2016 WORKSHOPS ON ANDROID DEVICES, etc.
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Dec 8, 2016, 7PM: Latest Android Smartphones/Tablets; Android Apps; Wearables; Internet of Things (IoT); Leading Technology;
ASIDES: best buy at CostCo: $1.50 per LED high hat fixture; "Prototyping Home Automation Concepts" - free course, requires Raspberry Pi - 11AM-noon daily, week of Dec 12; enable browser pop-up blockers
LATEST ANDROID SMARTPHONES/TABLETS
(red = instructions for equipment setup)
DEMO: ANDROID APPS (participants welcome to demo favorites)
Demo via Mobizen screen mirroring (WiFi, or USB wire to my PC) Change to full screen: "Ctrl > Enter" - use for subsequent app demos
- best iPhone apps: Photoshop Fix, Prisma, SLack, Snapchat,...
- Google Photo Scan (alternative to flat scanner). Takes/merges 5 photos to create "glare-free" image. (Also demo Google Photos)
- Samsung devices- how to transfer photos/video
- Android App demos: (placeholder for attendees who want to demo their new apps) (switch to video camera, if needed by participant demo)
- Monitor for hogs: Settings > Applications > Application Manager > email
- Wi-Fi Settings > WiFi > "More"(or 3 vertical dots)>Advanced > "Keep WiFi running during sleep"
- favorite apps: wayz (world's largest community-based GPS - use to bypass traffic congestion)
- video-on-demand: PBS.org "passport" (min $5 donation/month to local PBS station - "Thirteen" in NYC area); PBS strategy ; view all programs
- instant language translation (with bluetooth earbuds)
- switch to on-line PC
SECURITY
- Top 10 VPN Android Apps (Feb, 2016 review)
- Use free VPN for public WiFi: "Hot Spot Shield" (free) ; "Cloud VPN" (free)
- Use Gmail/Google infrastructure is safer (less likely to be hacked or have security issues) than AOL or Yahoo
- Use Google suite of server-based services for highest safety
- Hackers need only your cell number to eavesdrop on your phone
- Three million servers at risk of ransomware
- Comcast tips to keep home network safe
- World-wide cyberattack realtime display (Norse Corp)
- Hacker describes tricks of the trade, and blames users
- Hummingbird malware infects 10million Android device
- 100 flaws, related to Stagefright, still threaten 100s of million vulnerable Android devices
- Sept, 2016 Google Patches 55 Android vulnerabilities
- Chrome to introduce warnings for non https sites
- Free security certificates for Web sites to encrypt https web pages via SSL/ TLS
- certain Facebook users quickly believe random false info
- What is a VPN, and When Do You Need One??
- Cyber Criminals are lurking on trusted web sites
- Yahoo 500 Million customer 2014 data breach
- "66 Ways to Protect Your Privacy Right Now" Consumer Reports, nov, 2016, pgs 24-37
- "A Field Guide to Mobile Money", Consumer Reports, Nov, 2016, page 52 (Mobile Wallets, Person-to-person payments, Payment Apps, Electronic Toll Tags)
(1 page of "Cashing Out", pages 49-53 - evaluating mobile payment systems)
- 4 tips for Windows 10 privacy
- Gooligan malware(1million infected, and growing) infects Android 5 and prior; Androi 6+ are immune
- Mozilla patches zero day Firefox flaw. (Same flaw used earlier by FBI?)
