multitasking

New iteration of Apple iOS comes with multi-tasking to iPad and a number of other new features for all iOS devices. The update was announced in September and now the Cupertino presents it.

iOS 4.2 sports numerous tiny changes. Most notable is the universal inbox which combines differing email accounts together. Besides, the new operating system adds streaming to a an Apple TV box over Apple's AirPlay – and, if you're lucky enough to own one of the handful of supported printers, then AirPrint will give your mobile applications a route to physicality.

According to the latest study conducted by the Netherlands scientist students who use Facebook while doing their study or homework end up having 20% lower grades than other average students who don’t use the social networking site in visual range, or even running in the background on their computers or mobile phones.

On Thursday Apple was holding its big iPhone OS 4.0 sneak peek event where the company announced 100 new features for the next version of the iPhone OS. At the event seven of the features were covered most of all.

While many users will like those functions added to the operating system still there is almost nothing applicable for business professionals. Among the trifle changes introduced there is a 5x digital zoom for the camera, a spell-check feature, customizable home and lock screen wallpaper (a feature already present in the iPad), and the ability to rotate photos.

ComScore released the results of the survey that polled Internet users on how they would like to use Apple’s iPad. The research found that mostly people want to use it for browsing the Web and checking e-mail. Meantime, people cited downloading apps from the App Store and playing intense video games such as first-person shooters were among the least popular potential uses.

It should be noted that the survey polled 2,176 participants defined as Internet users which surely does not imply most of them were those who want and who will order the iPad for themselves.