by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 Stupid Halloween Apps to amuse and waste your time
02 Yahoo Donates 125 Servers to Howard University, Opens New Data Center
03 Safenetting: Phishing, Malware, Security Report for October
04 Edit EXIF and IPTC Metadata
05 Eleven Tips for Mavericks
06 iPad InfoManager: Apps from Boinx
07 Infomanager Twitter IPO Updates
08 97% Discount on OpenType Fonts
09 iOS 7 Parallax Wallpapers
10 IP Camera Recorder 2 for Mac
11 Quotes: Dreams
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01 Stupid Halloween Apps to amuse and waste your time
Well, I took a look at over 70 apps specifically targeting Halloween. I’m sorry to report that they’re all stupid except one – and these are really the least stupid of them all. ONLY Halloween 13 Trick or Treats seems to deliver some true value. They’ll all waste your time, but I’m happy to report that most are free! But, hey… it’s Halloween after all!`
* Amazing Halloween HD Wallpapers – Photo, Photo Editor, Wallpapers, & Puzzle Game
* A Trick or Treat Halloween Adventure Game: Costume & Candy Edition
* Halloween 13 Tricks or Treats
* Halloween Matching FREE
* Pumpkin Maker – Free
* Monster Makeover
Waste some time… enjoy yourself!
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/halloween-2/
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02 Yahoo Donates 125 Servers to Howard University, Opens New Data Center
Howard University engineering students and faculty gathered on Oct. 3 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the new Yahoo Data Center housed in Howard’s Computer Learning and Design Center (CLDC) at the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Science (CEACS).
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/yahoo_howard_university/
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03 Safenetting: Phishing, Malware, Security Report for October
From the Kenyan mall to Obamacare, phishing and spammers are busy with their criminal agendas. This week’s Safenetting evils are:
* Bogus AmEx “Unusual activity detected” e-mail leads to phishing
* WARNING: There Is STILL No Way To See Who Viewed Your Profile
* Spam Mails Refer to Kenyan Mall Incident, Deliver Malware
* Google now prompting a whole new form of “Joe Job” spam
* Domain Name Registrar Allows Completely Blank WHOIS
* Obamacare Open Enrollment Is Phishing Season
* Mac Product Testing: After the (Flash) Flood
* Phishing scam warns against phishing scams
and more…
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/phishing_october/
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04 Edit EXIF and IPTC Metadata
Indie developer Martin Novak has announced the release of Exif Editor 1.1.0 for Macintosh, an update to his easy-to-use application for editing EXIF and IPTC metadata in photos. With the application, you, or the authorship of the photo. The app uses powerful exiftool library as the underlying technology for the manipulation with the data.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/edit-exif-and-iptc-metadata/
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05 Eleven Tips for Mavericks
Mark Hattersley has published this article on the Macworld UK Web site. It concerns the 11 tips to get more out of Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/11-tips-for-mavericks/
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06 iPad InfoManager: Apps from Boinx
We’ve always been excited about Boinx applications ever since we previewed their very first program, introduced at Macworld so long ago! It was the original version of Stop Motion and was blowing away Macworld attendees!:
* Orientator
* You Gotta See This!
* iStopMotion Remote Camera
* iStopMotion for iPad
* PhotoPresenter
* FotoMagico Remote
…and more
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/boinx/
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07 Infomanager Twitter IPO Updates
Rising to the top of the news stack is the impending Twitter IPO and all the issues and speculation surrounding it. We’ve watched all the big IPOs; Google, Facebook and all, let’s see how Twitter goes.
* More Twitter IPO Madness: Shares In TW Telecom Go From $30 To $300 In Seconds, Nasdaq Blocks Trades
* Dorsey: With looming Twitter IPO and Square’s new digs, innovator’s hot streak continues
* From CEO Dick Costolo to Peter Chernin: Who Gets Rich in Twitter’s IPO
* In Twitter’s IPO Filing, Signs of a Start-Up That Has Matured
* How Twitter’s IPO Filing Evolved to Contain New Details
* There’s Nothing Public About Twitter’s IPO
* The Real Twitter
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/twitter_ipo/
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08 97% Discount on OpenType Fonts
128bit Technologies has announced that its 1000 OpenType Fonts collection is only $3 for a limited time on the Mac App Store. The fonts included in 1000 OpenType Fonts are completely different from the Premium Fonts collection, and is now available at a discount of 97% (normal price is $99.99).
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/97-discount-on-1000-opentype-fonts/
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09 iOS 7 Parallax Wallpapers
There are several Web sites that are posting Wallpaper pictures for iOS 7 iPhones and iPads. Of course, those will also work on the iPod touch as well.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/ios-7-parallax-wallpapers/
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10 IP Camera Recorder 2 for Mac
DComplex, LLC has announced the release and availability of Camera Recorder 2, a major update to its popular video surveillance software for Mac OS X. IP Camera Recorder allows users to monitor up to 20 IP Cameras simultaneously on a Mac, record video from the cameras, detect motion, control PTZ and more. The companion free iPhone/iPad app allows users to instantly review motion events, remotely watch live video, search and playback recorded video.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/ip-camera-recorder-2-for-mac/
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11 Quotes: Dreams
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
– Walt Disney
The dream is not the destination but the journey.
– Diane Sawyer
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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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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