UGN Salutes IDUG-MKE * Phishing, cybercrime update * Apple iPad, iPhone updates * It’s Your Money, or the IRS’s * Bad Predictions * Beginning Mac Programming * Domain-Driven Design * Five sites for obsessive parents * FoxTrot Professional Search 2.6 * Open Government, * Medical Point2 Spanish 1.0 * freshcode Launches Bodega * 10 Search Engines for the Invisible Web * Zen and the Magic of Photography * UGs Losing Members * “I Ate My iPod Shuffle” * Quotes: Springtime … and more
InfoManager for Monday, March 29, 2010
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by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with coeditor Fred Showker
UGN Salutes IDUG-MKE
Adobe InDesign User Group of Milwaukee See the full story…
Phishing, cybercrime update
It’s been several weeks since a phishing update, and a lot has happened. Here’s a rundown of the more significant developments that may be affecting your online experience … This week: * Say NO to Facebook Apps * New phishing scam hits Twitter * State of Twitter Spam * Amazon Password Phishing Scam * China Leads In Malware Attacks * Google China redirecting search service to Hong Kong * More bad news from the Chinese * China RAR threat * Top 10 Riskiest Online Cities * Phishing Sexter Catches Two Cops … and more!
Apple iPad, iPhone updates
Well, the moving finger writes – This week : * iPhone Hacker Thinks He’s Cracked the iPad, Too * Adobe vs Apple: No Flash on iPhone * Apple yanking protective screen film from stores? * Radio Shack: nation’s second-largest iPhone retailer * Best Buy Ramping Up for iPad Launch * iPhone OS grabs US game market share from PSP & DS * 5 ways the iPhone beats the Nexus One * Interactive Magazine for iPad … and more!
It’s Your Money, or the IRS’s
Tax season is upon us, and there’s nothing you can do to save last year, but for next year, take some sage advice from J.D. Roth on saving money, and spending money the right way … See the full story…
Bad Predictions
Here is a web page that repeats predictions made in the past that have proven to be less than accurate. Although it missed the bad projections about Apple’s retail stores from 2001. (Read More)
Beginning Mac Programming
140,000 applications in Apple’s App Store – isn’t it about time to learn how to code in Objective-C, the programming language behind Apple applications? Continue reading…
Domain-Driven Design
This book shows application developers how Naked Objects can deliver working prototypes to test ideas and see them rendered in a generic viewer, such as a rich client or HTML. (Read More)
Five sites for obsessive parents
The subtitle for this MacWorld article is: “Where to find advice, ideas, and gear for kids online.”
Scholle Sawyer McFarland says: “… The Internet provides an endless resource for obsessive parents. Here are five of my favorites.” See the full story…
FoxTrot Professional Search 2.6
CTM Development has announced the release FoxTrot Professional Search 2.6, a 64-bit performance and feature-rich update to their popular document indexing and retrieval solution for Mac OS X. (Read More)
Open Government
If government is a platform, and Gov 2.0 is the next release, how can we make it one that shakes up-and reshapes-the world? Continue reading…
Medical Point2 Spanish 1.0
I know that the clinic I use at the University of North Texas Health and Science Center is moving all of their doctors to iPhones. This app is an example of why. See the full story…
freshcode Launches Bodega
Popular Macintosh software developer, freshcode, today announced the formal launch of its renowned Mac discovery and download application, Bodega, version 1.0.
The Beta launched in August 2009, freshcode’s Bodega provides convenient, intuitive – corner store’ access to the latest and hottest apps for the Macintosh. Bodega dramatically assists users with the process of Macintosh app discovery, version update maintenance, application downloading and purchasing, and so much more, all from a gorgeous, intuitive interface right on the user’s desktop. See the full story…
10 Search Engines for the Invisible Web
I haven’t mentioned the Invisible Web in a long time. That of course is the part of the web that is hidden from Google and other general search engines. See the full story…
Zen and the Magic of Photography
Zen and the Magic of Photography is geared toward helping photographers develop their visual awareness, sensitivity, and intuition. Continue reading…
UGs Losing Members
Seems people are looking for a user group and not finding one… See the full story…
“I Ate My iPod Shuffle”
Back when the iPod Shuffle was first introduced, Apple compared it to a stick of gum. (Read More)
Quotes: Springtime
April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go.
– Christopher Morley
Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!”
– Robin Williams
For March 29th, have a great week!
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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 Forumdays, then out onto the web.
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