by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 iPhone InfoManager: August / September
02 Apple iPhone the Phone for All Occasions
03 UGNN Facebook Update: money, money, money; slice of society
04 UGNN Malware Report End of August
05 Dressup Adventure Game for Girls
06 A2Central
07 PhotoBulk 1.6 – Update
08 Self Timer Video
09 Ten Classic Games on iOS
10 Let’s resolve the frequent troubles of LCD monitor Ourselves.
11 Powerocks Magicstick Selected for MTV Video Music Awards Celebrity Gift Bag
12 Mac-Compatible Graphics Tablets
13 Capture Photos and Video Simultaneously with Flashback for iOS
14 Quotes: limits and limitations
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01 iPhone InfoManager: August / September
Another iPhone coming??? Gold? New stuff happening in the world of smartphones… and you’re there:
* Apple’s Gold iPhone Joins The New Smartphone Battlefield of Color and Customization
* iPhone 5C could be the first Apple product to use scratch-resistant LiquidMetal
* iPhone 6 Blueprint Made Clear by Concepts – The Clues are Right There
* iPhone poaches more Android owners than vice versa
* iPhone 5S Screen Size Does it Matter? Yes/No
* iPhone 5S: You’ve GOT to see this new color
…and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/iphone_aug_sept/
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02 Apple iPhone the Phone for All Occasions
The Apple iPhone combines all the great facilities which can be seen in one phone. It is a phone, music player, camera, Internet device, video and got a wide screen iPod. With a slim and sleek look, the phone has 11.6mm thickness, 2.4 inches width and 4.5 inches height.
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03 UGNN Facebook Update: money, money, money; slice of society
Facebook is on an upswing, taking over the social world… now they go for the jugular with photos for advertisers and a ton of other sneaky slits to extract money!
* Facebook’s Partnership with Shutterstock Gives Advertisers Access to Image Library
* Facebook tweaks News Feed, adds new algorithm to serve up high-quality content
* Facebook protest sparks call for major Philippine rally
* Facebook, Baidu Lead IBD 50s 5 Big Money Stocks
* Facebook shares close above $40 for first time
* Facebook Addresses App Permissions Gripes
* Dislike: Facebook is ruining your life
…and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/facebook_update-2/
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04 UGNN Malware Report End of August
User Group Network UGN Safenetting and Malware report – With everything else that’s going on, we’re now seeing phishing and drive-by malware attacks heavily increasing. We have started posting some of our alerts as infographics, mainly to Facebook. If you are not a UGNet Facebook follower you probably should be: http://www.facebook.com/groups/UGNet/
Here goes :
* Mac security study finds most antivirus software options are effective
* MoleRats hackers resurface spreading Poison Ivy malware
* Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit 1.7.0.1005 Beta
* Banking Trojans dominate e-mail malware
* RCMP warn of renewed Internet scam
and more…
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/malwar_aug/
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05 Dressup Adventure Game for Girls
Internet Design Zone, a mobile app development company, has announced the release and availability of Angie’s Dream – A Dressup Adventure, its brand new dressup game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. Angie’s Dream packs in 20 different dressup themes with an interactive storyline and promises total fun for young girls.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/dressup-adventure-game-for-girls/
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06 A2Central
I personally don’t know of any Apple II user groups that still serve the individuals who aren’t on line, but A2Central.com does still support Apple II users, and also has a list of Apple II user groups from around the globe.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/a2central/
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07 PhotoBulk 1.6 – Update
Eltima Software has announced the extra feature update of PhotoBulk, an extremely popular app that won the affection of hundreds of Mac users all over the world, due to its design, convenience and ease. PhotoBulk 1.6 – an easy-to-use bulk image editor for Mac OS X – from now on has the following great features:
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/photobulk-1-6-update/
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08 Self Timer Video
In 2009 Apimac launched Self Timer for iPhone, an app that finally allowed all iPhone users to appear in their own group photos, take self-portraits and personal photographs. The app quickly jumped to the top of the charts worldwide, and is currently used by hundreds of thousands of users. Apimac has now made another leap forward, and following the latest trend that has seen videos become the focus of social networking, has launched the all-new Self Timer Video, presented by the company as “your own personal cameraman who will follow you wherever you go with your iPhone”.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/self-timer-video/
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09 Ten Classic Games on iOS
Mac|Life published this article by Richard Moss earlier this week. It lists 10 Classic Adventure games that you can now play on an iPod touch, an iPhone, or an iPad. Another one of my list favs.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/10-classic-games-on-ios/
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10 Let’s resolve the frequent troubles of LCD monitor Ourselves.
TFT LCD monitors are rapidly being shipped with new computers by default. This page explains the frequent trouble of TFT monitor and how to resolve them.
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11 Powerocks Magicstick Selected for MTV Video Music Awards Celebrity Gift Bag
MTV’s Video Music Awards (VMAs) to be Televised this Sunday, August 25th at 9:00 PM ET… Powerocks, creators of fashionable portable backup power for mobile devices, announced today that the Powerocks Magicstick portable backup power stick has been selected to be included in this year’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) celebrity gift bags.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/powerocks_magicstick/
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12 Mac-Compatible Graphics Tablets
A good selection of precision sketch tablets for Mac OSX may feature literally over 2,000 levels of pen sensitivity, programmable button functions, and USB or wireless Bluetooth drawing tablet connectivity. Regardless if it’s for Professional graphic design needs, CAD and Architectural needs, 3-D wireframe modeling and rendering, or for Cartooning and Illustration, there’s a computer drawing tablet to meet your requirements.
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13 Capture Photos and Video Simultaneously with Flashback for iOS
And now, there’s Flashback 1.0 for iOS – innovative new app that allows users to shoot Hi-Res photos and HD video simultaneously. With Flashback as their everyday camera app, users no longer need to choose between still and moving images. The app automatically produces a photo album and video montage that includes each photo plus up to five seconds of live video immediately preceding it. Also, built-in are a feature-filled photo editor with effects and an easy-to-use video editor.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/08/flashback_ios/
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14 Quotes: limits and limitations
I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
– Helen Keller
The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.
– Arthur C. Clarke
You are never really playing against an opponent. You are playing against yourself, your own highest standards. And when you reach your limits, that is real joy.
– Arthur Ashe
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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 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 active in UGs since 1986, first the AOL UG Forum, then the User Group Network. He spoke at the original AppleWorld in 1987, and served as Apple User Group Advisory Board Member for three years. He founded the User Group Academy and the Appleseeds Foundation
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