[INFO] InfoManager for Monday, January 2nd, 2012

InfoManager for Monday, January 2nd, 2012 ---------------------------------------------- by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker  What's Here: 01  2011 Infomanager Quotes 02  New year, New threats 03  First Day Game Apps for 2012 04  Writer's Symbols and Characters 05  Photo Booth in Your Pocket 06  Edu Apps for a new year 07  Utilities Infomanager 1201 08  Craigslist results with HD images 09  Hacker News Paper debuts in iOS 10  View Large Drawings, Blueprints on iPhone 11  Quotes: Happy New Year  ---------------------------------------------------  01  2011 Infomanager Quotes       Once in a while we like to look back and see how we've done ... of the 539 posts added to UGNN during 2011, 50 of them were quotes ... so here are the UGNN InfoManager quotes from 2011 . . .  http://www.ugnn.com/2012/01/quotes/  ---------------------------------------------------  02  New year, New threats       Here comes a new year, and here come a slew of new threats for computer users. Big prediction for 2012: China will dominate spam, phishing and malware by virtue of having the most users online world-wide ...   * Scammers Using Browser Extensions to Hack Facebook Accounts   * Latest Phishing Scams Target Users of New Christmas Gadgets   * Better Business Bureau: Your online order was canceled   * Chinese Government To Crack Down On Phishing Schemes   * As the new year begins, resolve to be savvy consumer   * Phishing sites using Extended Validation SSL   * Aggressive Phishing Attack Targets Military   * Phishing scam uses official's email   * Digit's Top Ten Trends of 2012   * China Has Hacking Problem . . . and more!  www.ugnn.com/2012/01/safenetting-2/  ---------------------------------------------------  03  First Day Game Apps for 2012       It's a whole new year, and lots of great games coming every day . . .   * Monster Shooter: best looking action game   * BullyBee Free -- Casual style game   * Jumpy Horse Wild Horses SIM   * Hexetera Free Puzzle Action   * Slash, Drag, and Tap Fruits   * One Giant Leap . . . and more!  www.ugnn.com/2012/01/games-2/  ---------------------------------------------------  04  Writer's Symbols and Characters       Cymbol, an iPad app providing fast, easy access to symbols, special characters, and scripts used in scholarly, business, and legal content, is now available from PhoneApp.com. Choose from 44 special characters that are not available on the iPad's onscreen keyboard. The Cymbol app saves text sequences, provides Unicode conversion and much more.  www.ugnn.com/2012/01/writers-symbols-and-characters/  ---------------------------------------------------  05  Photo Booth in Your Pocket       Libero Spagnolini has released FaceMan 3.2 -- the critically acclaimed iPhone app that introduces tons of new features, a brand new UI and bring a strong performance boost on iOS 5 devices.  www.ugnn.com/2012/01/faceman/  ---------------------------------------------------  06  Edu Apps for a new year       These applications are highly recommended for educational learning:   * Academic Excellence And Productivity In One Mobile App   * Helps Kids Identify and Communicate Emotions   * Simplex Spelling Phonics 1   * Super Speller for iPad   * Video Baby for iPad   * Bugs and Buttons . . . and more!  www.ugnn.com/2012/01/education/  ---------------------------------------------------  07  Utilities Infomanager 1201       New utilities for a new year ... check-em out!  If you would like to download any of these apps please use the links provided. The cost is the same, but UGNN receives a small percentage. Thanks for your support!   * Protection from Malware & Privacy Threats   * The long awaited security app for your Mac   * Measuring, Storing, and Sharing Dimensions   * Efficient Disk Space Manager for Mac   * Personal Database for iOS   * Application Wizard . . . and more!  www.ugnn.com/2012/01/utilities-infomanager-1201/  ---------------------------------------------------  08  Craigslist results with HD images       Search Craigslist anywhereCraigly 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.  www.ugnn.com/2011/12/craigslist-2/  ---------------------------------------------------  09  Hacker News Paper debuts in iOS       Hacker News Paper has announced its debut in the iOS App Store. Hacker News Paper is the best way to read Hacker News on an iPad. Because of its custom API and native code base, Hacker News Paper (HNP) gets you to the stories you are interested in quicker than any other iPad app.  www.ugnn.com/2011/12/hacker/  ---------------------------------------------------  10  View Large Drawings, Blueprints on iPhone       Views Blueprints or Large Engineering Drawings One big problem of the connected, mobile world is receiving and then viewing large, large documents. I regularly produce files as large as 48 x 36 inches, sending and receiving them for proofing and approval. For many, this problem has been solved.  http://www.ugnn.com/2011/12/views-large-drawings/  ---------------------------------------------------  11  Quotes: Happy New Year      "Men are disturbed, not by the things that happen,      but by their opinion of the things that happen."          - Epictetus      "The greatest discovery of my generation is that      we are unique. The greatest discovery of the      next generation, I pray, is that we are one."          - Thomas Leonard      "A sense of duty is useful in work,      but offensive in personal relations.      People wish to be liked, not be      endured with patient resignation."          - Bertrand Russel  -----------------------------------------------------  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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