It has been a long wait since the announcement back in June. And now the iOS5 is here ! While the iphone 4s is on the way, if you owned and Iphone 4 or Ipad or whatever, you can start playing with the new iOS5 now.

This update contains over 200 new features, including the following:

• Notifications
• iMessage
• Newsstand
• Reminders for managing to do lists
• Built-in support for Twitter
• Camera improvements for devices with cameras
• Photo improvements for devices with cameras
• Mail improvements
• Calendar improvements
• Game Center improvements
• AirPlay Mirroring for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S
• Multitasking Gestures for iPad
• On-device setup, activation and configuration with Setup Assistant
• Software updates available over the air without tethering
• iCloud support
• Redesigned Music app for iPad
• Hourly weather forecast
• Real-time stock quotes
• Wireless sync to iTunes
• Keyboard improvements
• Accessibility improvements
• Exchange ActiveSync improvements
• More than 1,500 new developer APIs
• Bug fixes

Products compatible with this software update:
• iPhone 4S
• iPhone 4
• iPhone 3GS
• iPad 2
• iPad
• iPod touch (4th generation)
• iPod touch (3rd generation)

People are complaining the less significant upgrade from the previous Iphone 4s. But…. right. Loyal fans will forever the loyal one no matter what Apple is going to release.

For me I think the  main different between them is the social options. Facebook wants you to social with everyone while Google+ let you to choose who to social with.

Here are a quote from Google+ user Mike Elgan

Here’s what I love about Google+ in general and the Google+ Diet in particular:

Instead of saying, “I’m going to write a blog post now,” or “I’m going to send an e-mail” or “I think I’ll tweet something” you simply say what you have to say, then decide who you’re going to say it to.

If you address it to “Public,” it’s a blog post.

If you address it to “Your Circles” it’s a tweet.

If you address it to your “My Customers” Circle it’s a business newsletter.

If you address it to a single person, it can be a letter to your mother.

I’d say this is pretty revolutionary.

He really sums up the beauty of Circle features in Google Plus.

Is this from Google ? I guess not, just some Google replica site from China. I have no idea what the usage yet. I try search and nothing happen.

If you notice, Google just released a new social network named “Google+”. However it is still in beta and not yet open to public yet. I can already smell a real fight between Google and Facebook begins very soon ! A vote is on between Facebook’s like and Google’s Plus is on. Head to this website to cast your vote now. http://likevsplus.com

You can use Windows command Junction, a very simple and smart way to link your Folder to another Folder. Its basically creating a shortcut from your original path to your desire target folder.

You can download Junction here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768

Use junction to list junctions:

Usage: [-s]

-s Recurse subdirectories

Examples:

To determine if a file is a junction, specify the file name:

junction c:\test

To list junctions beneath a directory, include the –s switch:

junction -s c:\

To create a junction c:\Program-Files for “c:\Program Files”:

C:\>md Program-Files

C:\>junction c:\Program-Files “c:\Program Files”

To delete a junction, use the –d switch:

junction -d c:\Program-Files

For example in windows 7 64bit environment. You want to move all Google data from your C: drive to D: drive. This is how you do this.

Steps:

1. Copy the folder C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Google  to anywhere you want, in this example we put in D:\Google

2. After the copy process complete, double check if everything ok. Now delete the Google folder from C:

3. Download the Junction and unzip it to anywhere you want, in this case I put it in my C:\Windows

4. Now start your command prompt and go to C:\Windows

5. Type:  junction C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Google D:\Google

6. Press enter and you are done, a shortcut icon will be created and now the data will be stored in D:\Google

You can signup for free, or using your Facebook account to signup.

IE9 is now comes with a slim and neat looks which can be found in Google Chrome or Firefox. I think they are identical in many ways. Such as the multi tab and search function in the address bar. Here are 2 pictures of older and latest version of Internet Explorer for a direct comparison.

Old Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer 9

Bear in mind that, the new IE9 interface can be reverted almost like the old one. Just right click on top of black space and enable them. Overall, this is a very nice and clean “feel” version of internet explorer.  We are happy to see that Microsoft has made a revolution move to stay competitive in the browser war.