SkyDrive now available for the iPhone and iPad

Image: SkyDrive

SkyDrive the file storage cloud from Microsoft is now available on your iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. The service which has been available to all Windows Desktop users and Windows phone users for sometime now transitions and comes to all iPhone users. With this new App you can do the following:


1. Login to the service and create folders
2. Upload images, videos and other files from your PC or Mac and access them on your phone
3. Files you upload from your PC, phone or mac are stored securely and will be then available whenever you launch the app on your iPhone ot iPad.
4. You can access files shared by other users with you
5. Upload all your photos and your videos to Microsoft SkyDrive and have them stored for free.
6. SkyDrive offers 25 GB of free personal storage 


If you already use Hotmail, Messenger or Xbox live you already have a SkyDrive account. If not you can head on over to SkyDrive and create a free account.


SkyDrive on the Web. 
Download the App on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch here. 
Launching an app like this makes a lot of sense since there are so many Windows users who also love their iPhones. Cloud-storage is all the big rage and this app just makes things easier.

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Google Currents: How does it work

Google Currents is an app available for your Android, iPhone and iPad devices. Once you download the app you can then start adding your favorite feeds to it and start reading all the content in the form of a magazine. The look and feel will be like a magazine and you can then flip through everything as you would a magazine. Many sources also discussing this as  Google's Flipboard competitor. 


A detailed look at how you can use Google Currents
As you might have guessed the name of the app symbolizes what can be done with it. You can add your favorite content from leading publications and blogs that you follow everyday to this App. You can then browse through content whenever you want. Either in online or offline mode. As the app constantly downloads stuff that you like and converts the entire thing into a magazine type format for easy flipping through. 


You can also follow trending stories
What this does it pulls the most happening current stories from the web and fills your screen with videos, images and articles to create a living edition. 


The App has two main section: Library and Trending. In the library section of the app you can add your feeds and content you have opted to follow. The app will also proactively download content so you can read it even while on off-line mode.
The Trending section of the app display hot news and stories from across the web. Which is further broken down into sections like tech, Business and world-news all listed under Top Stories.


How to add your Blog or Site to Google Currents
Google Currents offers the ability for owners of blogs and websites to ad their content to Google Current and thereby giving the users of the app the ability to subscribe, browse and read through your feeds. You will need to go here to publish your content to Google Current www.google.com/producer. Once here you can then set up your site feed and add your YouTube Channel, after you give your edition a name you content will be published. It is fast and easy. 


Google Currents offers content from over 150 publishers offering full length articles adn you can find the complete list here. Adding all your favorite RSS feeds is easy and you can get all your content wherever you are. Currently available in the US only. 


Check out Google Currents now. Google Currents is now available for download in the Android Market and the Apple App Store. Source: Google Blog. 

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Flipboard: How does it work

Flipboard is an App that has taken the web by storm again. The reason for this is that today the Flipboard App for iPhone has been released. Flipboard was till now an App for the iPad, things have changed and everyone is raving about the new app that has come to the iPhone bringing with it all your favorite features that have made this app so remarkably popular on the iPad.


Flipboard how does it work 
The App is your own personalized magazine which brings everything being shared with you and everything that matters to you. It has a really nice interface and you can flip through all your photos and watch videos, read articles or browse through photo albums.


Once you download the App you can then connect it to your favorite social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr. You can also connect it to your favorite publications to receive articles. Once you have all this working everything will be presented to you in the shape and form of an article with beautiful rendering. You can then just flip through your article pages and check out everything that matters to you. 


Flipboard also has it's own collection of interesting stuff from the web. You can also connect to this to view the latest happenings on the web. For example you can flip through Fliptech a collection of Tech articles from Flipboard. Everything gets collected and converted into magazine format which is then presented to you. 


So use the App to connect all your Social Networks, Feeds and other sources to start your magazine experience. Once you login all your content is presented in a visual list. The App is also designed to easily flip through content.


Download Flipboard now or visit them on the web here. 
Watch the video below to know more

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Path:(Social Network) How does it work

Path is a mobile only social network. That is if you care to have another social network in your life. With path you can keep track of all that you do and share with friends. As this social network works something like a journal. There is also a 150 friend limit, which ensure that only people who matter to your most are a part of your network and there is nothing you can do to lift this limit.

 

How it works
Path is a mobile App that can be downloaded on your iPhone or Android based phone. Once you download the App you can start adding contacts and begin sharing with them. You can record your thoughts, events and photos throughout the day. The platform is very simple and there are no links, apps or photo galleries. So once you join you can create a path and start sharing by adding photos and adding tags of people places and things. It also has geo-location and can share with people where you are at the present moment  and who you're with. With the new version of Path you can also post music.



With its GPS capabilities the app can automatically tell your pals that you have just landed in a new place. If you want to use and turn on that sharing feature. You can also tell people when your awake and when your sleeping, who you're with and where you are. You can also share quality photos, videos and music. For those of you who like to share on networks like Twitter, Foursquare, and Facebook, you can easily check-in and share stuff. You can also use Path to Tweet directly to Twitter. 


Purpose: To create a safe and personal social network among people who you really trust.

Path is like a personal journal, to record and share things with close friends and family and available on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android phones. 

Path for iOS
Path for Android

Path for social networking on your mobile device.

Batch lets you share large groups of photos from your iPhone or iPad

image: Batch

Forget syncing you photos to your PC to share them and uploading and sharing one-by-one on Facebook and Twitter. Batch the iOS App lets you do all this fast and easily. With Batch you can now group together a bunch of photos on you iPhone or iPad and share them all together. The app also has real-time sharing and so you can share photos as soon as you snap them. When sharing you can create a private batch to share with just a few people or a public batch and upload the entire set to Facebook or twitter. Saves you a lot of time and headache with uploaded and sharing each photo one at a time.

