Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done. Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011) Apple.
Technology. All things iPod, iPhone, iPad and Beyond. 5 Things To Do Before You Upgrade to iOS 5. With the iOS 5 release date of October 12th bearing down on us, I wanted to share 5 things you should do before you upgrade your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to iOS 5. Apple is adding over 200 new features to iOS 5, which fixes many of the major complaints from iPhone users. One of the biggest changes is the new Notification center, which provides a much more elegant notification solution. There is also Twitter integration, a new messaging app that sends free messages to other iOS device, a better version of Safari, Reminders and improvements to Photos, which make it easy to touch up pictures. You’ll also be able to sync and perform future upgrades without connecting to your PC. iOS 5 also brings support for iCloud, which will keep much of your iPad backed up to the cloud. iOS 5 is Apple’s latest mobile operating system.
Clean Up iPhone or iPad Upgrading to iOS 5 is a great time to clean up your device. To remove apps you no longer use, hold down on the app icon until it shakes. The inside story of how Microsoft killed its Courier tablet | Microsoft. Steve Ballmer had a dilemma. He had two groups at Microsoft pursuing competing visions for tablet computers. One group, led by Xbox godfather J Allard, was pushing for a sleek, two-screen tablet called the Courier that users controlled with their finger or a pen.
But it had a problem: It was running a modified version of Windows. That ran headlong into the vision of tablet computing laid out by Steven Sinofsky, the head of Microsoft's Windows division. Sinofsky was wary of any product--let alone one from inside Microsoft's walls--that threatened the foundation of Microsoft's flagship operating system. For Ballmer, it wasn't an easy call. At one point during that meeting in early 2010 at Gates' waterfront offices in Kirkland, Wash., Gates asked Allard how users get e-mail.
But the device wasn't intended to be a computer replacement; it was meant to complement PCs. "This is where Bill had an allergic reaction," said one Courier worker who talked with an attendee of the meeting. Notes + Version 3. Overview of features: For more information about features, here’s a detailed review by Justin, a beta tester, complete with screenshots and examples. See also these frequently asked questions. Below are the improvements and features in version 3: Smoother handwriting. No more database! Image support.Better typed text handling with full-page text canvas. Better close-up writing experience with more control and space, yet retaining the best feature of auto-advance in the current Notes Plus. We will have the side navigation popover like before, no shelf (I found this too disruptive).
Handwriting Recognition.