A Brand New Facebook iPad App Is Coming Soon

Friday, June 17th, 2011

It’s about time! There will soon an official Facebook iPad app in the App Store. The story first broke by New York Times blogger Nick Bilton today who has confirmed a free iPad application that has been designed to take full advantage of the large tablet screen. The iPad app has reportedly been in testing and production cycles for the past 12 months and should be ready in the coming weeks.

New features in the Facebook iPad app are first and foremost photo and video uploading capabilities, a full resolution interactive media viewing experience, as well as a fully optimized chat experience for the iPad the you haven’t seen anywhere yet.

Those 3rd party iPad apps for Facebook that have been trying to provide Facebook users some sanity (My Pad, iFace, Friendly) will be facing some stiff competition.

Finally, the Facebook web portal is also going to be getting a facelift when viewing it from your Safari browser on the iPad. It will be interesting to see how much HTML 5 goodness gets pimped out there.

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The Newest iOS 5 VS. Android, BlackBerry & Windows Phone

Friday, June 10th, 2011

WWDC – Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference was held in San Francisco this week, and the company unveiled its new operating systems and services – iCloud, iOS 5 and OS X Lion.

Before the conference, people’s attention is mainly paid on the iPhone 5, and expecting for the true information from Apple. While through this WWDC, Apple has presented news about the new iOS 5 for all eager Apple fans. And the 200+ new added features really have taken all people’s eyes and attention to discuss. Even Apple gives the biggest space to iCloud at the homepage on its website, what people care more is still the iOS 5 and the new features for Notification Center, iMessage, Newsstand, Reminders, Twitter, Camera, Phones, Safari, PC Free and more.

At the same time, Android, Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry 7 OS are also trying to improve themselves to a higher level to gain a better room on the market. Here according to the new features of iOS 5, there is a chart of the features compared among these operating systems. Let’s check it below to see who is the best now.

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How to Password Your Microsoft Office – Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Microsoft Office has been upgraded to version 2010 for quite a period of time, and lots of nice words it has gain from users for the friendly interface and practical function improvements. As a matter of fact, the password protection of Word, Excel and PowerPoint doesn’t much differ from the previous version 2007, but if you have a need to know this quickly, hope this detailed guide below is helpful for you.

1. Password Protect Word Documents

To encrypt your Word documents, the simplest way is to set a password directly to limit others access the file without permission. Open the document and hit “File“, find “Protect Document” in the “Info” tab and hit it, and then click “Encrypt with Password” to set your own password.

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