Apple iOS 5 Features Preview + Apple Official Video

Apple is taking iOS to a whole new level with iOS 5. With iOS 5, Apple have added over 200 new features —  moving it even further ahead of the mobile OS competition.


Apple iOS 5 features:

• Notification Center - All your alerts. All in one place.
• iMessage - iPad and iPod touch join the conversation
• Newsstand - a custome newsstand for all your subscriptions
• Reminders - a better way to do to-dos
• Twitter - Integrated right into iOS 5
• Camera - capture the moment at a moment's notice
• Photos - enhanced photo enhancements
• Safari - even better site-seeing
• PC Free - independence for all iOS devices
• and many more.

"I thought Microsoft Windows 8 is really cool! Now, maybe I need to take my words back. Apple iOS 5 is much cooler!" ~ 1000techs.blogspot.com

You might be interested with:

• Microsoft Windows 8 Preview
• First Retail Apple Store by Steve Jobs at Tysons Corner

Skype - Doing things together, whenever you’re apart. Free Calls to PC. Low IDD calls to normal phone.

Skype had taken the online community by storm since its inception. Everyone got very excited when they can call the other online user free of charge using their PC with Skype. At that time, there are software that enable this, but the voice quality was bad. With Skype coming out, the voice quality was good and it became the de facto communication method.

Many business had prosper because of this, as the merchant are able to call their supplier more frequently without worrying about the call cost. Skype had became the acquisition target of eBay, which subsequently bought it at USD$4 Billion.

Enough of Skype history.
Why everyone loves Skype?

Advantage of using Skype:

1. Skype is a FREE software: free to download, install and distribute.
2. An online Skype user can make call from his/her PC to another online Skype user FREE of charge. The same goes for Video Call too. And, anyone can do a group video calling/multi-conference call with Skype (F.O.C.)
3. An online Skype user can call any normal telephone / cell phone / mobile phone number at a very low rate (Click here to check the rates).
4. Skype take a message when you’re not free to talk.
5. You can send documents, video clips or photos – any size for free.
6. You can forward your Skype calls to any phone you choose when you’re not online.
7. You can show presentations, photos and more over a Skype call.
8. You can send text messages to friends' mobiles with SMS on Skype at a very low rate.

Skype is very useful for the following people:

1. Always on the move / travelling
2. Make frequent international calls
3. Having a (few) loved one at a faraway country

p/s : Please take note that even though Skype is so good, it is not a replacement for your telephone and can't be used for emergency calling.

I have been using Skype all these while. I had done a lot of Skype calls in my previous work, talking to business associates from other countries. Lately, I had involved in playing online network games, and had used Skype's group calling feature. Apart from that, in my usual overseas travel, I frequently use it to call back home! Thanks to Skype, I have saved a lot of money! ~ 1000techs.blogspot.com

ZumoDrive - Great backup for access from any device!

Most people backup their data to external harddisk. What they do is, they just keep a duplicate copy of those files using copy and paste. The problem with this method is, when you update the file on your compute, the backup copy in the external harddisk is not updated, unless you update it manually.

1000's Tech Corner would like to introduce you ZumoDrive, a personal content mover that easily gets ALL your content onto any of your devices, including your netbook, tablet and smartphone. With ZumoDrive, you can now take your music, photos, videos, documents and other files wherever you go regardless of where the files originated, how much on-device storage capacity is available, or whether you’re online or off.



To put it short, ZumoDrive acts like an online server storage that allows you to keep your files there and most of your devices (PC, laptop, netbook, iPhone, smartphone etc) can access it easily from anywhere, anytime. Best of all, right now they are offering 2GB free!

After registering an account with ZumoDrive, you will need to install a program on your device. After that, you will see a Z drive in your windows explorer. It acts just like your external harddisk!

I would not suggest you to copy paste the files you wanted to backup into the Z drive. Instead, for the folders that you wanted to backup and share, do right-click on the folder itself and choose "link folder to ZumoDrive". This action will automate the process of duplicate that folder and it's content to your Z drive, and any changes you did to that folder in your PC will be automatically updated in your Z drive!

With ZumoDrive, all the things you backup will be accessible from anywhere, as long as you have Internet connection and any device (PC, iPhone, smartphone etc). Isn't that cool?