- Google patches 74 Android vulnerabilities (11 critical); in Dec, 2016 OS update. The Nov, 2016 patched 80+ vulnerabilities in Android
- Check your smartphone OS: Settings > About Phone (I have Android 6.0.1 & Security Patch Level 9/1/2016); Settings > System Updates> (I had Last system update 9/29/2016)
- Android 7. (Nougat) to be available
- IT Professionals Confidence falls in Cyber Security (however, 2/3 are positive for the future)
- Fake news/propaganda/mis-information - is expected to increase! - ???A FUTURE TOPIC???"Deplorables"? Globalist Monopoly
WEARABLE TECH (participants are welcome to demo new wearables)
LEADING TECHNOLOGY
INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT)
CLIMATE CHANGE (current topics)
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Sept 8, 2016, 7PM: Latest Android Smartphones/Tablets; Android Apps; Wearables; Internet of Things (IoT); Leading Technology
LATEST ANDROID SMARTPHONES/TABLETS
???ANYONE HAVE an Apple iPhone 7, or Samsung 7 to SHOW/DEMO???? (red = instructions for equipment setup)
DEMO: ANDROID APPS (participants welcome to demo favorites)
Demo via Mobizen screen mirroring (WiFi, or USB wire to my PC) Change to full screen: "Ctrl > Enter" - use for subsequent app demos
- Samsung devices- how to transfer photos/video
- Android App demos: (placeholder for attendees who want to demo their new apps) (switch to video camera, if needed by participant demo)
- Wi-Fi Settings > WiFi > "More"(or 3 vertical dots)>Advanced > "Keep WiFi running during sleep"
- favorite apps: wayz (world's largest community-based GPS - use to bypass traffic congestion)
- video-on-demand: PBS.org "passport" (min $5 donation/month to local PBS station - "Thirteen" in NYC area); PBS strategy ; view all programs
- switch to on-line PC
SECURITY
WEARABLE TECH (participants are welcome to demo new wearables)
LEADING TECHNOLOGY
INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT)
CLIMATE CHANGE (current topics)
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June 9, 2016, 7PM: Latest Android Smartphones/Tablets; Android Apps; Wearables; Internet of Things (IoT); Leading Technology
(topics requested by attendees in previous classes; red font is cueing for demos)
LATEST ANDROID SMARTPHONES/TABLETS
DEMO: ANDROID APPS (participants welcome to demo favorites)
- Android App demos: (placeholder for attendees who want to demo their new apps) (switch to video camera, if needed by participant demo)
- Wi-Fi Settings > WiFi > "More"(or 3 vertical dots)>Advanced > "Keep WiFi running during sleep"
- Much "help" is available (if you know where to look) in the Samsung Galaxy smartphone
- Apps > "Help" (multitude of topics)
- Apps > Galaxy Apps > Staff Picks > Newcomers Guide (Galaxy Apps Starter Kit)
- Apps > Galaxy Apps > Category > Tools > (Speedtest.net)
- Apps > Galaxy Apps > Top > (Microsoft Office Apps)
- Apps > Settings > System > Icon Glossary (explains all the little symbols at top of screen
- My 10 favorite apps
- switch to on-line PC
SECURITY
WEARABLE TECH (participants are welcome to demo new wearables)
ASIDE: STEVE'S APRIL SAVINGS $
LEADING TECHNOLOGY
INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT)
CLIMATE CHANGE
- (highlights) Climate model 4/16/2016 paper indicates Middle East and North Africa become uninhabitable by 2050 (500 million people forced to migrate)
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April 14, 2016, 7PM: Latest Android Smartphones/Tablets; Android Apps; Wearables; Internet of Things (IoT); Leading Technology
(topics requested by attendees in previous classes; red font is cueing for demos)
LATEST ANDROID SMARTPHONES/TABLETS
DEMO: ANDROID APPS (participants welcome to demo favorites)
- Galaxy S6 Features of the month:
- Mobizen screen mirroring (via USB wired OR WiFi to my PC) Change to full screen: "Ctrl > Enter" - use for subsequent app demos
- "Samsung+" (App)> "Three Point Bend Test"
- "Samsung+" > "Use Your Words" (smile; cheese; shoot; capture; record video)
- "Samsung+" (apps pg4) tips/tricks for Samsung Galaxy S6; Samsung+ > support >search >Battery/Power > "Configure Power Saving Modes"
- "Samsung" > "Milk Music"
- Android App demos: (placeholder for attendees who want to demo their new apps) (switch to video camera, if needed by participant demo)
- switch to on-line PC
- NYTimes, 12/27/2015: 12 essential apps (for travel); USA Today, 12/26/2015: "5 Apps That Made Us Say "Wow"
SECURITY
- Smartphone Encryption: Why Only 10 Per Cent of Android Smartphones Are Encrypted vs 95% of iPhones
- Google Android 5.0 planned full-disk encryption (via software); abandoned rollout because performance & battery life was extremely poor
- subsequent hardware acceleration didn't work well; Android 7.0 may provide the solution
- Apple included encryption via hardware acceleration (with good software drivers) from beginning.
- Google Monthly security updates began 8/2015 for Google Nexus devices
- support for recent devices (within 18 months of listing for sale)
- no support for older or "cheaper" unsupported devices: partial "fix" for Stagefright hacking vulnerability
- Mid-March, 2016 Google emergency Android Kernel patch
- March,2016 update has fixed 123 bugs since 8/2015; 45% rated "critical"
("unpatched Android devices are at risk")
- CHECK UPGRADE STATUS:: Settings >System Update > Show system update history
- Marshmellow 6.0 upgrade schedule phones & tablets; (Samsung S6 finally upgraded 4/6/2016)
- Android 6.0 features: "System updates" > "Learn more online"
WEARABLE TECH (participants are welcome to demo new wearables)
ASIDE: STEVE'S APRIL SAVINGS $
FUN PROJECT: Android Smart Mirror (play 2 minute video)
for more (offline) fun, see "Magic Mirrors" section, below
LEADING TECHNOLOGY
INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT)
HDMI display plug-in processors:
FUN PROJECT: Android Smart Mirror (play 2 minute video, also played 2/11/2016)
- Amazon Fire TV Stick weather forecast APIs; AssocPress RSS feed
- Raspberry Pi (running in Chromium kiosk mode), old monitor: daily schedule, clock, weather...