You can also view batches of your friends and comment and like. You can also see batches you've been tagged in. You would also need to remember that in addition to share on other social networks Batch is a social network in itself and you can get your friends to download the app and join you. This app seems to be the next cool photo sharing app. The app is compatible with the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. 

You can find a quick guide for this App here and a link to download it here. 

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Roamz helps you find fun stuff happening in your neighborhood

Roamz the iOS App compatible with the iPhone, iPad Touch and the iPad helps you find interesting things happening in your neighborhood. You can also tie in your social sites like Facebook and Twitter to share your friend circles with the App. Which then searches your social networks and tells you what's the latest around you. You can also connect your Foursquare account to the App to get batter results. Once you connect your social networks to the App it will then search among all your pals and find out the best recommendations for restaurants, fun activities and just generally things happening around you like the best concert to attend on a Friday night. You can also connect your Instagram account to Roamz. You can also share all your fun activities with all your social connections using Roamz.

How does Raomz work

Once you install the app it will search popular social networks to find signals of things happening close to you. It will check for what is happening in your area and present this to you. you can then decided to join in. If you connect all your social networks to Roamz, the App will then search all your contacts and find out what's happening right now and present it to you in a stream, clutter free. There is also a toggle on the home-screen to filter what type of activities you would like to see. You can check for restaurants, concerts or movies in town. 

Roamz

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OurPad: Allows multiple users on the same iPad

OurPad is an iPad app that lets you and other household members use the same iPad and yet login to multiple social site accounts. So if you stay in a place where there is only one iPad available but a number of people use it especial true in a family or among roommates. All of you can use the iPad to access Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Yahoo, and MSN/Hotmail. The problem with a shared iPad is that each time someone uses it, they would need to login to all their social accounts like Facebook and Twitter and when they finish. The tedious process of logging out once again before the next person goes through the same process. with Our Pad all that is taken care of. Each person can create their own special key or secret lock pattern. You sign-in with your lock pattern and sign out with the same. All in simple easy steps. Once you sign in all your login information is remembered and so no signing in all over again. Once you log out of Our Pad all you stuff is removed and the iPad is ready to be used by the next person. 

OurPad will also protect your accounts with the lock pattern you choose to use. Passwords and accounts are stored securely on the device and so once you access OurPad it will automatically sing you in to your favorite services. Sign out by simply pressing the home button or your name. 

OurPad

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Google Catalogs iPad App

Google has a new app for the iPad and it is called Google Catalogs. The App digitizes catalogs and does not reinvent or add to them in any way. Digital versions of catalogs from popular retailers like Urban Outfitters and Macy's are now available. This comes as good news for businesses who publish retail digital catalogs as adding their catalogs to the App is now easy and Google has thrown the doors open for legitimate businesses to participate free of cost. Featuring stores and brands that are popular Google Catalogs brings the best of all catalogs to the iPad. 


The App has an easy interface which makes browsing through catalogs a fun experience. Tap on tags to learn more about products and view photos and videos. There is also the ability to search within or across catalogs. You also add products to your favorites tab. Like an item you can buy it online right-away. You can create a collage with all your favorite items and catalogs and share the same with other users or share it online. You can visit Google Catalogs at www.google.com/catalogs. The App is free to download and use. 

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How to sync iPhone Apps with iPad

There are many reasons why you might want to Sync your iPhone or iPod Touch Apps to your new iPad. The Facebook App for the iPad costs $2.99 on iTunes. Once you download this App there is only a 1 star rating for it on iTunes so do not expect too much from it. If you however download and sync the Facebook App for the iPhone which is free, you get a better running Facebook App then the one you paid $2.99 for. Somehow the Free Facebook for the iPhone works just as good on the iPad. Then there are other iPad Apps which do not work at all. Therefore it is really good to just sync you favorite iPhone and iPod Touch Apps the the iPad and  they work just as fine and many of them are free for the iPhone.


Once your sync your favorite iPhone Apps to the iPad you can get them to run in full-screen mode by clicking on the X2 button found on the right hand side of your iPad.


How to sync you iPhone and iPod Apps to the iPad. 


1. Back up your iPhone or iPod Touch Apps in iTunes
2. Next Sync your iPad to your iTunes on your PC or Mac, by simple connecting your device.
3. The iPad shows up in your devices menu
4. Click it and select the Applications tab
5. Choose the Apps you want to sync to your iPad
6. Then click the sync button found in the lower right hand corner
7. Your Done. Apps you choose will be synced to the iPad.

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Apple iPad to have at least 150,000 apps from day 1

Coming April 3rd 2010 the iPad already has 150,000 apps ready for the iPad. Apps for games, social networking, entertainment and productivity. To list the various types of Apps available would be quiet exhausting. With it's wide screen the iPad is good for movies and especially for games. Users can now play games on the go with a large screen in high definition with a screen that automatically adjusts itself to the users position.

Can you sync your iPhone and iPod Touch Apps with the iPad.
If you already have Apps for your iPhone or iPod Touch you can sync them to your new iPad from your Mac or PC. Once you Sync them they will run in their original size or you can expand them to fit the screen.

How to download Apps on the iPad.

Simply tap the App Store icon on your iPad and you can download Apps wherever your are. There is also a section of the store that features Apps specifically for the iPad. There are already hundreds of Apps that make use of the iPad's large display, responsive performance and multi-touch interface. You can also use the iPad to browse through Apps for the iPhone or iPod Touch. No matter what you need you can bet there's already an App for it. So check out the iPad App Store.

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