The 100 Best iPhone Apps

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Need new iPhone apps? Maybe you're new to the iPhone, or perhaps you're a long-time iPhone owner who has too many apps and needs to find replacements that are more multi-purpose than the single-purpose apps currently cluttering your phone. In this article, we round up the best 100 iPhone apps we know of.
Before you start downloading more apps willy-nilly, make sure you've updated your operating system to the latest version (iOS 5.1 at the time of this writing). There are features in Apple's own mobile operating system that are as good and useful as any app on this list—especially true since iOS 5's release. For example, iMessage now bypasses SMS texting charges by using Wi-Fi when it's available for iOS-to-iOS messages. That helps you save money. Other Apple apps, like Find My iPhone, require iOS 5 to work.
Plenty of amazing apps can be found in the App Store. Word-of-mouth advice from friends is useful in helping you decide which ones you might like, but we at PCMag spend thousands of hours each year scouring iTunes, speaking with developers, reviewing the best apps we find, and hunting for hidden gems. If there's an app that makes owning the iPhone more worthwhile, we find out about it.
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The 100 apps that made the cut for this list are the ones that have shown outstanding performance, have been almost universally liked by users young and old, or have had a solid history of being among the first apps we'd recommend new users download. Many of the apps listed here are free, a few cost a couple of dollars, and the priciest one on this list will only set you back about $10.
Missing from this list are apps that come pre-installed on the iPhone, although they are certainly not to be overlooked. The YouTube, Maps, and Clocks apps in particular should not be ignored, while the iTunes, iPod, and App Store apps typically see a fair share of well-deserved usage, too. iPhone 4S users may love (or loath) Siri, which is not on this list—but alternatives to Siri sure are.
The Apple App Store is expansive, and certainly, we don't know about every hidden gem of an app that's out there. If there's a great app you love, please tell us and other readers about it in the comments at the end of the article.


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The 100 Best iPad Apps

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Apple announced on March 5, 2012 that Where's My Water? Free represented the 25 billionth app downloaded from the App Store—that's a lot of downloads. Of the over 550,000 apps that live in Apple's marketplace, over 170,000 are native iPad apps that run the gamut from news to business to entertainment. That's an extraordinary amount of software battling for a home within your iPad, iPad 2, or new third-generation iPad. There's no doubt that some are great and some are…not. So the vital question is: how do you find the gems among the garbage? The most basic answer is to read App Store user ratings and reviews, but that's a potential time-suck of massive proportions. Besides, the wisdom of crowds isn't always all that wise. The better answer would be to check out PCMag's picks for the 100 best iPad apps. We've dug through the sludge so that you don't have to do so.
It's Not Just About the HardwareConsidering its impact on the portable computing space, it's amazing to think that the iPad platform has been around only two years. Still, in its relatively brief existence, the iPad has revolutionized the tablet market—not only for its sleek form factor and ease of use, but for the wide variety of apps that are available for it.
What This List isOur list of the 100 best iPad apps focuses on native iPad apps (not iPhone apps running in 2X mode) that deliver unique and compelling tablet-based experiences all their own. And to make finding iPad apps even easier, we've broken our selections into seven categories: Social Networking, Business, Communication, Entertainment, Creativity, News, Reference, and Information, and Reading. Unless stated, all of the apps are compatible with the iPad, iPad 2, and third-generation iPad.
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It should be noted that iPad, iPad 2, and new iPad apps are sometimes pricier than iPhone apps. Still, many of the apps listed here are free, or cost less than $10. That may be pricey by iPhone standards, where .99 cents rules the roost, but, compared to desktop software it's a bargain—and there isn't a dud in the bunch. Install them all, and you'll be well on the way to an excellent tablet computer experience. We've included links to in-depth reviews when available.
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What This List Isn'tYou won't find pre-installed apps or games in this iPad app collection. The former wasn't included because default apps are easy to find—they live on your homescreen. The latter wasn't included because we've given the best iPad games their own dedicated, curated section that highlights the best iOS games.
You can either navigate our list via the 100 Best iPad Apps slideshow above or via the pages that follow. If a particular application catches your eye, click through to the full review to learn more.
Leave a comment below if you feel that our selections are dead-on or we've overlooked a potentially worthy candidate. And don't forget to check out our roundup of the best iPad business apps, and the best iPad games.—Next: Social Networking Apps >





