by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 Start decorating for Halloween
02 UGNN Malware Report for 1310-28
03 Twitter IPO Updates: Stir the pot, raise the ante
04 iBank for iPad 2 Released Exclusively for iOS 7
05 Pixelmator 3.0 FX
06 Mavericks How-To: Integrating Maps Into Your Workflow
07 First Look Keynote for Mac, iOS & iCloud
08 Tutor for OS X Mavericks
09 A new face for Recycling Old Computers
10 The Recipe of a Web Cookie Infographic
11 Keeping track of time… yours or otherwise
12 Quotes: What would Steve Jobs do?
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01 Start decorating for Halloween
The designers at Croco Studio, maker of the Buildand Play series of children’s apps take this opportunity to warn the public that they have unearthed from deep within the crypts a terrifyingly original new app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Monster Jewels takes the string a bead party to new heights with its dizzying array of choices available to design custom necklaces.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/start-decorating-for-halloween/
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02 UGNN Malware Report for 1310-28
User Group Network UGN Safenetting and Malware report – This week’s alerts were the most prolific we’ve seen in a long time. The crooks are really ramping up their vile practice. We have started posting many of our alerts to our Facebook group. If you are not a UGNet Facebook follower you probably should be: http://www.facebook.com/groups/UGNet/
Here goes:
* Hackers compromise official PHP Web site, infect visitors with malware
* Mozilla addresses teenager’s purported mobile Firefox OS malware
* 18GB Grand Theft Auto 5 PC torrent turns out to be malware
* Norks seed online games with malware in fiendish DDoS plot
* North Korea May Be Distributing Malware-Riddled Games
* Reminder: The Web is not the only source of malware
* Best Books to Learn Malware & Intrusion Detection
* Update on PHP.net site malware hack attack
and more…
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/malware_1310-28/
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03 Twitter IPO Updates: Stir the pot, raise the ante
Twitter, IPO: We’re continuing the heat of Twitter’s impending IPO, things are changing – but they’ve announced prices and shares and a tentative date… follow along:
* Twitter price set conservatively to avoid Facebook, Groupon fate
* Twitter IPO as Economical as its Tweets With 27% Discount
* Twitter IPO pegs valuation at modest $11 billion
* Give us TWELVE BEEELLION of your Earth dollars
* Watch Twitter’s IPO Roadshow Pitch
* NYSE: What Can Go Wrong?
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/1310-28_twitter_ipo/
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04 iBank for iPad 2 Released Exclusively for iOS 7
The new full version of iBank for iPad is the most advanced personal finance solution for iOS yet. Redesigned for iOS 7, iBank for iPad 2.0 will be a free upgrade to users of earlier versions, and is available from the App Store immediately.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/ibank-2/
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05 Pixelmator 3.0 FX
London, United Kingdom – The Pixelmator Team has announced the release of Pixelmator 3.0 FX, the most advanced version of Pixelmator to date, featuring Layer Styles, Liquify Tools, and support for new features in OS X Mavericks, delivering blazing fast performance with its new, state-of-the-art image editing engine.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/pixelmator-3-0-fx/
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06 Mavericks How-To: Integrating Maps Into Your Workflow
On MacLife’s Web site, Cory Bohon has published this article to show how Maps can be used in OS X Mavericks.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/mavericks_workflow/
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07 1st Look Keynote for Mac, iOS & iCloud
Joe Kissell, one of my favorite Take Control authors, published this article for Macworld that gives us a “First Look at Keynote for Mac, iOS, and iCloud.”
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/1st-look-keynot-for-mac-ios-icloud/
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08 Tutor for OS X Mavericks
Noteboom Productions has announced the release and immediate availability of Tutor for OS X Mavericks, their latest video tutorial, now available on the Mac App Store. With Tutor for OS X Mavericks, the user watches videos to learn how to use OS X Mavericks, Apple’s latest operating system for the Mac.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/tutor-for-os-x-mavericks/
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09 A new face for Recycling Old Computers
Legendary dog-cow of the original Mac MacPaint: We received a letter from reader P. Bryant citing an article from UGNN back in 2010. Paul is working on a project to help spread awareness about electronic recycling and shares this link and information with UGNN readers:
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/10/recycling_computers/
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10 The Recipe of a Web Cookie Infographic
The infographic released covers all the key points to help users understand:
* What the term cookie means specifically in the context of the Web
* The most common types of cookies encountered when browsing
* Real-world examples of what Web cookies achieve and how they’re used
* How the use of Web cookies relates to online privacy
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11 Keeping track of time… yours or otherwise
Logwatch is a new activity logger for iPhones you can use to record time. And decide what you want to do with it later. Logwatch defines what a stopwatch on smartphones needs to be. An activity logger for iPhones. Featuring Dropbox and Evernote integration and one-touch logging of lap data to the cloud. Import data from other apps using URL schemes. Perfect for training, sports, athletes, professionals and being mindful of time.
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12 Quotes: What would Steve Jobs do?
A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.
Apple’s market share is bigger than BMW’s or Mercedes’s or Porsche’s in the automotive market. What’s wrong with being BMW or Mercedes?
– Steve Jobs
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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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