by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 iPad InfoManager: TV, Fraud, Pixel C, Surface, iPad Air 3, and more
02 Surfing and reading safe and easy
03 User Groups on Facebook for weekending 10/10/2015
04 News from Kirkville: the iTunes guy with tips, tricks and news
05 ICANN Report: naughty domains, online risks, taxes and sex
06 iPhone Update from the gold to the weather to dolphins we all love our iPhone
07 An Illustrated History of Mac OS X
08 Smartphone Battery Myths, Explained
09 Cocktail 9.0.1 (El Capitan Edition)
10 Elmedia Video Player
11 Quotes: Hesse and Einstein
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01 iPad InfoManager: TV, Fraud, Pixel C, Surface, iPad Air 3, and more
Well, another week older and another week wiser, the world seems to be all about watches but not tablets… oh, you know that’s not true! UGNN Infomanager is following the news and rumors surrounding the iPad life, but things are getting confusing. Sometimes there’s a thin line between the iPad and the iPhone – and everybody else is trying to keep up…
* Amazon dropping Apple TV and Chromecast is understandable, but dumb
* Apple To Pay $4.2 Million To LA Unified School District Fraud Case
* Google challenges Apple with new Pixel C tablet on top of Nexus
* Google’s Pixel C against the iPad Pro and Surface Pro 3
* Apple iPad Mini 4 Review Roundup: Is It Still Relevant?
* Apple iOS 9.0.2 Release Has A Nasty Surprise
* iPad Air 3 Speculated to Launch in Early 2016
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/10/1510_ipad_info/
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02 Surfing and reading safe and easy
Beware, all of these sites, and most news sites these days have lots of screen spam, including stalker links, predators and possibly malware. Use caution and don’t click on anything outside of the article. See how to use the Firefox Reader feature to skip all the screen spam Careful what you click
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/09/avoiding_spam_site/
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03 User Groups on Facebook for weekending 10/10/2015
Here is some more great content items posted by user group members on Facebook! If you’re not already with us, please feel free to jump in…
* Why force quitting apps to save battery life is a terrible idea
* Microsoft Releases Office for Mac 2011 Update to Fix Outlook El Capitan Bug
* Design-Ready Objects for Adobe Photoshop
* How to activate AT&T Wi-Fi Calling on your iPhone
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/10/user-groups-on-facebook-for-weekending-10102015/
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04 News from Kirkville: the iTunes guy with tips, tricks and news
Kirk McElhearn is the Ask the iTunes Guy. Our good friend Kirk McElhearn sends all kinds of great tips all the time, and with the new Music, he really deserves the “iTunes Guy” moniker he’s achieved. Here’s another batch of our favorites from August and September:
* iOS 9 Spotlight App Search: All Apps Enabled by Default Doesn’t Make Sense
* iOS 9 Sync Issues, and Shares a Trick for Syncing Videos Efficiently
* Not Convinced by Apple Music? Here’s How to Turn Off Auto-Renewal
* New Find My iPhone/iPad/iPod touch Feature in iOS 9
* How to Use Content Blockers (Ad Blockers) in iOS 9
* Publishers Neglect of Ebook Quality is Frustrating
* iOS 9 Security and Privacy Features Explained
* Adjust 3D Touch Sensitivity on the iPhone 6s
* Quickly check your battery levels.
* Why I’m Paying for Apple Music
* The Many Ways I Avoid Ads
* Apple’s Bloated Web site
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/10/1510_kirkville/
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05 ICANN Report: naughty domains, online risks, taxes and sex
User Group Network UGN Safenetting ICANN report: Issues of ICANN and Net Neutrality have been strangely quiet for the past month, but the seething evil still lurks beneath the quiet water. There has been some substantial study, and many legislators are actually taking a new look at the cituation. The one we found probably the golden needle in the hay stack is why ICANN continues to qualify for tax exempt status! InfoManager is digging even when nobody else is!
* Study: 100% of Web sites in These Two Top-Level Domains Are “Shady”
* ICANN descends into farce as bigwigs try to cling to power
* Sex goes on sale in latest expansion of naughty net names
* New top-level domains pose huge online security risk
* Ensuring a free and open Internet
* Why is ICANN Tax Exempt?
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/10/1510_icann_report/
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06 iPhone Update from the gold to the weather to dolphins we all love our iPhone
Time for an iPhone update… the news is falling all around like the autumn leaves – from boy phones to Google phones what’s with the latest loop about iPhones. Your UGNN InfoManager keeps you in that loop:
* The Rose Gold iPhone 6s Is So Popular Among Guys – “Bros’ Gold”
* Watch a hero dolphin rescue a woman’s iPhone from the ocean
* Back up iPhone photos with new share sheet for Google Drive
* Tell us how you really feel about the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus
* Apple’s Clever Tech Makes the iPhone 6s Nearly Waterproof
* Apple Loop: Waterproof Secrets Of Your New iPhone
* My Wife, Siri: Why I Will Marry My iPhone
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/10/1510_ipad_info/
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07 An Illustrated History of Mac OS X
For those of us who have been with the Macintosh since the early days, this OS X history “tower“ is pretty interesting.
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/10/an-illustrated-history-of-mac-os-x/
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08 Smartphone Battery Myths Explained
Thorn Klosowski wrote this article on LifeHacker.com. He lists 5 Myths that surround the battery in a smartphone.
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/10/smartphone-battery-myths-explained/
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09 Cocktail 9.0.1 (El Capitan Edition)
Cocktail is a general purpose utility for OS X that lets you clean, repair and optimize your Mac. The application serves up a perfect mix of maintenance tools and tweaks, all accessible through a clean and easy to use interface.
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/10/cocktail-9-0-1-el-capitan-edition/
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10 Elmedia Video Player
Eltima Software has announced the new Elmedia Video Player, which is available for download from the Mac App Store for free. The app brings high demanded hardware acceleration and a huge number of convenient video and audio options for the best viewing experience.
http://www.ugnn.com/2015/10/elmedia-video-player/
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11 Quotes: Hesse and Einstein
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
– Hermann Hesse
I never came upon any of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.
– Albert Einstein
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…and have a great week!
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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.
Lynn is currently working to rebuilding the Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society (TUMS) and also is a member of the Apple Corps of Dallas. An active participate on several MUG Facebook pages as well.
Fred has been a user group guy since 1986, through the AOL UG Forum days, then out onto the Web. Fred started and developed the User Group Network as a parallel organization to the Mug News Service, then continued through the founding of the Association of Apple Computer Users and Groups, and continues today at http://www.UGNN.com/.
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