InfoManager for Monday, September 8th, 2014

by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker

What’s Here:
01 Stupid Apps: Bad Driver Database
02 WritePad Pro 1.4 features Improved Note-Taking
03 Auto-eject (or Jettison) your disks before your Mac sleeps
04 Introducing Nav Camera: Photos and Movies with Geolocation Data Overlays
05 Cloud Server For Printing From Smart Devices
06 Rhythm Studio 1.10 for iOS Puts Recording Studio at Your Fingertips
07 User Groups on Facebook for Week Ending September 6
08 5 Siri Tips and Tricks
09 New Folx downloader
10 Ten Tools to Create Social Media Graphics
11 Vortex 1.3
12 Pando Calendar Replacement?
13 CYBER WAR LIVE – Watch Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism in Real Time
14 Quotes: random thoughts

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01 Stupid Apps: Bad Driver Database

Of all the apps out there, this one definitely deserves to be in the STUPID APPS department. Here you can waste your time for absolutely nothing, and nobody will care! Here’s the official press release:

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/bad_drivers_stupid_apps/

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02 WritePad Pro 1.4 features Improved Note-Taking

PhatWare has rolled out the latest WritePad Pro 1.4, the advanced word processing, note-taking, and handwriting recognition app for iPhone and iPad. WritePad Pro 1.4 features numerous improvements, all of which are based on feedback received from WritePad users.

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/writepad-pro/

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03 Auto-eject (or Jettison) your disks before your Mac sleeps

St. Clair Software Jettison 1.4.1 for Mac OS X improves the logic for ejecting and remounting all disks, with specific improvements for SD cards and flash drives. It also delivers user interface refinements and support for Yosemite’s “dark mode”.

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/jettison_your_disks/

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04 Introducing Nav Camera: Photos and Movies with Geolocation Data Overlays

Nav Camera uses the proven navigation, augmented reality, and image processing engines from Theodolite to create an app that focuses on photogaphy and video recording with data overlays. The app has been crafted with attention to detail, and benefits from over five years of development and testing heritage, along with real-world usage by surveyors, geologists, architects, engineers, competitive sportsmen, first responders, military personnel, and search and rescue workers around the world.

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/nav_camera/

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05 Cloud Server For Printing From Smart Devices

Pocket Watch has announced the availability of its new ActivePrint Cloud Server Powered by Raspberry Pi. With this small standalone box almost any USB printer or available network printer will become compatible with iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. This is done by making each printer available through AirPrint, ActivePrint, Cloud Print, and Google Cloud Print services simultaneously.

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/nav_camera/

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06 Rhythm Studio 1.10 for iOS Puts Recording Studio at Your Fingertips

Pulse Code has updated its premier universal electronic music-making app, Rhythm Studio. The latest update to Rhythm Studio includes core audio enhancements.

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/rhythm-studio-2/

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07 User Groups on Facebook for Week Ending September 6

This week’s subject on UG’s Facebook pages are listed below. If you know of any user groups on Facebook that aren’t mentioned, please let us know. This week we saw:
[_] September 9 Apple Event
[_] Watch the Keynote stream live
[_] See How the Mac magically decluttered your desktop

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/user-groups-on-facebook-for-week-ending-september-6/

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08 5 Siri Tips and Tricks

From LifeHacker: Here are five ways to get Siri working harder for you.

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/5-siri-tips-and-tricks/

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09 New Folx downloader

Eltima Software has released a new version of their Folx download manager that includes much-anticipated torrents downloading features.

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/new-folx-downloader/

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10 Ten Tools to Create Social Media Graphics

This story by Paul Chaney appears on the PracticalEcommerce Web site. It offers 10 tools to help you enter the visual social Web quickly and easily.

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/10-tools-to-create-social-media-graphics/

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11 Vortex 1.3

TastyApps has announced Vortex 1.3, continuing the productivity Vortex beta introduced to the Mac, with a new streamlined stable interface and more customizing options. Vortex brings a new level productivity to the Mac. Dozens of Actions for the things you do most are instantly available via Drag N Drop or shortcut keys. You can quickly convert image or audio files, translate text or e-mails, add images and files to e-mails, compress or uncompress archives, and uninstall applications.

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/vortex-1-3/

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12 Pando Calendar Replacement?

Recently on the iMacChat mailing list the following question was asked

http://www.ugnn.com/2014/09/pando-calendar-replacement/

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13 CYBER WAR LIVE – Watch Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism Live In Real Time

Home Depot is reportedly the latest added to a growing list of retailers like Target and P.F. Chang that have seen their customer payment data hacked… here’s a real-time video of cyber warfare:

http://youtu.be/JH6RVjtU2Gw

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14 Quotes: random thoughts

Here’s something to think about: How come you never see a headline like “Psychic Wins Lottery”?
– Jay Leno, Comedian

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
– Betty Smith, Novelist

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
– R. D. Laing, Writer

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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.

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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