[INFO] InfoManager for Monday, December 19th, 2011

InfoManager for Monday, December 19th, 2011 ---------------------------------------------- by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker  What's Here: 01  From the Frontline - Happy Holidays 02  Yellow Submarine book sets sail 03  Magic Mails 04  Neu 1.2 for Mac OS X 05  Prosoft Engineering, Inc. 06  The Secrets of Steve Jobs & Apple 07  QuNeo for DJs, VJs, & Electronic Musicians 08  The world's first digital golf glove 09  iBrightness 10  Smart Image Converter 11  David Pogue's 12 Gifts of Christmas 12  Even Santa uses Siri 13  Yet another 'Christmas' story told through social networking 14  Safe surfing tool Web of Trust wins in court 15  I love Dropbox 16  Quotes: Joseph Addison, Ralph Lauren  -------------------------------------------------------------------  BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON  Infomanager will return  with an all new edition after the FIRST OF THE YEAR...  HAPPY NEW YEAR  -------------------------------------------------------------------  01  From the Frontline - Happy Holidays       Safe Netting with Joe Showker... The holidays are always a welcome time to socialize, renew friendships and visit others. It's also a time where kids have a lot of time on their hands and spend that time on social media. It's a great time to have a discussion with you family about safe netting and over use of digital devices (we're talking about that "get a life" discussion when too much time is spent online, gaming or just peering at that small cellphone screen.)  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/12/frontline/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  02  Yellow Submarine book sets sail       An exclusive Beatles -Yellow Submarine' book that lets readers tap their iPad, iPhone and iPod touch to immerse themselves in the legendary film's colourful sights and sounds is available for free download  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/12/beatles/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  03  Magic Mails       I got this advertisement from Equinux about their templates for Mail on the iPad. They are offering it free until the end of the year.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/12/magic-mails/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  04  Neu 1.2 for Mac OS X       Elegant Chaos has announced Neu 1.2 for Mac OS X, an update to their file making utility. Neu is a simple application that makes it easier to create new documents in the Finder, without you having to open an application first. It does this by adding menus and global keyboard shortcuts that can be triggered from the Finder (or any other application), which allow you to choose a template to copy. The templates can contain substitutions which are filled in when you make the new document.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/12/neu-1-2-for-mac-os-x/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  05  Prosoft Engineering, Inc.       Prosoft Engineering, Inc. and its subsidiary JoeSoft are joining the Vendor Resource Center. They support Macs and Windows machines.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/12/prosoft-engineering-inc/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  06  The Secrets of Steve Jobs & Apple       As we come to the end of 2011, the folks at IDG Connect have been looking back at the biggest tech stories of the year here at IDG Connect. Without a doubt, the news story that captured the most mainstream attention across the world was the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on October 5th.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/12/jobs_apple/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  07  QuNeo for DJs, VJs, & Electronic Musicians       Keith McMillen Instruments, a developer of innovative hardware and software technology that connects people to their computers, has rolled out the next generation of music software and hardware controllers for electronic musicians, DJs, VJs and DIY hackers, the QuNeo 3D Multi-Touch Controller.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/12/quneo/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  08  The world's first digital golf glove       Sensosolutions is a developer of systems for sports analysis, motion and performance measurement - who else is better suited to develop 'SensoGlove', the world's first digital golf glove.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/12/sensoglove/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  09  iBrightness       XCool Apps has announced iBrightness, their latest app designed for Apple's MacBook line of portable computers. iBrightness is now available on the Mac App Store, and is targeted at filling the gap for one of the most basic features that should have been built-in to each MacBook that Apple sells.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/12/ibrightness/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  10  Smart Image Converter       Appsoft Studio developer team has introduced a new App - Smart Image Converter -- for converting, resizing, renaming and organizing the images and photos on your Mac. The App converts images and photos to the most popular PNG, JPG, GIF, TIFF file formats in a fast and convenient way. It changes the file names and the size of images in the blink of an eye. Furthermore, the App easily converts hundreds of photos just by one click.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/12/smart-image-converter/  -------------------------------------------------------------------  11  David Pogue's 12 Gifts of Christmas       David's NY Times column today: the 12 Gifts of Christmas! And it's all stuff that probably didn't occur to you.  David writes :    No 7-year-old ever said, *The holidays are so stressful!* When you're young, the end of the year is always thrilling. That's partly because you're young, of course. But it's also because you're responsible only for opening the presents, not shopping for them.  http://t.co/1EoqOxX2  -------------------------------------------------------------------  12  Even Santa uses Siri       she can help anyone get through a busy day... Or night.  http://youtu.be/5qcmCUsw4EQ  -------------------------------------------------------------------  13  Yet another 'Christmas' story told through social networking       There are several of these out there floating around these days. How social media, web and mobile tell the story of the Nativity. Christmas story told through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, Wikipedia, Google Maps, GMail, Foursquare, Amazon. Times change - feelings remain the same.  http://youtu.be/GkHNNPM7pJA  -------------------------------------------------------------------  14  Safe surfing tool Web of Trust wins in court       The world's leading safe surfing tool Web of Trust (WOT) has won the lawsuit filed against it in the United States. WOT was accused of defamation, violating rights, conspiracy and manipulating algorithms. The court of justice in Florida granted the motion to dismiss with prejudice.  http://www.mywot.com/en/press/safe-surfing-tool-web-of-trust-wins-in-court  -------------------------------------------------------------------  15  I love Dropbox       Gary Kampel wrote "I love Dropbox!" Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free!  Thanks, Gary, yes we use it extensively ... have for some time! You can set up private, shared folders for access by others -- which we do to move client work back and forth. Another group I'm friends with use it to move GarageBand tracks around the country to add more tracks. :-)  http://db.tt/PQr7nPy  -------------------------------------------------------------------  16  Quotes: Joseph Addison, Ralph Lauren       "Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and       is as friendly to the mind as to the body."            - Joseph Addison        "A leader has the vision and        conviction that a dream can be achieved.        He inspires the power and energy to get it done."            - Ralph Lauren  -----------------------------------------------------  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.           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