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How to Buy the Best Tablet

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It's difficult to remember a time before tablets, but it's been just two short years since the original Apple iPad hit the scene, and the current tablet market was born. Since then, we've seen scores of manufacturers trying to snag a slice of the tablet pie, which so far, has been dominated by Apple, now on its third iPad iteration, which sold 3 million units in three days when it was launched last month.
According to IDC, of the 28.2 million tablets shipped in the last quarter of 2011, more than half of them were iPads. Google, the other major player in the tablet space, has also made some nice market share gains with its Android operating system, thanks in part to Amazon, with its budget-friendly, sub-$200 Android-based Kindle Fire (Best Deal: $199.00 at Amazon), which captured 16.8 percent of tablet sales in the same time period. What's most interesting about all of these stats, however, is that overall tablet shipments were up 155 percent from the same time period in 2010. It seems as though the tablet is here to stay.
But which tablet is right for you? Whether you're eyeing an iPad, one of the many Android tablets available, or even a BlackBerry PlayBook, here are the key factors you need to consider when shopping for a tablet:
First Off: Do You Even Need a Tablet?Simply put, tablets aren't really filling a true need—they're neither replacements for full-fledged computers nor smartphones. A tablet is a touch-screen media device that is actually most similar to a portable media player, but with a larger screen. Many tablets have mobile service features, but they don't make phone calls via a traditional mobile provider. And while you can tackle productivity tasks on an iPad or an Android tablet, you won't get a desktop-grade operating system, like you'll find on a PC. Plus, since we're talking about slates here, there's no hardware keyboard. The main focus of the tablets we'll discuss is media consumption.
Tablets have an advantage over both laptops and phones, offering a portable way to check email, browse the Web, video chat, watch movies, listen to music, and play games, but with a bigger screen with more real estate than your smartphone can provide. Even so, you probably don't need one, but if you want a tablet, read on.
Pick an Operating SystemJust like with a full-fledged computer, if you're getting a tablet, you need to pick a side. Right now, the main contenders are Apple with its iPad, and Android with its many hardware choices from the likes of Amazon, Asus, HTC, Samsung, Toshiba, and others. (Check back next year, and Microsoft, with Windows 8, its tablet-friendly Metro interface, could be a serious contender.)
Apple's iOS is the mobile platform used by the iPad, as well as the iPhone and iPod touch. On the iPad, iOS works very similarly to the way it does on the iPhone, with certain tweaks to take advantage of the tablet's larger 9.7-inch screen. The built-in iPod app on the iPad, for instance, has an extra side menu for additional navigation options that wouldn't fit on the iPhone's screen. Generally speaking, the great strength of Apple's iOS is twofold: it's very intuitive, and the wide selection of iPad apps that you can buy right on the tablet—more than 200,000 iPad-specific titles at the time of this writing—work uniformly well with very few exceptions.
Google's mobile OS, Android, is a more complicated story. Besides having your choice of hardware from several manufacturers, there are a few iterations of Android floating around on tablets right now. The latest version, Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), which merges Gingerbread (the phone OS) with Honeycomb (the tablet OS) into a single operating system for all Android devices, was released back in November, but we've only seen it on a couple of tablets so far.
Most manufacturers have made the move to Honeycomb, but some are still making tablets with previous versions of Android that are meant for phones with smaller screens. Amazon with the Kindle Fire, and Barnes and Noble, with its Nook Tablet, each use its own highly customized version of Gingerbread, which, for the most part, in the cases of these smaller 7-inch tablets, is successful.
But for larger screen tablets, ideally, you want Android 4.0. The good news is that most Honeycomb tablets will be upgradeable to Ice Cream Sandwich. Just when is the question. Android is infamous for painfully slow OS updates.

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Adjective clause

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Relative Clause adalah bagian dari kalimat (anak kalimat) yang memberi keterangan pada orang atau benda yang mendahuluinya. Istilah Relative Clause sama dengan Adjective Clause. Disebut Adjective Clause karena dia menerangkan benda atau orang yang mendahuluinya. Disebut Relative Clause karena dia menghubungkan (me-relate) benda atau orang tersebut dengan frasa di belakangnya. Relative Clause diawali dengan kata penghubung who, whom, whose, which, that, dengan fungsi sebagai berikut

Who: menerangkan orang sebagai subject
Whom: menerangkan kan orang sebagai object (menggantikan me, you, us, him, her,
them, it)
Whose:menerangkan orang sebagai pemilik (menggantikan my, your, our, his, her, their,
its)
Which: menerangkan benda sebagai subject maupun object
That menerangkan orang atau benda baik sebagai subject maupun object

I bought a new car. It is very fast.
→ I bought a new car that is very fast.

