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The 9 Apps of iCloud – RIP MobileMe
iCloud is the new age MobileMe replacement. It integrates the existing Contacts, Calendars and Mail apps with 6 new apps. These apps are:
- App Store: Provides a Full Purchase history of all applications ever purchased from the iStore.
- iBooks : Will download and sync all books with furthest read location to all iDevices. You don’t have to worry about where you stopped reading on your iPhone. Just pick up your iPad and continue.
- Backup: Takes a daily backup of your iDevices which include the following: pictures, settings, contacts, messages, apps, app data etc. When you switch to a new phone, you simply log-in and your iPhone gets synced from your account on the Cloud. A truly wireless experience
- iTunes: This is one of the most amazing implementations from Apple. They will sync your entire music library across all devices to the cloud. All music purchased from any iDevice is available to sync with upto 10 iDevices, with an infinite number of downloads. The system will also sync your ripped library for an additional $24.99 per year. It will check its database for songs that already exist and add them to your account through its Match service, which means that if the iTunes Store doesn’t have your song, only then will it upload the track.
- PhotoStream: A new way to share photos on the cloud. Photos taken on any device are synced instantly with all other devices. The iCloud will store the last 1000 images online while your Mac will store all photos forever. If you want to save the images then simply create an album and the photos will stay forever. The PhotoStream option is available within the Photos app so you don’t have to launch a separate application and there’s nothing new to learn. It also works with the PC using the My Pictures folder.
- Documents: Finally you have Documents. This app syncs all Pages, Numbers, and Keynote data between all of your iOS devices.
iCloud is an amazing service launched by Apple today. The service is free for all users with a 5Gb limit on data. PhotoStream doesn’t count towards this data limit. There will also be no in-app advertising as was previously suspected. This incredible service is the next incarnation of Apples now obsolete MobileMe service.
June 7, 2011
MAC OS X Lion to Launch in July $29.99
Calling it “The worlds most advanced operating system” , Apple has announced that MAC OS X Lion will launch in july for 29.99 US$.

Major new addons are
- New Gestures
- Mission Control
- Revamped Mac App Store
- Launchpad
- Resume of Apps where they were left (multitasking extreme!)
- Autosave : Multiple Versions
- Air Drop
- New Mail
Check out the full details here

and watch the demo video Below!
June 7, 2011
Apple Introduces iOS 5 with 200 New Features
Apple is announcing the new iOS5 for iDevices , with a whole list of changes that ensue.

Top 10 features
1. Notification Center
2. Newssatnd
3. Twitter Integration
4. Reminders
5. New way to take pictures (camera)
6. Safari integration
7. Game Center
8. Wireless syncing and OTA software updates
9. New Keyboard
10. iMessage
There are more than 200 new features . we will detail them soon

More developing …….soon!
June 7, 2011
Apple launches iMessage to target BBM, inter iPhone connectivity over wifi + 3g , pictures , voice and video + text instant messaging
Apple has just announced then new iMessage service at the WWDC as a part of the new iOS 5

Includes delivery receipts, with the option to read them. A typer indicator, so you know if the other person is snoozing, and you can push to all your devices. It handles text messages, photos, video, contacts, group messaging.
- Works on 3G + Wi-Fi
- Supports iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
June 6, 2011
E3: Microsoft Kinect support added to many new games : Mass efect, Minecraft coming to Xbox
Microsoft has added a bunch of EA titles to their list of Kinect supported games
- Madden NFL
- FIFA World Cup
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour
- Mass Effect 3
- Forza Motorsport 4
- Fable: The Journey
- Ghost Recon
The following games will also be coming to Xbox 360 with Kinect Support:
- Minecraft
- Disneyland Adventures
- Kinect Star Wars
June 6, 2011
13 Year Old Invents the Smart Bell

Laurence Rook, a 13 year old boy from Whyteleafe, Surrey, has invented a bell that uses a SIM card and existing mobile technology to call your phone when someone rings the bell. The device adds a layer of white noise so people think that you are speaking from an intercom system indoors. This is a specially usefull device for people who live alone or people who are out of their houses for most days. It can allow you to speak to the courier or fool a robber into thinking your at home.

Laurence has already sold 20,000 units to telecoms giant Commtel Innovate and is finalising a deal with an unnamed second company for a further 25,000 units. When the deal is signed, he will be £250,000 richer. Each bell will be retailed for £40 and will soon be available.

June 6, 2011
BEAT Electric – Coming Soon

With the launch of the Chevrolet BEAT Diesel next month, GM plans to unveil an electronic varient of the car. Working alongside Reva for the past year, the auto manufaturer has developed a vehicle with a range of 130Kms on a full charge which taks 8 hours, and a motor that gives 60bhp.

