by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 Free Sound FX kits from SupaSounds
02 Str8 for iOS Challenges You to Build a Tower of Blocks to Infinity
03 Sudoku Game Made During Lunch Breaks Tops 100,000 Solutions Worldwide
04 Graphic Design App Candy Apple Updated to Version 1.2
05 America’s Favorite Puzzle Celebrates 60 years with New Just Jumble App
06 Free The Dog is a fun, addictive and challenging puzzle game
07 iPad App for Doctors that works without an Internet
08 Apps & Utilities for Mac OS X
09 How to Change Your Apple ID
10 Beamer 2.0
11 Re-discover Your Photos with new Lost Photos App
12 UGNN InfoManager: ugly face of net neutrality back again!
13 Quotes for Mother’s Day
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¡Happy Cinco de mayo!
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01 Free Sound FX kits from SupaSounds
Did you ever need sound loops or sound effects for a project, and just didn’t know where to turn? SupaSounds has announced a Free SFX kits offering from their extensive sound library for a limited time. Any game developers can visit SupaSounds online and download all of Supa Sounds SFX kits at no cost.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/free-sound-fx-kits/
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02 Str8 for iOS Challenges You to Build a Tower of Blocks to Infinity
Independent games- and app-developer iParty! Mobile is proud to announce the worldwide release and availability of Str8 to the iOS digital app store. Available as a free download and compatible with the Apple iPhone, Apple iPod touch, and Apple iPad, Str8 offers entertaining puzzle-action to players of all ages and experience levels.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/str8/
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03 Sudoku Game Made During Lunch Breaks-Tops 100,000 Solutions Worldwide
Tapestry Twist 2, is the free word sudoku puzzle game for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. According to the game inventor, John T. Floros, Tapestry Twist was named after the motion of weaving letters in and out of colored threads to create a pattern or Tapestry. The Twist stems from solving Sudoku puzzles but with letters and not numbers.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/sudoku/
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04 Graphic Design App Candy Apple Updated to Version 1.2
Candy Apple for Mac OS X is a tasty vector-based graphic design and illustration app available on the Mac App Store and on the MacAppware Web site. For a limited time this new version is offered at 50% off to new customers, and current users can simply update for free through the Updates section of the App Store application on their Mac.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/candy_apple_dtp/
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05 America’s Favorite Puzzle Celebrates 60 years with New Just Jumble App
Just Jumble is a free app that introduces millions of fans of the iconic daily Jumble brainteaser to a new game twist on mobile and tablet devices. Just Jumble launched today, April 23, in the Apple App Store.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/just_jumble/
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06 Free The Dog is a fun, addictive and challenging puzzle game
LionApps has released Free The Dog 1.0 for iOS, a new puzzle game that will challenge your brain while thrilling your senses. Featuring some of the best graphics and original music ever in an iOS game, you will be motivated to solve each level – trying to get the ball into the basket using a variety of tools to Free The Dog.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/free_the_dog/
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07 iPad App for Doctors that works without an Internet
Siyami Apps has announced the release of Doctor ON GO 1.0, its new medical app for iPad. Your patient data is now at your fingertips no matter where you go, even without a mobile network. The Doctor ON GO app for iPad offers Patient Visits and Records Management features for busy medical professionals. SOAP Notes can be turned into invoices or estimates with just one tap. Ability to add reminders for all tasks or to-dos differentiates the App. It also immediately syncs activities with the calendar.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/ipad-app-for-doctors-that-works-without-an-internet/
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08 Apps & Utilities for Mac OS X
This article on Graphic Mac is another of those lists I love, because while I usually already use some of these apps, there is always something that I didn’t know about.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/apps-utilities-for-mac-os-x/
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09 How to Change Your Apple ID
One of the questions I get asked most is “I no longer have the e-mail I used to setup my AppleID. How can I change it to a different e-mail?”
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/how-to-change-your-apple-id/
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10 Beamer 2.0
Tupil has released version 2.0 of their Mac app Beamer. The update brings a completely redesigned user interface and much requested new features, such as playlists and better controls. Beamer makes it possible to stream any movie file from your Mac directly to Apple TV using AirPlay. Beamer accepts all common formats, codecs and resolutions. Just open any movie file and press play.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/beamer-2-0/
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11 Re-discover Your Photos with new Lost Photos App
Lost Photos 2.0 is a free Mac app that enables users to re-discover forgotten photos within their e-mail accounts. Originally created by Space Inch, Macphun has secured worldwide publishing rights and now directs development and marketing activities for the software.
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/05/re-discover-your-photos-with-new-lost-photos-app/
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12 UGNN InfoManager: ugly face of net neutrality back again! Maybe for one last time!
If you remember UGNN coverage of Net Neutrality over the years, then you may remember our article “Net Neutrality Decade”… and next year it will truly be a decade. So, you thought that had all been laid to rest – but not. Now the whole issue has reared its ugly face again in the wake of all the publicity and public whining over Aereo! Watch how quickly the status-quo public and government is so eager to quelsh new ideas. Oh well. But you know for sure, if it’s a happening in technology, UGNN InfoManager covers it! Follow along:
[_] The FCC’s new net neutrality rules will kill Aereo, even if the Supreme Court doesn’t
[_] After pledging to fight for net neutrality, Obama needs to show the FCC who’s boss
[_] Lobbying Efforts Intensify After F.C.C. Tries 3rd Time on Net Neutrality
[_] Opinion: FCC will seek comments about its latest net neutrality proposal
[_] Opinion: Will Wheeler’s Net neutrality rules lead to online toll lanes?
[_] Politico: Obama’s past stance in conflict with net neutrality proposal
[_] F.C.C., in a Shift, Backs Fast Lanes for Web Traffic
[_] What Do Net Neutrality Rules Mean For Web Users?
and more…
http://www.ugnn.com/2014/04/net_neutrality_2014/
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13 Quotes for Mother’s Day
Did you ever meet a mother who’s complained that her child phoned her too often? Me neither.
– Maureen Lipman
My mother gave me a bumblebee pin when I started work. She said: “Aerodynamically, bees shouldn’t be able to fly. But they do. Remember that.”
– Jill E. Barad
God could not be everywhere, so He made mothers.
– Jewish Proverb
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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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