by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 iPad InfoManager: End of year blast for iPads
02 All kinds of games for all ages…
03 One Minute on The Internet 2013 vs 2012
04 Twelve Phone Tips & Tricks
05 iOS 7 Solution 5: Find Anything on Your iPhone
06 IDG: Fraud, Theft, and Sheep in CyberSpace
07 How to Transfer Large Data Between Macs
08 Amounts for iPhone takes control of personal expenses
09 Slim down your inbox
10 Cocktail 7.1
11 Quotes: About Wealth and this time of giving
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01 iPad InfoManager: End of year blast for iPads
The iPad InfoManager is following the rumors, and the next releases of iPads, an Apple iWatch in the new year, and a woman who used the iPad as a weapon? These are among this week’s best tidbits…
* iPad Pro Rumors: New Apple Slate Tipped To Come With Ultra-High Definition Resolution
* iPad Air vs the competition: Is Apple’s tablet really the best of the lot?
* Almost Three-quarters Of Planned Tablet Purchases Are For Apple’s iPad
* Apple’s Retina-Equipped iPad mini Now Shipping In 1-3 Business days
* Apple Expected to launch iWatch, iPhone 6, larger iPad and HDTV
* South Korea court: Apple didn’t violate Samsung’s SMS patents
* Bradenton woman uses iPad as weapon, police say
…and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/12/ipad_infomanager-2/
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02 All kinds of games for all ages…
Yes, it’s almost Christmas, but these games are good year around – and crowd pleasers, no matter what the season. We’ve mixed it up here a bit with choices for very young to adult. Have fun!
* Dungeons & Golf: Compete Globally in 3D with popular Golf Game
* Sector Zero – iOS Sci-Fi Game Released with 50% Discount
* Bouncly launches its first iOS game for iPads – Jump-it
* SounDrift for iPad – A Musical Exploration Game
* Lightomania lights up the world
* Cosmo Ship – Spaceship War
…and more!
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/12/1312_games/
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03 One Minute on The Internet 2013 vs 2012
On November 26th, Quartz published this info as what happen in the average minute in 2013 compared to the previous year.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/12/one-minute-on-the-internet-2013-vs-2012/
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04 Twelve Phone Tips & Tricks
This article on WalYou.com, by Jasmine Henry, is actually titled: 12 iPhone Tips and Tricks as Recommended by Apple.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/12/12-phone-tips-tricks/
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05 iOS 7 Solution 5: Find Anything on Your iPhone
The complaints against iOS 7 began flying around ever since the release of the new Apple operating system a few weeks ago. Issues people raised ran the gamut from frustration with what they saw as a shortened battery life for their iPhone to the security risks of the lock screen bypass. Fortunately, there are a few fairly simple fixes for the complaints logged against iOS 7, many of which you can learn how to do in 60 seconds.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/12/iphone_searches/
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06 IDG: Fraud, Theft, and Sheep in CyberSpace
Thursday, 8 August 1963, saw one of the most famous thefts in British history – the Great Train Robbery. 50 years later, while the medium might have changed, the principle is the same – on 21 November, Sheep Marketplace reported the theft of 5,400 bitcoins – 3.3m at current exchange rates. This week we look at online theft and fraud, the Global Fraud report, our own investigation into the sinister side of crowdfunding, as well as a look at The Great Bitcoin Robbery.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/12/idg_fraud_theft_in_cyberspace/
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07 How to Transfer Large Data Between Macs
Topher Kessler has written this brief article for CNET.com on transferring large amounts of data between Macs.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/12/how-to-transfer-large-data-between-macs/
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08 Amounts for iPhone takes control of personal expenses
Swift Fox Software is introducing Amounts for iPhone, a personal expense tracker designed to make users more aware of their spending. The app features a clean interface designed specifically for iOS 7.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/12/amounts-for-iphone-takes-control-of-personal-expenses/
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09 Slim down your inbox
Chris Breen has written an article for Macworld that talks about reducing the size of our inbox.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/12/slim-down-your-inbox/
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10 Cocktail 7.1
Maintain has announced the release of Cocktail 7.1 (MavericksEdition), the latest maintenance update of Cocktail for users running OS X Mavericks 10.9. Cocktail is a general purpose utility for OS X that lets you clean, repair, and optimize your Mac.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/12/cocktail-7-1/
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11 Quotes: About Wealth and this time of giving
He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.
– Benjamin Franklin
It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.
– Gloria Steinem
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
– Victor Hugo
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…and have a great week!
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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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