A GM official said that, “The plan is to just showcase our technology and organise test drives for a few people. The vehicles will be assembled here from parts designed and sourced globally. We are not looking to launch this immediately as we do not have the right charging infrastructure for EVs in this country as yet.”

June 6, 2011
Sony Ericsson Urushi ST18i Leaked with Specs
Folks over at GSM Arena got pictures of a new Android powered smartphone from Sony Ericsson the ST18i codenamed Urushi which, runs on the same hardware as the Xperia Arc
- 1GHz Snapdragon chipset
- Scorpion CPU
- Adreno 205 GPU
- 3.2-inch display
- 854×480 pixels with Bravia Mobile engine.
- 8 megapixel snapper with 720p recording and a LED flash
The fact of the matter remains that SE seems to be ignoring the users demands and not giving the right hardware needed for SE to regain their user base.
June 6, 2011
Reminder : Tonight Apple Keynote, Possible iPhone 5 Launch : We will cover it Live !

There is a lot of information pointing to the fact that a new iPhone may just be released today evening at the WWDC (morning in USA) . We will cover the even live from all aspects on our Live Blog.

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So be sure to bookmark the page as you may never know what secrets Apple might have up its sleeve.

June 6, 2011
Motorola Droid 3 Leaked in tutorial Videos, Specs shown off
The Droid series never made it to India officially, and it does not look like they are coming anytime soon, but a series of leaked Tutorial videos of the behemoth device from MOTO have leaked on youtube giving an extensive show of the Droid 3. The videos also confirm a lot of specs.
- 8MP Camera
- 1080p Video Recording and playback
- 5 Row QWERTY Keyboard
- Micro-USB and mini-HDMI Outports
Check out the full series of Videos below

[PhonePads]
June 5, 2011
Epic Sunday Treat : Samsung Galaxy S2 Unboxing and Hands on Pics , feat : iPhone 4 | Update : Video LIVE!

Is it here Finally? Yes it is, the new Samsung Galaxy S2, The Epic Smartphone of the Year! (Till now Anyway) While we unbox the beauty check out the Hands On Pics below. Remember you got all exclusive news on the Samsung Galaxy S2 here at iGyaan.in.

June 5, 2011
Rumor: iOS5 to bring Automatic App Updates

Rumors abound that Apple’s new iTunes will have an option to automatically download app updates to your iOS devices without needing to perform a wired sync. The leaked version of iTunes has a My App Updates screen which describes a previously unseen feature “If your device has Automatic Download enabled for apps, your updates will download to your device without having to sync.”

As the Automatic Download setting doesn’t yet exist in iOS, the leak appears to suggest that this feature will become available in iOS 5. All features of iOS 5 will be revealed on Monday during the Apple World Wide Developers Conference. We will be covering the event live here.

June 4, 2011
Apple WWDC Keynote on iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion and iCloud is on June 6th, We will Cover it Live!

Who knows whats going to happen at this keynote, iOS 5 , Mac OS X lion and iCloud are already known facts. A lot of speculation on the iPhone 5 and possibly the iPhone Nano. We will just have to wait till Mr. Jobs shows up in his Black turtle neck and blue jeans.

In the mean time bookmark this page to get unrestricted access to our live coverage of the event.

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06:00PM – London
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June 4, 2011
Shantanu Narayen Claims Adobe-Apple Fight is over : Time to Move On!

Adobe’s CEO, Shantanu Narayen said that Adobe’s problems with Apple, which were a result of Cupertino’s decision to omit support for Flash in its products, are over.

“Yes, the argument is over from our point of view,” Narayen said. “We are so excited about opportunities we have. We’re focused on that.”“At the end of the day, where Adobe makes its money is through our application tools, as well as our solutions, (and) being able to make that content and measure that content and manage that content,”

He also talks about Adobe’s achievements with the Blackberry PlayBook, But has really no answer to the poor performance of the Flash content on the Android Platform.

[AllThingsD]

June 4, 2011
Google, Yahoo and Bing lauch schema.org as Partners

The three biggest names in the search engine industry have joined hands to launch a new project called schema.org which will help improve search results. The site consists of a common set of HTML tags that webmasters would use to mark up structured data on their sites.

“We are announcing schema.org, a new initiative from Google, Bing and Yahoo to create and support a common vocabulary for structured data markup on web pages,” Google said in its blog yesterday.

Site owners can now learn about structured data and improve how their sites appear in major search engines. The site aims to be a one-stop resource for webmasters looking to markup their pages.

This is not the first time the three companies have partnered up. In early 2006 they came together to create sitemap.org, which helped standardise sitemap protocols.

June 3, 2011