your Apple Watch
* Apple iPad Air 3: Top Business Features
* Apple Pay officially launches in China
* iWatch monitors unborn babies
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/02/apple_infomanager-2/
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5 Apple iPhone Update: Apple encryption backdoor conflict with
FBI to unlock terrorist iPhone
We've broken out this week's Apple Update to a separate iPhone update with all this political pollution floating around, and the real truth of the story slowly evolving amidst a million Facebook knee-jerk reactions. So hang on to your hats -- it's going to be a bumpy ride!
* Apple Versus the FBI, Understanding iPhone Encryption, The Risks for Apple and Encryption
* What are the chances Apple's iPhone 7 is as perfect as this concept?
* Apple could grab $5B in sales from new 4-inch iPhone, says analyst
* 5 ways to expand your iPhone's storage beyond 16 GB
* Bon Appetit shoots an issue with the iPhone?
* This is why the FBI can't hack into iPhones
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/02/apple_fbi_iphone/
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6 Western Gunfight Challenge on Apple TV
Magnin & Associates has announced its recent Western Gunfight Challenge 1.0 (iOS and Android) is now also available on Apple TV. Western Gunfight brings the excitement of western style gunfighting and target practice to your Apple TV. Turn and tilt your remote to line it up your gun with the target. Then click the touchpad to fire. The game features seven challenging levels with stationary and moving targets, single and double skeet shooting, and western style duels against three bad guys.
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/02/western-gunfight-challenge-on-apple-tv/
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7 Keep Close Pictures Free
If you have friends or relatives in other parts of the country or the world and would love to easily send them photos of your latest trip, the family growing up, parties etc. then Keep Close Pictures is the solution for you.
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/02/keep-close-pictures-free/
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8 WhatsApp for the Mac
WhatsApp allows everybody to chat via the beloved WhatsApp Messenger service directly from their Macs. App for WhatsApp lets users send and receive WhatsApp Messages and Media (Photos and Videos) directly from the Mac and integrates perfectly into the Mac user experience. (Dielheim, Germany)
http://www.ugnn.com/2016/02/whatsapp-for-the-mac/
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9 Quotes: Adams and Drucker
"In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man
is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress."
- John Adams
"Management is doing things right;
leadership is doing the right things."
- Peter Drucker
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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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