All of the big guns are looking to get in on the cloud computing act, and Microsoft is no exception with its SkyDrive service. As per the MSDN blog, much work has gone into improving SkyDrive over the course of the last couple of months, and now, a preview of the SkyDrive desktop client has been released, along with a plethora of improvements to existing services.
Reddit is a great place to share, promote and find some of the web's most entertaining, useful, and informative content. Used by millions worldwide, it is one of the most influential social hunts of today.
I am pretty sure that most iOS users have found themselves in a situation where they are harmlessly scrolling through their Springboard home screens, looking at all of the beautiful installed applications, only to scroll one step too far and come across a fairly empty looking screen that doesn't appear to have any use. I am, of course referring to Apple's inclusion of Spotlight within iOS, and the fact that it seems to be something that not a great deal of users actually use for its intended purpose.
As has been pointed out on a number of occasions, Siri, Apple's system-wide voice recognition software introduced with the iPhone 4S was, by no means, the first delve into such technology. Nevertheless, although there will always be skeptics, it cannot be denied that Apple has certainly brought the technology to the center of public interest, and predictably, there are a bunch of third-party apps purporting to offer similar services.
For those jailbroken iOS users who may find the whole lock screen experience a little bit bland, boring and outdated, then the Forecast tweak might be something which would appeal to you. Users of Android devices certainly have the bragging rights when it comes to interactive and engaging lock screens, something that iOS users will be forgiven for being just a little bit envious.
The world is becoming a much smaller place thanks to the fact that we are all connected through the internet and the numerous mobile devices that we use on a daily basis. However, for those mobile users who travel on a regular basis, whether it be a business or personal trip, there can be no getting away from the fact that the barriers imposed through varying languages can cause a problem.
Launch+, a new launcher app for the iPhone and iPad, brings the power of widgets to Apple's Notification Center, whether the iPhone maker wants it to or not. When Apple added Notification Center to iOS 5, we all thought that it signaled the beginning of the addition of widgets to iOS. Unfortunately, so far at least, Apple seems reluctant to open Notification Center up to third-party developers in a way that would facilitate the addition of widgets, especially in the traditional sense.
With music discovery and playback being so popular on Apple's iOS devices, it stands to reason that some of the most popular apps and services are centered around the music industry. One of the most popular, and certainly the one that has been around for quite some time is the Shazam music discovery app that allows users to tag and discover music by simply recording a small snippet of the tune and uploading it via the Shazam service.
If you can cast your mind back to before Wikipedia rose to prominence, you may recall a time when the Encyclopedia Britannica was one of the most popular sources of reference to those with a keen hunger for knowledge.
The FaceTime video calling service which Apple introduced with the release of the iPhone 4 has proved to be a somewhat hit and miss. It goes without saying that a large number of users find the ability to make free of charge video calls over a Wi-Fi connection a huge benefit. But, a lot of users have also found FaceTime to be a little confusing, and very limiting due to the fact that it actually requires both devices to be connected to Wi-Fi, unless, of course certain jailbreak tweaks are installed to bypass that requirement.
