[INFO] InfoManager for Monday, November 14th, 2011

InfoManager for Monday, November 14th, 2011 ---------------------------------------------- by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker  What's Here: 1  UGNN on Facebook 2  50 iPads for 50 Children with Special Needs 3  Safenetting on the front line 4  HomeSpotter 5  Operation Ghost Click 6  iApps for Education 7  Apple's 25% Solution 8  Macs In Chemistry and Research 9  Default Folder X 4.4.7 10  Pins 1.1 11  PDF Reader for iOS 12  Google Plus ... maybe 13  Quotes: George Santayana, Pearl S. Buck  -------------------------------------------------------------------  01  UGNN on Facebook       We need some more followers!  http://www.facebook.com/groups/UGNet/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  02  50 iPads for 50 Children with Special Needs       If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn... In January 2011, Gary James, the father of 6 children, 2 with Special Needs, decided to set up a web-site to help other parents like him who were interested in using the Apple iPad as an educational and development tool for children with special needs.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/50-ipads/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  03  Safenetting on the front line       Here are essential links for parents and educators who are interested in the societal impact of technology on children and families. From Joe Showker's 'Delicious Hot Links' . . . * Take This Lollipop: creepy warning about personal info on Facebook... * 11 Ways to use fake Facebook apps to enhance student learning * Why Parents Help Tweens Violate Facebook's 13+ Rule * Teaching Tool: Your Very Own (Fake) Social Network * A Silicon Valley School That Doesn't Compute * Street Gangs Clean Up on White Collar Crime * Modeling Digital Ethics and Responsibility * Anti-Bullying Network  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/safenetting/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  04  HomeSpotter       House hunting just got easy. HomeSpotter is a new upcoming feature app from MobileRealtyApps that shows customers home listings simply by aiming their iPhone or iPad at homes or condo buildings.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/homespotter/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  05  Operation Ghost Click       Six Estonian nationals have been arrested and charged with running a sophisticated Internet fraud ring that infected millions of computers worldwide with a virus and enabled the thieves to manipulate the multi-billion-dollar Internet advertising industry. Users of infected machines were unaware that their computers had been compromised -- or that the malicious software rendered their machines vulnerable to a host of other viruses.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/ghost-click/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  06  iApps for Education       Here comes some very cool apps that bring educational value to younger children ... * Advent Calendar 2011 * The Dirty Little Secret About App Review Sites * A to Z for toddlers * Toddler Activity Island * Kids Canvas for iPad * Everyone loves puzzles ... and more  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/edu/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  07  Apple's 25% Solution       An article with this title appears on the Seeking Alpha website. The site appears to be aimed at investors. In the first paragraph the article says, 'The nearly 25% of recognized revenue that flowed to the net income line in FY 2011 is what I call 'Apple's 25% solution.' It's Apple's formula for consistent earnings growth and management's solution to the complex questions that surround strategic product decisions.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/apples-25-solution/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  08  Macs In Chemistry and Research       I have long know about a Law and a Medical website for Macintosh users in those professions. Now I have found a couple of new ones.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/macs-in-chemistry-and-research/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  09  Default Folder X 4.4.7       St. Clair Software has announced the immediate availability of Default Folder X 4.4.7. This release fixes compatibility issues in its award-winning utility for enhancing Open and Save dialogs. Honored with Macworld Magazine's Editors' Choice Award for Best System Enhancement Utility, Default Folder X makes Open and Save dialogs 'work the way they should.'  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/default-folder/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  10  Pins 1.1       ObjectiveSheep has released Pins 1.1, the updated version of their easy-to-use yet powerful bookmarks library for Mac OS X. Pins is the easy and beautiful bookmarks manager app for the mac that lets users keep all their bookmarks in one place. It is the organized, taggable, searchable, syncable, shareable, visual library for most if not all bookmarking needs.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/pins-1-1/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  11  PDF Reader for iOS       Kdan Mobile has released PDF Reader -- iPhone Edition 3.8.2 and iPad Edition 1.6.2, major updates to its powerful mobile reading application for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. To further enhance users' mobile reading experience, new versions of PDF Reader are now equipped with a more user friendly interface and optimized annotation tools, such as highlight. Top-ranked in the Utilities category of App Stores throughout the world, the app has already proven itself to be the ultimate mobile reading solution for iOS devices.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/11/pdf-reader-for-ios/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  12  Google Plus ... maybe       So, there's a lot of buzz about Google+ (plus.google.com) and how it marks the end of Facebook. When I got the email from Lynn to join up on Google-plus, that was the beginning of this story. November 8, 2011  http://www.graphic-design.com/60-seconds/society/google-plus-maybe  -------------------------------------------------------------------  13  Quotes: George Santayana, Pearl S. Buck       "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."            - George Santayana       "All things are possible until they are proved impossible       - and even the impossible may only be so, as of now."           - Pearl S. Buck  -----------------------------------------------------  12   ... 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. Affiliate User Groups are granted permission to reprint the InfoManager column or excerpts thereof so long as proper credit is given, and a clearly stated web URL link to: http://www.UGNN.com  Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://dtgnews.com/mailman/listinfo/infomanager_dtgnews.com PLEASE NOTE:  If a link is disconnected due to your email client's wrapping of text, remove the return character or space separating the parts of the link and paste it into your browser. Thanks for reading! 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