InfoManager for Monday, July 21st, 2014

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

What’s Here:
01 Customize Your Music Library and Playlist with Stylish Music+ 2.0
02 The first voice control app designed for the popular streaming music service
03 Ten Tips to Plan a Stress-Free Get Together
04 On the road again with your kids for Summer? Take PlayPlaces along
05 A powerful research tool for those needing arrest information and mugshots
06 Dropping Dropbox: Exploring alternatives
07 Eighteen ways you’re unknowingly killing your iPhone battery
08 SuperPlayPosts Creates Custom Video Collages
09 UGs This Week on Facebook (UGTWOF)
10 Nine things everyone should know how to do with a presentation app
11 FedEx charged with trafficking drugs for Web pharmacies
12 FedEx Charged With Shipping Drugs For Illegal Online Pharmacies
13 iPhone 6 surfaces in first actual photos, not mockups
14 Apple’s Thunderbolt Trademark Approved but not Registered
15 Quotes: Thoughts on Success Continue reading

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Reminder: Mac Class at Di-No

Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Mac Play class, subject TBA, at Di-No Computers.

Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA  91107
(626) 795-6674

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A Mac, Right??

MakeUseOf wants to know: What Will Be Your Next Computer Purchase?

Go on over and let ’em know. The poll is down towards the bottom of the page.

We want to know, too! Leave a comment.

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Reminder: iPad Class at Di-No

Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the iPad Basics class, focusing on Mail, Contacts, and Calendar, at Di-No Computers.

Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA  91107
(626) 795-6674

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Wired Ranks the Rumors

As Christina Bonnington reports in Wired:

Each week, there are dozens of rumors, reports, and patent filings that hint at what’s coming out of Cupertino next. Some are legit, but many are totally bogus. As always, we’ve parsed the rumors, ranking them in order from “utterly ridiculous” to “duh, of course”. First up…

DON’T COUNT ON IT: Photos of Next Gen Touch ID Sensor Emerge

It, of course, gets better from there. PYBT: This Week’s Apple Rumors, Ranked From Dumbest to Most Plausible for all the juicy tidbits.

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InfoManager for Monday, July 14th, 2014

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

What’s Here:
01 IDG: What is the Future of Wearables?
02 iPad InfoManager: July – Summer is almost over but iPad market still hot!
03 InfoManager: Wearable Technology news, views and reviews 1407-14
04 UGNN Cyber Security Report: America Under Attack
05 Google Improves Docs and cloud storage
06 See how Web site is tracking you
07 iOS 8 Security Changes
08 Auction to benefit App Camp for Girls
09 Digiarty Win/Mac DVD Video Converter
10 UGNN Malware Update: broken, break in, breaking, breaches
11 Quotes: about freedom: Continue reading

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Who are you and what do you do?

At The Sweet Setup:

Every week we try to post a new interview with someone about what software they use on their Mac, iPhone, or iPad. We do these interviews because not only are they fun, but a glimpse into what tools someone uses and how they use those tools can spark our imagination and give us an idea or insight into how we can do things better.

Today’s victim, er, interviewee:

My name is John Voorhees. I live in Hinsdale, Illinois, with my wife and three sons.

By day, I am a bankruptcy lawyer at a law firm in Chicago. Most of my work is on large corporate Chapter 11 reorganizations for creditors like banks.

I also help my eldest son with Squibner Software, his iOS development business, which led me to learn iOS programming myself. I have two apps on the iTunes App Store, including a soundboard companion app to Myke Hurley and Matt Alexander’s Bionic podcast called Vlcnr. Next up is an iTunes affiliate linking app for bloggers that I expect to release when iOS 8 debuts.

You can catch John’s complete story here: John Voorhees’ sweet Mac setup.

“Back issues” can be found here: Sweet Setup Interview.

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Reminder: Mac Class at Di-No

Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Mac Work class, subject TBA, at Di-No Computers.

Di-No Computers
2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA  91107
(626) 795-6674

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Think Before You Clink

Er, that should have been *click*…

And to help illustrated why, Dave Parrak posted a most informative article on MakeUseOf. PYBT: Crappy Crowdfunding: 10 Dumb Kickstarters We Did Not Support [Weird & Wonderful Web].

And, yes, the listed Kickstarters are weird and wonderful!

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Wired Ranks the Rumors

As Christina Bonnington reports in Wired:

Each week, there are dozens of rumors, reports, and patent filings that hint at what’s coming out of Cupertino next. Some are legit, but many are totally bogus. As always, we’ve parsed the rumors, ranking them in order from “utterly ridiculous” to “duh, of course”. First up…

DON’T COUNT ON IT: Sapphire Crystal iPhone Display Glass Tested in Video

It, of course, gets better from there. PYBT: This Week’s Apple Rumors, Ranked From Dumbest to Most Plausible for all the juicy tidbits.

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