by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 Customize Your Music Library and Playlist with Stylish Music+ 2.0
02 The first voice control app designed for the popular streaming music service
03 Ten Tips to Plan a Stress-Free Get Together
04 On the road again with your kids for Summer? Take PlayPlaces along
05 A powerful research tool for those needing arrest information and mugshots
06 Dropping Dropbox: Exploring alternatives
07 Eighteen ways you’re unknowingly killing your iPhone battery
08 SuperPlayPosts Creates Custom Video Collages
09 UGs This Week on Facebook (UGTWOF)
10 Nine things everyone should know how to do with a presentation app
11 FedEx charged with trafficking drugs for Web pharmacies
12 FedEx Charged With Shipping Drugs For Illegal Online Pharmacies
13 iPhone 6 surfaces in first actual photos, not mockups
14 Apple’s Thunderbolt Trademark Approved but not Registered
15 Quotes: Thoughts on Success
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01 Customize Your Music Library and Playlist with Stylish Music+ 2.0
Music+ 2.0 is an update to the popular music app for iPhone and iPod Touch devices. Music+ is a basic music player app with a wide variety of features that enhance the user’s listening experience.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/music_plus/
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02 The first voice control app designed for the popular streaming music service
After enjoying success as a finalist in last year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Accelerator, Vela App Inc. has announced a new partnership with Spotify to deliver the first voice control app designed for the popular streaming music service. The app, available on the iTunes App Store for $0.99, creates a hands-free experience where the user can simply speak a song and artist’s name, to have the song automatically play.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/spotify_service/
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03 Ten Tips to Plan a Stress-Free Get Together
Infographic ZookCity, an app created by a San Francisco-based startup, released an infographic this week entitled “Ten Tips to Plan a Stress-Free Get Together”. ZookCity is a mobile app that bridges local events with social media, and is designed for connecting friends in real life. See the infographic below.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/stress-free_get-togethers/
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04 On the road again with your kids for Summer? Take PlayPlaces along
Just in time for family summer road trip season, AppAvenger today is proud to announce the latest version of their PlayPlaces – Ultimate Kids Road Trip App for the iPhone and iPad. Version 1.6 has been completely updated for 2014. The app is a must-have companion for families traveling by car with younger children.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/kids_play_places/
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05 A powerful research tool for those needing arrest information and mugshots
Leading the way for arrests and mugshots online, JailBase has released the iPhone version of their well-liked mobile app. Helping you find information about family members. Researching past arrests. Seeing who’s been arrested in your neighborhood. JailBase’s free mobile app fills this need for many counties in the United States.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/mug-shots/
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06 Dropping Dropbox: Exploring alternatives
Chris Breen of Macworld has this article on ITWorld about his desire to get rid of Dropbox.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/dropping-dropbox-exploring-alternatives/
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07 Eighteen ways you’re unknowingly killing your iPhone battery
This story on Stuff.tv, by Elissa Loi, talks about ways that you could be burning the battery on your iPhone ahead of time. The battery is rated for up to 10 hours of life, but many of us don’t get that.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/18-ways-youre-unknowingly-killing-your-iphone-battery/
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08 SuperPlayPosts Creates Custom Video Collages
iOS users looking for a versatile, yet easy-to-use photo and video editing solution can now get it from the App Store as the new app SuperPlayPost from developer Bich Tran.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/superplayposts-creates-custom-video-collages/
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09 UGs This Week on Facebook (UGTWOF)
For the week of July13th, 2014, User Groups on Facebook were discussing many topics.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/ugs-this-week-on-facebook-ugtwof/
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10 Nine Things everyone should know how to do with a presentation app
This article by Macworld’s Franklin Tessler tells us how to do nine things in each of the presentation programs for Office (Powerpoint), iWork (Keynote) and Google Docs (Slide).
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/9-things-everyone-should-know-how-to-do-with-a-presentation-app/
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11 FedEx charged with trafficking drugs for Web pharmacies
FedEx is facing drug-trafficking charges after a federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted the overnight shipping company, accusing it of conspiring to deliver prescription drugs for illegal Internet pharmacies.
Prosecutors say officials of the DEA and FDA and members of Congress warned FedEx at least six times since 2004 that illegal Internet pharmacies used the global shipper to deliver drugs. The indictment says FedEx knowingly shipped drugs for two illegal Internet pharmacies, the Chhabra-Smoley Organization and Superior Drugs. In 2003, the DEA shut down RxNetwork, one of the Chhabra-Smoley businesses, and arrested Vincent Chhabra on charges of violating the Controlled Substances Act.
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12 FedEx Charged With Shipping Drugs For Illegal Online Pharmacies
Dana Farrington writes for NPR: Claiming innocence, FedEx by Patrick Fitzgerald, senior vice president of marketing and communications. He said FedEx would plead not guilty.
“We are a transportation company – we are not law enforcement. We have no interest in violating the privacy of our customers,” the statement added. “We continue to stand ready and willing to support and assist law enforcement. We cannot, however, do the job of law enforcement ourselves.”
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13 iPhone 6 surfaces in first actual photos, not mockups
After seeing various mockups of the purported iPhone 6, some actual photos allegedly showing the final device have surfaced online.
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14 Apple’s Thunderbolt Trademark Approved but not Registered
Earlier this month, Apple was granted another Thunderbolt-related patent. Wikipedia notes that Thunderbolt (code named light Peak) was co-developed by Apple and Intel and made public in 2011. Apple applied for the Thunderbolt trademark shortly thereafter and came close to getting it registered. In fact in 2012 they were 30 days away from approval before running into problems and since then Apple has been trying repeatedly to get it registered with no success.
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15 Quotes: Thoughts on Success
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
– Henry Ford
The Dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success.
– Vince Lombardi
All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don’t discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others.
– Danny Thomas
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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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