by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 UGNN Facebook Update: What were you thinking?
02 WARNING: PayPal spoof attack
03 UGNN Cyber Security Report: America Under Attack
04 Albie: The Reddit Album Viewer released for iOS
05 Know on the go, with Hurricane Pro
06 FlipCard
07 Jettison: Close Your MacBook and Go
08 InfoManager: Wearable Technology news, views and reviews
09 Corel’s After Shot Pro 2
10 Ten Features of OS X Yosemite
11 Default Folder X 4.6.6
12 Seen on Facebook:
13 Quote: Cyber Security
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01 UGNN Facebook Update: What were you thinking?
Facebook news and reviews… good and bad reports – a wake of
stupidity and media frenzy reminds you that Facebook is not in
business to be your friend. When will you learn that lesson…
amongst these others covered this week by the Facebook Infomanager:
[_] Not very bright? Facebook has nothing to apologize about
[_] Facebook tips from Sweet Moses, Cleveland Whiskey, Carol and John’s Comic Books Shop
[_] Facebook photo shows Bourbon Street shooting victim, witness and suspect
[_] Facebook: Hickory mom not facing lifetime ban over daughter’s photo
[_] NYPD’s Facebook Page Shares its Triumphs
[_] Report: Facebook post threatens Vitti
[_] Facebook, food & breastfeeding
[_] Where’s the “dislike” button?
…and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/facebook_update_1407-07/
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02 WARNING: PayPal spoof attack
We’ve tracked four of these since yesterday… pin, share, or pass along:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/252483122834350909/
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03 UGNN Cyber Security Report: America Under Attack
We are under attack. The airwaves and optical are humming with the good, bad and insideous. We’ve opened several new search algorithms in the race to bring you the latest details
* Cyber security attacks drive the growth of the unified threat management market
* The Cyberwarfare Arms Race by Iran, China and Russia is Threatening American Finance
* Growing Concerns Over Russian Hackers Targeting US Critical Infrastructure
* School house lock: How the U.S. government proposes to “protect” your data
* Hackers declare “nuclear leak” on Israeli Twitter account
* India Is A Sitting Duck In Cyber Security Area
* Cybersecurity: Litigation, Crime & Enforcement
* The cybersecurity framework and you
* What does Cybersecurity mean?
…and more!
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/cyber_security_1407-07/
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04 Albie: The Reddit Album Viewer released for iOS
Out now is Albie – The Reddit Album Viewer – which makes browsing image heavy subreddits a breeze!
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/albie_reddit_album_viewer/
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05 Know on the go, with Hurricane Pro
Introductory Pricing for 2014 A little late for Arthur, but Kitty Code has finally updated their award winning App, Hurricane Pro to kick off the 2014 hurricane season. Hurricane Pro, the professional level hurricane tracking software for the Apple iPhone, is starting off the 2014 hurricane season with promotional pricing. Available at $1.99 for a limited time, Hurricane Pro gives you the most up to date information on tropical systems around the world.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/hurricane-pro/
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06 FlipCard
Professionals who are fed up with so-called tools that fail to manage their growing volume of business cards – such as bulky rolodexes and time consuming scanners – can now head to the App Store, and finally download the last contact manager solution they’ll ever need: FlipCard.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/flipcard/
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07 Jettison: Close Your MacBook and Go
St. Clair Software is happy to announce the immediate release of Jettison 1.4 for Mac OS X. This update improves the handling of all types of disks, and also delivers a host of new features like hotkeys, control over which disks are ejected, and support for flash drives.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/jettison-1-4-close-your-macbook-and-go/
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08 InfoManager: Wearable Technology news, views and reviews
The next horizon is technology that you wear – and it’s going to be big! Really big! Wearable technology will probably make phones, tablets and maybe even computers! But when the big news is rolling, the InfoManager will be there:
[_] Forget Google Glass – These Souped-Up Manicures Could Be the Future of Wearable Tech
[_] Broadcom Aims To Be An Early Entrant In The Booming Wearable Technology Market
[_] Wearable technology NAILED: Smart fingernails light up when you take a call
[_] UK watchdog draws line on use of Google Glass for data collection
[_] The line between wearable technology and prosthetics is blurring
[_] Microsoft to release wearable fitness tracker this fall
[_] Tech Or Timepiece: How Will Apple Compete With Rolex?
[_] eReaders, wearables endangered species
…and more!
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/wearable_tech/
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09 Corel’s After Shot Pro 2
Now that Apple has announced that the end of Aperture is near, some of the competitors are starting to get aggressive to address the pro users who need more than iPhoto and what we think will be in the new Photos app.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/corels-after-shot-pro-2/
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10 Ten Features of OS X Yosemite
fool.com has this article about Yosemite: “10 Features You Don’t Know About”.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/10-features-of-os-x-yosemite/
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11 Default Folder X 4.6.6
St. Clair Software has announced that Default Folder X 4.6.6 is available. This version of its award-winning utility for enhancing Open and Save dialogs delivers a number of important compatibility fixes.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/07/default-folder-x-4-6-6/
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12 Seen on Facebook:
You’ll need a Facebook sign-in to see these…
Thank you, George Takei, via Facebook
https://bitly.com/shorten/
Monkey business from Terrie Nol, North Coast Mac Users Group (NCMUG)
http://on.fb.me/1jVYXsx
From Jim Rossman: join a computer users group.
http://bit.ly/1q83NH5
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13 Quote: Cyber Security
One hundred twenty countries currently have or are developing offensive cyber attack capabilities, which is now viewed as the fifth dimension of warfare after space, sea, land and air…
– Jamie Shea, NATO Director of Policy Planning
Weakest link countries are those where the absence of legislation creates havens for cyber criminals. One view is to take the drastic option of disconnecting them from the Internet. Another is to use tools to filer out Internet providers from that country. A number of companies in the U.S. block all Internet Protocol (IP) from China.
– McAfee Cyber-security Report, 2012
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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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