by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker
What’s Here:
01 Mobile Malware: The Threats, The People, The Solution
02 New Contests! PaigeeWorld Halloween – biggest contest of the year
03 Budgeteer
04 Photo Sense
05 Parallels Access
06 JustDelete.Me
07 Twenty Three Things to do to Improve Battery Life in iOS 7
08 Small Businesses are the Most Susceptible to Cyber Attacks
09 Expert Invoice for iOS 7 – iPhone app for small businesses, freelancers
10 New Internet Crime Initiative Combines Resources, Expertise
11 Sneaky Machines: Seven Household Items That Could Be Spying On You
12 Quotes: Views on Foresight
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01 Mobile Malware: The Threats, The People, The Solution
The media vultures have been circling this week after BlackBerry announced plans to cut 4,500 jobs in an attempt to staunch its anticipated loss of $995m. Despite the losses, though, IDG Connect’s Editorial Director, Martin Veitch, thinks that while the Canadian company might be down, it’s not necessarily out. So what’s the answer for BB? Would cracking the mobile-security code ensure its success in the future? Or is the threat of mobile malware just too big now? This week we look at how the threat of mobile malware is growing, with insight into the effects of mobile users, as well as tips for organisations on how to embrace the BYOD trend securely.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/09/mobile-malware/
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02 New Contests! PaigeeWorld Halloween – biggest contest of the year
This year, PaigeeWorld is not having just one contest, they are having two! They are having both a Facebook Halloween contest and a PaigeeWorld Halloween contest. Both contests start September 20th and run until October 31st. These are Halloween-themed manga drawing contests sponsored by PaigeeWorld and the PaigeeDraw online store. This is the year’s biggest PaigeeWorld contest. This contest is available to everyone on the PaigeeWorld application, as well as PaigeeDraw facebook members. Come join the fun! Download PaigeeWorld today – come join the contest!
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/09/halloween_contes/
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03 Budgeteer
Alegre Software has just released Budgeteer for the Apple Macintosh, an entirely novel way to keep tabs of your personal finances. Budgeteer combines the functions of a spreadsheet and a calendar into one tool to allow users to conveniently keep track of their day-to-day running balance up to a year into the future. This format provides users the ability to identify cash flow issues well down the road and make necessary adjustments to their finances well before it becomes an issue.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/09/budgeteer/
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04 Photo Sense
VeprIT has released Photo Sense 1.11.0, a major update of the non-destructive batch photo enhancement solution for Mac. Photo Sense makes photos more attractive quickly and easily, either automatically or with a minimum user effort. Version 1.11.0 introduces a batch image EXIF/IPTC metadata editor, and makes multiple minor improvements. It also adds integration with the flexible batch image resizer Resize Sense and the flexible batch watermarking utility Watermark Sense.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/09/photo-sense/
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05 Parallels Access
From TechWorld.com: Parallels Access is a new service from Parallels that allows you to access Mac and PC programs remotely. At first glance this could be dismissed as yet another remote access option, similar to LogMeIn Ignition or Chrome Remote Desktop.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/09/parallels-access/
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06 JustDelete.Me
I found this article on Mashable. What the site JustDelete.Me gives links to help remove your name removed from each web site.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/09/justdelete-me/
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07 Twenty three Things to do to Improve Battery Life in iOS 7
From ZDNet: “Here are 23 things you can do to make your iPhone run a little longer.”
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/09/23-things-to-do-to-improve-battery-life-in-ios-7/
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08 Small Businesses are the Most Susceptible to Cyber Attacks
Tech Expert Discusses Simple Steps to Protect Data – Verizon’s 2012 Data Breach Investigations Study revealed that more than 71 percent of data breaches occurred in small businesses with fewer than 100 employees.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/09/small-businesses-are-the-most-susceptible-to-cyber-attacks/
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09 Expert Invoice for iOS 7 – iPhone app for small businesses, freelancers
Designed for iOS 7 from the ground up, Expert Invoice offers an intuitive, modern and easy-to-use interface that feels right at home on Apple’s latest iOS release. Offering features like invoice and estimate creation with PDF generation, time tracking for projects with adjustable timers, CSV export and Dropbox backup, Expert Invoice is the perfect app for any small-business owners or freelancers.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/09/expert-invoice/
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10 New Internet Crime Initiative Combines Resources, Expertise
Digital Evidence Response TeamA pilot program targeting Internet crime – focused on establishing a model for sharing information and coordinating investigations – was recently launched by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and the state of Utah.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/09/internet_crime_initiative/
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11 Sneaky Machines: Seven Household Items That Could Be Spying On You
Most Americans are still reeling from the latest bombshells concerning the government’s efforts to break through encryption and privacy barriers in its ongoing counterterrorism efforts. The latest bombshell comes courtesy of the New York Times, which reported how the National Security Agency has managed to circumvent or crack much of the encryption that protects e-mails, medical records and banking information, along with phone calls, Internet chats and searches.
http://www.ugnn.com/2013/09/spying_on_you/
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12 Quotes: Views on Foresight
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
– John F. Kennedy
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
– Aesop
Plan ahead or find trouble on the doorstep.
– Confucius
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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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