by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 Time for Fitness and Health Apps on the iPad and iPhone
02 Stellar Launches v3 of its powerful cloning utility Stellar Drive Clone
03 Horizon Fixer for Final Cut Pro X Released by FxFactory
04 Clips FX for iMovie – for iOS7
05 World’s first Bilingual Spanish-English Children’s Text to Speech Voices
06 AutoCAD 2014 for Mac Tutorial Video
07 Why Does My iPhone Battery Die So Fast?
08 Kickstarter system HACKED
09 GraphicConverter 9.1
10 Quotes: Black History Month
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01 Time for Fitness and Health Apps on the iPad and iPhone
Okay: listen up! The holidays are over, Valentine’s is past;
many of you have been sitting on your duff watching TV while it snows – now it’s time to get into shape for the spring. Bikini weather is just around the corner! Check out these health and fitness apps for your iPhone or iPad – and then share your findings – good or bad – with UGNN Infomanager readers! Have fun with these:
* Award-Winning Mobile Video Coaching App Dartfish Express for iOS7
* The Mindfulness App Reaches #1 Top Paid Ranked App in 11 Countries
* World Fit – A Social App Dedicated Solely to Health and Fitness
* Get exotic, get fit – learn the art of Belly Dance
* Excuses Stop Here with Gym Tuck from Joshua Lipsey
* Yes, Drill Sergeant
…and more!
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/health_fitness_apps/
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02 Stellar Launches v3 of its powerful cloning utility Stellar Drive Clone
Stellar Data Recovery, globally acclaimed software publishers, today announced the launch of version 3 of their acclaimed drive cloning software Stellar Drive Clone.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/stellar_drive_clone/
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03 Horizon Fixer for Final Cut Pro X Released by FxFactory
FxFactory has rolled out Horizon Fixer, the newest powerhouse plugin from CineFlare. Created exclusively for use with Final Cut Pro X, Horizon Fixer is the solution for replicating a beautiful horizon in post without the fear of it appearing crooked or unnatural. Horizon Fixer is now available through FxFactory for just 49 USD.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/horizon_fixer/
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04 Clips FX for iMovie – for iOS7
The release of Clips FX for iMovie for iOS, is now available – Clips FX for iMovie is a library of 20 animated effects video clips – built with video makers in mind. FX clips can be saved to the user’s camera roll, and used in iMovie projects. Clips FX’s royalty-free content makes this helper application a great production tool for video makers using iOS devices.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/clips_for_imovie/
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05 World’s first Bilingual Spanish-English Children’s Text to Speech Voices
AssistiveWare and Acapela Group are have unveiled the first-ever genuine, natural-sounding bilingual American Spanish-English children’s Text to Speech voices at the annual Assistive Technology Industry Association conference in Orlando, Florida.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/bilingual_text-to-speech_voices/
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06 AutoCAD 2014 for Mac Tutorial Video
Technology training firm, Infinite Skills Inc. has announced its Learning AutoCAD 2014 for Mac Tutorial, an introductory course designed to teach basic drawing and editing skills using the industry-standard computer-assisted design program.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/autocad-2014-for-mac-tutorial-video/
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07 Why Does My iPhone Battery Die So Fast?
This article was posted by David Payette last August on his blog Payetteforward.com. He starts off with a brief paragraph and then says: “Take my word for it: The vast majority of iPhone battery issues are software-related.”
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/iphone_battery/
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08 Kickstarter system HACKED
According to Yancey Strickler, Kickstarter CEO: On Wednesday night, law enforcement officials contacted Kickstarter and alerted them that hackers had sought and gained unauthorized access to some of our customers’ data. Upon learning this, Kickstarter immediately closed the security breach and began strengthening security measures throughout the Kickstarter system.
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09 GraphicConverter 9.1
Longtime Macintosh developer and publisher, Lemke Software GmbH has announced the release and immediate availability of GraphicConverter 9.1, an important update to its popular image utility for Mac OS X.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/02/graphicconverter-9-1/
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10 Quotes: Black History Month:
Just like you can buy grades of silk, you can buy grades of justice.
– Ray Charles
The past is a ghost, the future a dream. All we ever have is now.
– Bill Cosby
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
– Booker T Washington
I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.
– Muhammad Ali (1975)
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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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