SecureMac has announced the release of PrivacyScan, Privacy Protection for your Mac. The company’s first Mac App Store release, PrivacyScan is a utility designed for people who value privacy and want to keep their online and offline experiences private. Continue reading »
Posted by Lynn Wegley, February 2, 2012
Apps2Be announced the release of Ringtones & Alert Tones Maker 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. Ringtones & Alert Tones Maker is an app designed to personalize your iPhone ringtones, text tones & alert tones, using your music. The app’s key feature is that it is integrated with their “Free Music Download” app, which you can use to load songs. It also has a ringtone library that saves all of your progress, where you can listen to or edit the ringtones you’ve created. Continue reading »
Posted by Lynn Wegley, February 2, 2012
As the cyberwars begin to heat up — I just talked to a person infected with malware, didn’t know it, sending millions of spams. Now there’s a virus that infects malware to create “Franken-ware” … people just don’t realize how bad it is — and it’s going to get a lot worse …
* New malware variant hijacks US Defense Dept.’s smart cards
* Better Business Bureau warns against computer virus scam
* Facebook sues alleged clickjacking spammer sparking row
* New viruses infecting worms to create ‘Frankenmalware,’
* Symantec Finds Huge Android Malware Infection
* Social Engineering: Hack Google Accounts
* Warning out vs ‘browser update’ malware
* Tax-related Scam E-mails Serve Malware
* Beware of Malicious QR Codes
* BBB Tip of the Week
. . . and more!
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Posted by Fred, January 29, 2012
Happy Birthday Mac … remember the original Mac ad during the Super Bowl? Who was big brother? Was it Microsoft? Today most are saying that Google is actually ‘Big Brother’ but we doubt Apple will be doing much about that! Oh well! Here are the best news items about Apple since last time
* Technophile: Ditching the digital age’s ‘right-hand man’
* Apple Earnings: Did Jobs’s Roadmap Include U.S. Jobs?
* Macworld Conference Carries On Without Apple
* Apple unveils digital textbooks app for iPad
* Apple’s Computer Birthday: The Mac at 28
* Editorial: Restoring ‘made in America’
* Happy 28th Birthday, Macintosh!
* Apple Never Fired Steve Jobs
* Macintosh Computer Day
. . . and more
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Posted by InfoManager, January 29, 2012
iPad news is steady and strong as the iPad enters its third year of life… hard to believe it’s only two years old! Seems like much longer! Here are the best tidbits …
* Apple’s iPad turns 2
* Apple iPad: Happy 2nd Birthday
* How to hack an iPad
* Amazon Fire’did not dent’ iPad sales
* iBooks Won’t see School College Bookstores
* Why the iPad is a salesperson’s best friend
* Apple’s iPad Could be a Pain in the Neck: Study
* Apple Factory Violations in China: Tim Cook: ‘Not Who We Are’
* Apple iPad 3 countdown: how to tell if Apple will launch a new product
. . . and more
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Posted by InfoManager, January 29, 2012
When I founded the Macintosh Business SIG as part of the Boston Computer Society back in 1986, there seemed to be more accounting software for the Mac than there is today. Usually you hear people talking about Quickbooks and maybe AccountEdge. Here is one that I had completely forgotten about, that is certainly worth considering.
Accountek Solutions Inc., a leader in the Macintosh accounting software industry for over 20 years, has announced the release of its latest version of Connected Accounting & ERP software, version 7.0, including advanced features that focus on access to information and improving collaboration between teams. The version 7.0 release of Connected Accounting & ERP enables businesses to move one step closer to a paperless office and boost productivity. Continue reading »
Posted by Lynn Wegley, January 28, 2012
PCWorld is running this article about features in Mac OS X Lion that most of us don’t use and perhaps don’t even know about. Continue reading »
Posted by Lynn Wegley, January 28, 2012
As you probably know by now, Apple had an outstanding first quarter of their 2012 fiscal year. (Oct – Dec 2011) Continue reading »
Posted by Lynn Wegley, January 28, 2012
Times are changing and so are social media policy and practices. Google is about to re-publish their trimmed and reduce policies for users. Most of us are using Google in some fashion. It’s important to realize just how much your Google patterns and habits are being tracked and logged. Google + is becoming an alternative socialnetwork and exposes much of what you do on Google to your “circle” and search engines on Google.
* Facebook is about to unleash it’s new interface known as Timeline. You have no choice in the matter when it is turned on for everyone. Several links below give vital and timely information on both those social services.
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Posted by Joe Showker, January 26, 2012
Final Cut , Adobe, Avid, Autodesk editors and digital filmmakers from around the world will once again gather together for the Eleventh Annual San Francisco SuperMeet, to be held on Friday, January 27, 2012 at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA. Continue reading »
Posted by Lynn Wegley, January 26, 2012
You arrive at a reuinion of friends and musicians expecting a weekend of leisure. You see the fellow musicians setting up their amps, guitars and drums??? Nobody said “bring your keyboard!” What do you do?
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Posted by Fred, January 22, 2012
Appsequence has announced the release and immediate availability of Kinema 1.0, their exciting new movie entertainment app for iPhone and iPod touch. The app lets you find movie information with simplicity and elegance. Continue reading »
Posted by Lynn Wegley, January 22, 2012
Here comes a generic mix of iPad / iPhone apps just for the season, with something for just about anyone …
* iBooks Author
* Valentine Day Cards
* Photo Sense fast effective retouching
* Photo Collage HD Lite
* DrawCast – Drawing/painting/sketching/doodle
* Valentine Camera+
. . . and more
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Posted by Fred, January 21, 2012
The popular iPhone mileage log application, MileBug, has been updated to include the IRS 2012 tax deduction rates. The IRS has actually only changed the Medical/Moving rate, decreasing it by one-half cent. The rates for 2012 are as follows: Continue reading »
Posted by InfoManager, January 21, 2012
Making your plans for vacation travel this year? The Gamma Project has launched Travel Assistant 1.6, a major update to their popular productivity / travel app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. Continue reading »
Posted by InfoManager, January 21, 2012
