InfoManager for Monday, May 12th, 2014

by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker

What’s Here:
01 InfoManager Infographics to pin and share
02 iPad InfoManager: Spring rolling with rumors and news
03 Google, Microsoft, Instagram, Apple and more all got Malware!
04 Safenetting: Phishing, Report for May 2014
05 Spotlight Tricks & Tips
06 System 1.0 Headquarters
07 New Outlining App
08 NoteSeller 1.0
09 iObserve educational observation app
10 US Move on Domain Name System Continues to Draw GOP Caution
11 Does Facebook affect our self-esteem, sense of belonging?
12 Quotes: Communications

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01 InfoManager Infographics to pin and share:

*** PayPal drive-by alert
http://www.ugnn.com/safenetting/2014/alert_PayPal_phishing.html
*** Alert: illegal Internet drug crime cartels
http://www.ugnn.com/safenetting/2014/illegal_internet_drug_crime.html

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02 iPad InfoManager: Spring rolling with rumors and news

Now that we’ve passed the milestone of more tablets sold than personal computers, we can move on. Spring gives way to summer, and after May, people will be on the road, graduating, getting married, camping, flying, fishing, touring, cooking out, and sweltering on a lounge chair at the beach. You can bet that 58% of them will have an iPad or other tablet device along!
* Combined iPad, Mac shipments make Apple world’s largest PC vendor once again
* Why Apple is so interested in Beats: It’s not about the headphones
* Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet vs Apple iPad Air Price and Spec Review
* Apple Dominates Worldwide Computer Market Despite iPad Drop
* Beats acquisition called Apple’s “best idea since the iPad”
* The Next Generation Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPad will have what?
* Asus Google Nexus 7 vs iPad Mini 2 Price and Spec Review
* Apple iPad Sales Slow Down: Nothing To See Here, Folks
* Adobe launches storytelling app for Apple iPad
* Padcaster for iPad Air now shipping
…and more

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/1405_ipad_infomanager/

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03 Google, Microsoft, Instagram, Apple and more all got Malware!

UGN Safenetting and Malware report We are seeing more and more of a shift to malware from the normal flow of spam and phishing. We also usually report a day or two before the mainstream media picks up on it. If you have not yet shared or pinned our most recent alerts:
* PayPal drive-by alert
* Alert: illegal Internet drug crime cartels

With the shift to mobile devices and tablets, there’s also a shift to Unix and “generic” software with lots of bugs and lots of back doors. So it’s no longer a them verses us theme. It’s how do I protect myself, and how can I help protect others? And you’ve known for the past quarter century… follow the InfoManager:
[_] 10 Reasons Today’s Malware Threats Require Defense in Depth
[_] Google warns Demonoid users over possible malware threat
[_] Fake Instagram “Image Viewers” Are Latest Malware Fad
[_] Malware infections tripled in Q4 of 2013: Microsoft
[_] Malware update: Happy 10th birthday mobile malware!
[_] Apple security: Securing your Mac and iOS devices
[_] Sefnit Malware Returns with Sophisticated Version
[_] Malware at all time High
and more…

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/1405_malware/

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04 Safenetting: Phishing, Report for May 2014

Although social media fraud, malware, and drive-by tracker sites are increasing threats, plain old spam and phishing are still very much alive. In our first quarter, we reported and/or tracked over 6,000 individual spam e-mails, of which 43% were straight, in-your-face phishing. The Safenetting Pinterest page is one worth following! And please pin: Apple did NOT move to the Czech Republic! But as for this week’s alerts:
[_] New era of &dlquo;mega breaches” signals bigger payouts and shifting behaviour for cybercriminals
[_] 1,981 Baylor Regional Medical Center patients’ information compromised by phishing
[_] It Took Feds 13 Days to Unravel a TSP Cyber Hoax Perpetrated by– Feds
[_] Spam in Q1 2014: US Once Again the Prime Target for Malicious E-mails
[_] “Unknown malware” hits enterprise nets 53 times a day
[_] Proceeds of phishing campaign balloon
[_] Scam Alert: PayPal fraud warning
[_] POP! goes the phisher
and more…

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/1405_phishing/

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05 Spotlight Tricks & Tips

This article on HackMac gives some shortcuts to get more performance out of Apple’s Spotlight search engine.

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/spotlight-tricks-tips/

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06 System 1.0 Headquarters

Dan Vanderkam created this Web site about the original Macintosh Operating System. He runs the OS on vMac, a program that will run anything that would run on a Macintosh Plus. It will run System 1.0 through 7.5.5 or about 12 years of Macintosh programs.

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/system-1-0-headquarters/

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07 New Outlining App

Graphic Node has unveiled Process for iOS. Process is a new iOS application that enables organizing and sharing projects, tasks, and ideas through an elegant, uncluttered interface. Process for iOS allows the creation of hierarchical outlines and provides an instant overview of the structure of the information at hand.

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/new-outlining-app/

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08 NoteSeller 1.0

College students with a flair for taking great class notes who want to help their fellow classmates ethically and responsibly improve their grades – and make some extra cash for their good deeds – can now download the brilliant new no-cost iPad app NoteSeller.

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/noteseller-1-0/

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09 iObserve educational observation app

Prospect Training Services (PTS) has developed iObserve, a new app that enables teachers, coaches and assessors to record audio of their students’, learners’, or organizations’ training or assessment sessions, with instant time stamping to mark exactly when any criteria, standards, or benchmarks have been met or any key points made.

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/iobserve-educational-observation-app/

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10 US Move on Domain Name System Continues to Draw GOP Caution

Roll Call (blog) is reporting:
Republicans are still trying to put the brakes – at least temporarily – on a National Telecommunications and Information Administration plan to relinquish its connection to certain key Internet domain name functions. But seriously, folks, you really have no idea how badly the &rlduo;evil axis” wants to get their hands on the Internet.
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton said:
“It would be irresponsible for Congress and the administration to ignore those hostile governments that have openly expressed their desire to seize and control the Internet… Once we transfer this role away, there is no going back.”
Duh. Why can’t the Democrats understand what’s at stake here? Letting the Internet out of U.S. government control will be one of the huge mistakes of the century.

http://bit.ly/1l7lz97

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11 Does Facebook affect our self-esteem, sense of belonging?

The Science Daily Web site is one we recommend for good research and info.

New research published in the journal Social Influence looked at how Facebook communication impacts on feelings of social belonging, which in turn affects outlook on life, loneliness, and self-worth. Researchers, led by Dr Stephanie Tobin, from The University of Queensland’s School of Psychology, conducted two studies centred on “lurking” or passive Facebook participation and on ostracism, aiming to analyze how participants would feel when deliberately “snubbed”.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140508095456.htm

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12 Quotes: Communications

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That’s why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
– Truman Capote

Precision of communication is important, more important than ever in our era of hair-trigger balances, when a false, or misunderstood, word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
– James Thurber

Too much agreement kills a chat.
– Eldridge Cleaver

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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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