It looks as though it will mean similar tools such as DropBox will struggle to compete.

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Danny Sullivan said “All done. Minor upgrade to Apple TV. Slight improvements to iPad. None of it matters. Cut loose the hordes to buy!” – this summed it up well for me.

The main new features are:

• ‘Retina’ display, A5X processor and 5MP camera
• LTE and voice dictation
• iOS 5.1 announced; brings Siri to Japan and Australia
• Apple TV updated

Essentially this is what the iPhone 4S was to the iPhone 4 but for the iPad (strange they didn’t call it the iPad 2S and opted for the far less catchy “The New iPad”!)

So what do these new features mean?

The screen is now a massive 2048 x 1536 pixels which is huge considering the physical screen size remains the same.

This means your photos and movies will appear clearer and apps and web browsers will be able to take advantage of the much bigger pixel area to cram even more in.

The processor is quicker and has 2 more cores (4 cores in total) and the camera is a vast improvement on the poor camera found on the iPad 2.

So will people buy it?

Yep in their droves! Apple do not need to do much in the way of “ground breaking work” to ensure their products fly off the shelves these days.

The product is better, and the new feature are nice, and yes they do need to keep the technology up to date to ensure they compete with the growing number of rival products, but this is not a massive move forward.

Looking to develop an iPad App – you are in the right place!  Find out more >>

For more information see the Apple website here >>

So we’ve put together a few helpful blog posts to help you along, these will all begin with ‘Facebook Timeline Advice’. To start we’re giving you a rundown on some of the new features available.

Cover Picture

Your Cover Picture is a large image that sits at the top of your Facebook Page. It’s important to make sure this image is unique to your brand or organization. There are some terms regarding what you cannot put on you Cover Photo, for the full list  click here > >

Star Posts

To Star a post you simply have to click the star on the post. This will make the post widescreen and will treat the post as of higher importance.

Pinned Post

If you’ve got a post that you want to prioritize you can ‘pin’ it, this will display the post clearly at the top of your page. This is a great way of utilising an older post and bringing it back to the top of your page without repeating yourself.

Admin Channel

The Admin Channel is a fantastic feature that lets you view all of the recent traffic and notifications through your Facebook page, you can even respond to messages. It’s also really easy to close by clicking the ‘hide’ button in the top right corner. Another key point to note is that this channel will only be visible to the Page admins, non-admins won’t even see the channel.

Friend Activity

The way that a users friends have interacted with a Facebook Page can be key to what they focus on within the Page. For this reason the new Friend Activity can have a huge impact on your Facebook Page. Now when people visit your page they will be shown what their friends looked at and responded to.

Milestone

Milestones are a great way to put all of your bigger events into your page. All you need to do is add the headline for the event, location, date and a few details. Then add an image and the Milestone is ready to go live. Currently these Milestones can only go back as far as 01/01/1800.

Activity Log

This is a really handy way to look at the history of the Page and organize the posts. This can include making posts bigger with ‘Star Post’, hiding or deleting irrelevant posts and ensuring you’re on top of any spam.

Our new Facebook page

Source: Facebook

For more information about what we can do for your Facebook Page Timeline give us a call on 0845 257 1225 or view our contact page here >>

YouTube For Schools promises classrooms access to educational videos without the risk of pupils being “distracted by the latest music video or cute cat”.

The Google-owned site has put together playlists according to subject matter and intended age level.

Google said it hoped to attract schools which had previously been put off by inappropriate content on the site.

To go to YouTube Schools click here >>

Source BBC

Also a really nice timeline to show each development:

For more info see www.google.com/insidesearch/

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An explaination from Google “Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. We are pushing the limits of our technology and infrastructure to help you get better search results, faster. Our key technical insight was that people type slowly, but read quickly, typically taking 300 milliseconds between keystrokes, but only 30 milliseconds (a tenth of the time!) to glance at another part of the page. This means that you can scan a results page while you type.

The most obvious change is that you get to the right content much faster than before because you don’t have to finish typing your full search term, or even press “search.” Another shift is that seeing results as you type helps you formulate a better search term by providing instant feedback. You can now adapt your search on the fly until the results match exactly what you want. In time, we may wonder how search ever worked in any other way.

Benefits

Faster Searches: By predicting your search and showing results before you finish typing, Google Instant can save 2-5 seconds per search.

Smarter Predictions: Even when you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for, predictions help guide your search. The top prediction is shown in grey text directly in the search box, so you can stop typing as soon as you see what you need.

Instant Results: Start typing and results appear right before your eyes. Until now, you had to type a full search term, hit return, and hope for the right results. Now results appear instantly as you type, helping you see where you’re headed, every step of the way.”

The service – integrated directly with its e-mail service Gmail – allows users to post status updates, share content and read and comment on friends’ posts.

The site pitches Google directly against rival networks such as Facebook, which has amassed nearly 400 million users since its launch in 2004.

Buzz will try to capitalise on the number of regular Gmail users, which is currently around 170 million people.

Check it out here >>