- Android Smart Mirror (2-way mirror + old Android device)
- MAGIC MIRRORS
- GOOGLE "CHROMEBIT" (turns any TV into a Chrome PC for under $100. 3/31/2015 review with Win8.1
- ROKU COMPARED TO CHROMEBIT
- HP STREAM DESKTOP ($180) reviewed 3/18/2015
- "INTEL COMPUTE STICK" -plugs into display HDMI port (starts at $85)
- Intel index: converts any HDMI display into fully-functional CPU; provides interactive digital signage,...
- runs Ibuntu 14.04 LTS or Windows10
- quad-core Atom CPU; 2GB of ram, 32GB of storage, built-in WiFi, Bluetooth* 4.0, pre-loaded with Windows® 10; plugs into display HDMI port. Intro video
- high-powered replacement for Roku, ChromeCast, Amazon Fire TV, DLNA adapter, or streaming of any type.
- HOWEVER- Version1 (reviewed 4/22/2015) was a total washout - dont buy it!!
TOPICS FOR NEXT WORKSHOPS
- My preference: I would like to learn how to maximize use of speech input!
- Google Services & Google Docs (need volunteer to demo/talk)
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Feb 11, 2016, 7PM: Latest Android Smartphones/Tablets; Android Apps; Wearables; Internet of Things (IoT); Leading Technology
(topics requested by attendees in previous classes; red font is setup cueing for demos)
LATEST ANDROID SMARTPHONES/TABLETS
- start with on-line PC - discuss agenda
- Placeholder for attendees to demo their new devices (switch to video camera, if needed)
- How to Switch from iPhone to Android (& keep all your stuff)
- $40 Amazon Kindle Fire 7" (revisited) -a REALLY good buy (+$15 w/o ads); SHOW Kindle Fire 7
- Google Nexus 7 (repair - parts & video - play 1st 2 min); SHOW disassembly of Nexus 7
- Junk 7" tablets- example - RCA/Walmart/Chinese - suitable? for "mirror project" - shown below
DEMO: ANDROID APPS (participants welcome to demo favorites)
- Android App demos: (placeholder for attendees who want to demo their new apps) (switch to video camera, if needed)
- switch to on-line PC
- "Hot Spot Shield" (free) VPN for secure public WiFi;
- Example: LinkNYC (3min video); features ; DEMO:
- (switch to TvFi (apps pg 3)
- Open (apps pg 4) "Hotspot Shield" - show VPN is "off" (red "borden")
- Click top left triple bars>settings>network>unsecured Wi-Fi is "on"; secured Wi-Fi is "off"
- Connect to unsecured network: (apps pg 1) settings>WiFi > "s's guest"
- Open (apps pg4) "Hotspot Shield" - show automatically connected (green "S's Guest Network"
- "Wells Fargo Mobile" banking app (apps pg 4; do not login) ATM locator>"use my current location";
- Nextdoor.com (apps pg5) d- 91,000 neighborhoods "The private social network for your neighborhood"
- "GPS Essentials" (apps pg3) "Most complete GPS Tool on Android Market"
- -Demo: Dashboard >"+" ; "Portable Maps"; Compass ; Satellites>
- DEMO: explanation of flakey Verizon cell service: Apps>System>About Phone> Status > Signal Strength (-120dBm wont work; -115dBm is marginal)
- switch to on-line PC
- STATUS: Monthly security updates for Google Nexus and Samsung devices
- CHECK Upgrade Status: Apps> Settings >System Update > Show system update history
- support for recent devices (within 18 months of listing for sale)
- no support for older or "cheaper" unsupported devices: partial "fix" for Stagefright hacking vulnerability
- GOOGLE: 4th monthly Google Android security update fixes 7 security issues ;
- SAMSUNG Android 6 "Marshmellow" (Samsung S6 slipped to upgrade in Feb/Mar, 2016
- AMAZON email demands you update Kindles by March 22, 2016
- "Mirroring" is used for smartphone demos (see previous details in June 11 agenda ; also see Fred Kagel BCUG discussion, Jan, 2016
- TVFI Android App (on Google Play; NOT AVAIL on Amazon store!)
WEARABLE TECH (participants are welcome to demo new wearables)
FUN PROJECT: Android Smart Mirror (play 2 minute video)
for more (offline) fun, see "Magic Mirrors" section, below