by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 Safenetting: Phishing for April 8th
02 Smarter Journaling Debuts in Journals 2.0
03 Offline+Maps 1.5.1 released for iOS – Custom Offline Maps
04 View Tweets as Pictures – Free App for iPad
05 Free Storage, Sync & Backup for Mac
06 More on Apps for Autism
07 10 Facebook Tricks You Should Know
08 Preparing audiobooks for the road
09 Apps free for Autism Awareness Month
10 idev101: Fonts, Colors, & UI Sizes – Quick Reference for iOS Developers
11 Big Brother Camera Security, A Banned App, Returns To The App Store
12 Hulu Offers Some April Fool’s Day Shows We Wish Were Real
13 “Godfather of Soul” Goes Digital
14 Norkoshop: How Pyongyang forked Adobe
15 Quotes: Thoughts for Tax time
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01 Safenetting: Phishing for April 8th
Phishing and cyber crime are are increasing as email begins to slow down. Interactive social media offers fertile new hunting grounds to steal. Beware and don’t fall prey to them. This week’s Safenetting evils are:
* Coca Cola, Credit Suisse and Mercedez-Benz execs caught up in phishing scam
* Advanced Persistent Threats get more advanced, persistent and threatening
* Coinbase phishing attacks are the 3rd Bitcoin security problem this week
* Friday is the worst day of the week for phishing attacks, apparently
* DHS warns of spear-phishing campaign against energy companies
* Cyber attacks hit businesses once every three minutes
* 10 Tips to Avoid Identity Theft this Tax Season
* UP accounts hit by phishing emails
and more . . .
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/04/safenetting-4/
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02 Smarter Journaling Debuts in Journals 2.0
Journals 2.0 is a clean and simple writing app from Mazzuna LLC. Journals 2.0 takes everything that made Journals 1.1 a hit and adds Dropbox syncing, iPad optimization, and a host of other features, including the ability to create PDF documents from the text and images that make up an entire journal.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/04/smarter-journaling/
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03 Offline+Maps 1.5.1 released for iOS – Custom Offline Maps
Maybe this is the answer to no Wi-Fi for travel maps … maybe not. GoToPo has updated Offline+Maps, what they call a “fun-to-use travel app” for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. Offline+Maps allows you to save any part of the world map and navigate on it offline. With Offline+Maps you can download an unlimited amount of highly detailed maps, access them offline, and add pins to prepare future travels. Never be lost again in your home city or in a foreign country.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/04/offlinemaps/
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04 View Tweets as Pictures – Free App for iPad
Austin, Texas – Donoho Design Group has rolled out Retweever Visualization App 2.0 for iPad, their free Social Networking app that finds the “buzz” in your Twitter stream and displays Tweets as organized images, most important first.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/04/retweever/
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05 Free Storage, Sync & Backup for Mac
Thru April 11th, Mac users can get 10 Free Gigs of Dolly Drive Storage, Sync & Backup for Mac, according to Dolly Drive maker CirrusThinking, LLC. Dolly Drive subscriptions include cloud storage for having a virtual hard drive, file syncing & online backup along with integrated capabilities for local backup and a bootable clone for immediate disaster recovery.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/04/free-storage-sync-backup-for-mac/
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06 More on Apps for Autism
Illinois – From geography apps to alphabet apps for early learners, Spinlight Studio’s education apps have found a loyal audience around the world – including one they never expected. During National Autism Acceptance Month, the company’s app design and game play have made them a popular choice among advocate moms like Shannon Des Roches Rosa, senior editor of the Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/04/more-on-apps-for-autism/
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07 10 Facebook Tricks You Should Know
ShoutMeLoud has posted this article to help with some Facebook features.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/04/10-facebook-tricks-you-should-know/
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08 Preparing audiobooks for the road
Macworld has this article about preparing your audiobooks for listening while in the car from your iPhone, iPad or iPod.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/04/preparing-audiobooks-for-the-road/
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09 Apps free for Autism Awareness Month
April is the National Autism Awareness Month. As a way to honor that month, Kindergarten.com has made their educational apps available for free. I have personally talked to a number of parents and a few software developers. Apps on the iPhone/iPad have made a big difference to the people stricken with Autism.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/04/apps-free-for-autism-awareness-month/
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10 idev101: Fonts, Colors, & UI Sizes – Quick Reference for iOS Developers
idev101: Fonts, Colors & UI Sizes’ is a handy, quick reference app for iOS developers. It’s packed with useful tools and info, including a font list, type tester, a color picker and converter, a list of screen sizes, keyboard sizes, icon sizes, sample code, app design templates, and more.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/04/idev101-2/
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11 Big Brother Camera Security, A Banned App, Returns To The App Store
Daniel Amitay announces the return of Big Brother Camera Security, a Top 25 Overall iOS security app that, amidst controversy in June of 2011, was banned by Apple from the App Store. 21 months later, Big Brother Camera Security is available yet again, and as the first ever app to be unbanned by Apple. Big Brother allows iDevice owners to receive email notifications whenever someone uses their device without permission. Each notification includes the date & time, GPS location, and two pictures.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/04/big-brother/
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12 Hulu Offers Some April Fool’s Day Shows We Wish Were Real
April Fool’s day came and went but online mavins celebrated with a bunch of funny stuff. Get ready for some new shows only available on Hulu! Okay, not really, but at least we can relive some of our favorite (fake) shows from TV history. Hulu spoofs 30 Rock, Parks & Recreation, The Simpsons, and others. Thanks to Kali Hilke, Don Mayer and Small Dog’s Kibbles & Bits
http://thefw.com/hulu-april-fools-day/
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13 “Godfather of Soul” Goes Digital
Marking the 45th anniversary of James Brown’s historic Boston concert following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., multi-Grammy Award winning artist James Brown, best known for his smoldering singing and revolutionary rhythmic style, makes his official YouTube channel and online debut. Viewers and fans will be able to immerse in a rich selection of rarely seen live concert footage as well as interviews and clips addressing Brown’s involvement in some of the most seminal events of our time. The announcement was made by Shout!Factory in collaboration with the James Brown Estate. (patience, it may take a month to load.)
http://www.shoutfactory.com/jamesbrown
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14 Norkoshop: How Pyongyang forked Adobe
UG veteran and total Mac Geek, Terry (The Mac Doctor) Bowman
sent us this thoroughly enjoyable romp from the Register :
The recent news that North Korea had been caught red-handed indulging in some not-so-light hovercraft cloning, led our beloved Reg commenters to ponder just what software Pyongyang uses to big up its military capabilities. One initial suggestion was that the communist state’s Illustrious Father and Leader, Kim Jong-Un, had forked the Gimp, presumably with the assistance of an enormous dongle, and at great risk of provoking a catastrophic innuendo melt-down.
http://regmedia.co.uk/2013/04/03/norkoshop_erasure_big.jpg
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/05/norkoshop/
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15 Quotes: Thoughts for Tax time
Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night’s sleep,
a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend.
— Zig Ziglar
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion
. . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since there is
less cleaning up to do afterward.
–Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Rejoice you have a voice if you’re concerned
about the destination, of this great nation
It’s called the American Honky-Tonk Bar Association
— Garth Brooks
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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 user group guy since 1986, through the AOL UG Forum days, then out onto the web.