She lives in New York. She likes living in New York.
→ She lives in New York, which she likes.

Defining and Non-defining

A defining relative clause tells which noun we are talking about:

  • I like the woman who lives next door.
    (If I don’t say ‘who lives next door’, then we don’t know which woman I mean)

A non-defining relative clause gives us extra information about something. We don’t need this information to understand the sentence.

  • I live in London, which has some fantastic parks.
    (Everybody knows where London is, ‘which has some fantastic parks’ is extra information)

Defining relative clauses:

1: The relative pronoun is the subject:

First, let’s consider when the relative pronoun is the subject of a defining relative clause.

We can use ‘who’, ‘which’ or ‘that’. We use ‘who’ for people and ‘which’ for things. We can use ‘that’ for people or things.

The relative clause can come after the subject or the object of the sentence. We can’t drop the relative pronoun.

For example (clause after the object of the sentence):

  • I’m looking for a secretary who / that can use a computer well.
  • She has a son who / that is a doctor.
  • We bought a house which / that is 200 years old.
  • I sent a letter which / that arrived three weeks later.

More examples (clause after the subject of the sentence):

  • The people who / that live on the island are very friendly.
  • The man who / that phoned is my brother.
  • The camera which / that costs £100 is over there.
  • The house which / that belongs to Julie is in London.

Try an exercise where the relative pronoun is the subject here

2: The relative pronoun is the object:

Next, let’s talk about when the relative pronoun is the object of the clause. In this case we can drop the relative pronoun if we want to. Again, the clause can come after the subject or the object of the sentence. Here are some examples:

(clause after the object)
  • She loves the chocolate (which / that) I bought.
  • We went to the village (which / that) Lucy recommended.
  • John met a woman (who / that) I had been to school with.
  • The police arrested a man (who / that) Jill worked with.
(clause after the subject)
  • The bike (which / that) I loved was stolen.
  • The university (which / that) she likes is famous.
  • The woman (who / that) my brother loves is from Mexico.
  • The doctor (who / that) my grandmother liked lives in New York.

Non-defining relative clauses:

We don’t use ‘that’ in non-defining relative clauses, so we need to use ‘which’ if the pronoun refers to a thing, and ‘who’ if it refers to a person. We can’t drop the relative pronoun in this kind of clause, even if the relative pronoun is the subject of the clause.

(clause comes after the subject)

  • My boss, who is very nice, lives in Manchester.
  • My sister, who I live with, knows a lot about cars.
  • My bicycle, which I've had for more than ten years, is falling apart.
  • My mother's house, which I grew up in, is very small.

(clause comes after the object)

  • Yesterday I called our friend Julie, who lives in New York.
  • The photographer called to the Queen, who looked annoyed.
  • Last week I bought a new computer, which I don't like now
  • I really love the new Chinese restaurant, which we went to last night.

Prepositions and relative clauses

If the verb in the relative clause needs a preposition, we put it at the end of the clause:

For example:

  • listen to

The music is good. Julie listens to the music.
→ The music (which / that) Julie listens to is good.

  • work with

My brother met a woman. I used to work with the woman.
→ My brother met a woman (who / that) I used to work with.

  • go to

The country is very hot. He went to the country.
→ The country (which / that) he went to is very hot.

  • come from

I visited the city. John comes from the city.
→ I visited the city (that / which) John comes from.

  • apply for

The job is well paid. She applied for the job.
→ The job (which / that) she applied for is well paid.

Whose

‘Whose’ is always the subject of the relative clause and can’t be left out. It replaces a possessive. It can be used for people and things.

The dog is over there. The dog’s / its owner lives next door.
→ The dog whose owner lives next door is over there.

The little girl is sad. The little girl’s / her doll was lost.
→ The little girl whose doll was lost is sad.

The woman is coming tonight. Her car is a BMW.
→ The woman whose car is a BMW is coming tonight.

The house belongs to me. Its roof is very old.
→ The house whose roof is old belongs to me.

Where / when / why

We can sometimes use these question words instead of relative pronouns and prepositions.

I live in a city. I study in the city.

→ I live in the city where I study.
→ I live in the city that / which I study in.
→ I live in the city in which I study.

The bar in Barcelona is still there. I met my wife in that bar.

→ The bar in Barcelona where I met my wife is still there.
→ The bar in Barcelona that / which I met my wife in is still there.
→ The bar in Barcelona in which I met my wife is still there.

