[INFO] InfoManager for Monday, November 28th, 2011

InfoManager for Monday, November 28th, 2011 ---------------------------------------------- by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker  What's Here: 01  Safenetting Cyber Monday 02  iPhone InfoManager Cyber Monday 03  Cookies for Christmas 04  Santa's World 05  iOS 5: Complete LIst of 200+ New Features 06  Stargazing on your iPhone 07  Learn iOS By Qualified Experts 08  College of Engineering Magazine for iPad 09  Most Advanced iPad Scientific Calculator 10  A Better Way To Take Notes? 11  Solar charging for your devices 12  World's first iPad celebrity news magazine 13  Craigslist results with HD images 14  10 Useful Tools For Mac 15  AppliFX 2.0 16  Quotes : Les Brown and Henry Adam  ------------------------------------------------------------------- UGNN on Facebook -- http://www.facebook.com/groups/UGNet/ -------------------------------------------------------------------  01  Safenetting Cyber Monday       Here we are in the high shopping season   - but watch out, the criminals are out to get you   - Here are the headlines: * Spam in October 2011: More Countries Getting in on the Act * Spam - the email kind - is pretty slick, too * Microsoft refunds Xbox Live phishing scam victims * Cyber Monday phishing, scams * PayPal email address change phishing scheme * Cleverest Facebook scam yet * Android Malware Is Increasing * McAfee Internet Security for Mac 2012 * Analysis: Does the government really understand the cyber threat? . . . and more!  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/safenet1127/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  02  iPhone InfoManager Cyber Monday       Lots and lots going on in the world of iPhone - and "Black Friday" even bleeds into Toronto where the Eaton Center Apple store was standing-room-only... * iPhone 4S finally launches * iPhone 5 to Come with 4-inch Display? * Study finds Apple ecosystem helps iPhone lead industry * Why I chose to join the cult - of iPhone users * Why doesn't iPhone wifi sync with iTunes work better? * Jailbreak Only: MobileMonitor - Big Brother Meets Your iPhone * Schneier on iPhone security * Samsung's new ad mocks iPhone users. Rather well, too. and more PLUS videos  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/111127/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  03  Cookies for Christmas       CulinartMedia, Inc. has introduced Cookies for Christmas 1.1, for iOS devices. Thoughts of family gatherings and visiting friends and bringing in the season with delicious treats means it's time once again to begin baking Christmas cookies. With over 50 recipes, including traditional favorites like gingerbread and shortbread to new favorites like panettone and sevillanas, this app makes it easy to bake great-tasting treats at home. Each recipe displays step-by-step color photos, ingredient listings, in-built timer, and shopping and favorite lists along with videos and a "know-how" section.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/cookies/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  04  Santa's World       There are five unique games within Santa's World that are perfect for enjoying the Christmas spirit and holiday season. Have you ever wanted to help the elves inside Santa's workshop? Santa's World is designed to do just that with exciting puzzles and games across the north pole! Help the elves by building toys like rocket ships and instruments from scratch! After the toys have been lined up and assembled, help the master elf place the correct presents inside Santa's bag.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/santas-world/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  05  iOS 5: Complete LIst of 200+ New Features       At the June 6 WWDC, Apple gave us 20 new features for iOS 5. But there were over 200 new features promised. I know I couldn't come close to naming them. This article on TechZoom started listing them on June 8th. Now they have a list of 248 features plus 16 updates although not all of the updates apply to iOS 5.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/ios-5/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  06  Stargazing on your iPhone       Here's an education app that allows you to easily locate and identify 20,000  objects in the night sky - assuming we wanted to identify 20,000 objects in the night sky. The 360-degree, touch control star map displays constellations, stars, planets, satellites, and galaxies currently overhead from anywhere on Earth.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/11399/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  07  Learn iOS By Qualified Experts       IWannaMakeAnApp.com, a new platform which offers aspiring developers the opportunity to learn how to make apps for iPad, iPhone and the Blackberry Tablet, announces its new platform of teachers and professionals sharing their knowledge through educational online courses. IWannaMakeAnApp.com provides app development courses from Udemy with exclusive discounts going up to 60%. The website not only sells courses, it also grants a certificate of participation to students whom have taken a course from the website.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/learn-ios-by-qualified-experts/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  08  College of Engineering Magazine for iPad       9magnets LLC has launched a new digital magazine for the iPad in coordination with the Valparaiso University College of Engineering. Designed to be an attractive way to keep in touch with current students, faculty, alumni, and friends of the university, the application is a flexible and friendly way to present in-depth stories, exciting videos, and beautiful photo galleries.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/9magnets/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  09  Most Advanced iPad Scientific Calculator       Version 1.2 of CAS Calc P11, a fully developed scientific calculator for the iPad. Comparable to Maple and Ti92/Ti89, this is the most powerful calculator available for the iPad.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/cas/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  10  A Better Way To Take Notes?       PAD Software is calling their new "Scrawl," a beautiful yet simple note-taking app for OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard, and Lion. Scrawl is easy to access, and it sits right in the menu bar. It has a QuickLook-like window based off of Snow Leopard, auto save (in OS X Snow Leopard and Leopard as well, not Lion required), and it is extremely customizable.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/scrawl/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  11  Solar charging for your devices       The new SunLeaf Pro - the iPad Solar Charger - is a USB-based device which plugs into an electronic gadget like the iPad or a Kindle, and can fold up to an eighth of its size.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/solar/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  12  World's first iPad celebrity news magazine       Stone Age Publishing has launched CELEBRITY iSPY, the world's first magazine created exclusively for the iPad. No more scrolling through PDFs of print magazines, CELEBRITY iSPY uses the latest technology to bring fans of entertainment and celebrity culture the latest photos, news, fashion insights, gossip, scandals, interviews, videos and more.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/ispy/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  13  Craigslist results with HD images       Craigly is the popular Craigslist multi-location search for iOS. Designed originally for iPhones, Craigly gives users an alternative to Craigslist with multi-location searches, saved searches, search monitors, favorites and posting with images. The most significant feature is giving users multiple views of their search results including: an images text view; a thumbnail-only view; a full-screen image-only listing browser view; and a Google Map view of listings with images. Version 3.3 add high-definition result images on retina-display devices.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/craigslist/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  14  10 Useful Tools For Mac       This article on A1Daily.com presents 10 tools, add-ons and software for Mac OS X. These are the author's weapons of choice when designing and boosting productivity.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/10-useful-tools-for-mac/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  15  AppliFX 2.0       Independent iPhone app developer, emirBytes has announced that AppliFX is available for download in the Apple's App Store. The app is created specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch platform, utilizing the touch interface. It is also compatible for iPad devices.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/applifx-2-0/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  16  Quotes : Les Brown and Henry Adam       "Other people's opinion of you does not have to       become your reality."       - Les Brown       "A teacher affects eternity: he can never tell       where his influence stops."       - Henry Adams  -----------------------------------------------------  17   ... and have a great week!  Remember, I invite all user groups to use this column in full or in pieces in your newsletter. Or add a link to their web site.          Pau    * Participate: http://www.ugnn.com/post-your-article/   * UGN Facebook Group : http://goo.gl/ksAm (come join!)   * Follow and Be Followed: http://twitter.com/UGNnet   * Subscribe: http://goo.gl/aKcC  ----------------------------------------------  ** 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 the 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 user group guy since 1986, through the AOL UG Forum days, then out onto the web.  ----------------------------------------------  Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. 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