The summer was long and hot. I graduated from university in the summer.

→ The summer when I graduated from university was long and hot.
→ The summer that / which I graduated from university in was long and hot.
→ The summer in which I graduated was long and hot.


Article Of Adjective Clause
Last week I moved back to Philadelphia, the city where I was born. When I was six, my father, who had always appreciated the beauty of the farmlands there, moved us to Lancaster County, which is famous for its peacefulness and leisurely pace. Philadelphia, which is dirtier and noisier, is also more violent. Its streets are more dangerous than the country lanes to which I am accustomed. Still, a city thatoffers many types of restaurants and entertainment is more exciting than the quiet country town from which we had thought about moving for years. Moving back was an idea whose time had finally come.


Excercise
1. I talk to the woman she was sitting next to me
I talk to the woman who was sitting next to me

2. I have a class it begins at 08.00 Am
I have a class which begins at 08.00 Am

3. The man called the police his car was stolen
The man whose car was stolen called the police

4. The building is very old he lives there
The building where he lives is very old

5. The woman was Ms.Silvy I saw her
The woman whom I saw was Ms.Silvy


ref :
http://www.bumbleboy.co.cc/2012/05/adjective-clause.html
http://novenrique.blogspot.com/2010/02/relative-clause-adalah-bagian-dari.html
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/relative-clauses.html

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Active & Passive Sentences

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Active Voice

Active sentence (active voice) is the sentence where the subject does the activity. Active voice is more often used in everyday life than the passive voice. Not all active sentences have corresponding forms in the passive. Only active and transitive sentences(SPOC* and SPOA*) can be transformed into passive sentences.

Passive Voice

Passive sentence (passive voice) is the sentence where the subject get the action from the object. We often find the passive voice in newspapers, articles in magazines and scholarly writings. Passive voice is used as the object of the active voice is more important information than its subject.

1. Simple past tense :

Active => verb 2 (ed)

Passive => was/were + verb 3

Example

Active : I wrote a novel yesterday

Passive : A novel is written by me yesterday

2. Simple present tense :

Active => verb 1 (+ s/es)

Passive => Is/am/are + verb 3

Example

Active : She cooks fried rice in the kitchen

Passive : Fried rice is cooked by her in the kitchen

3. Present perfect tense :

Active => has/have + verb 3

Passive => has/have + been + verb 3

Example

Active : She has watered this plant for 5 minutes.

Passive : This plant has been watered by her for 5 minutes.

4. Present continous tense :

Active => is/am/are + verb ing

Passive => is/am/are + being + verb 3

Example

Active : He is playing a game

Passive : A game is being playing by him

5. Present future tense :

Active => will + verb 1

Passive => will + be + verb 3

Example

Active : She will water this plant this afternoon

Passive : This plant will be watered by her this afternoon

6. Past perfect tense :

Active => had + verb 3

Passive => had + been + verb 3

Example

Active : They had studied Math

Passive : Math had been studied by them

7. Present perfect continous tense :

Active => has/have + been + verb ing

Passive => has/have + been + being + verb 3

Example

Active : She has studied English

Passive : English have been studied by her

The Random Re-Boot Problem

You may have experienced your computer intermittently re-booting for no apparent reason. This can be annoying, and can mean you have lost valuable work that you we in the process of creating.

If this has happened once, then your chances of explaining the cause are remote in the extreme. If you find it happening regularly, then it is clearly in your interest to find and fix the problem.

There may be a simple explanation. With most modern computers, the system comes with built in circuitry to monitor the state of the computer. One of the checks built into your system include testing the power supply levels. The power supply is not a component most people expect to fail. Most are concerned that their disk drives will be the major cause of failures, but in fact power supply problems are relatively common.

The power supply will communicate to the mother board with a power good signal if the power output is within specification. If this power good signal is not present, the computer will simply not start up. This seems simple enough, however things do not always fit into the good or not good categories. Where you have a power supply that is failing, its outputs can fluctuate. The computer may then boot up correctly, but a little later when the power supply falls out of range the computer will detect this and activate the reset logic. The reset logic shuts the machine down, thus relieving the load on the power supply, which can then support a re-boot. It is the same as if you pushed the reset button yourself, but it appears to you as a random re-boot.

To test the power outputs, you really need access to a multimeter, and know how to use it. This might be something you may prefer to leave to an experienced technician. Alternatively, you can try replacing the power supply with a spare that you know to be working. If this corrects the intermittent re-boot, then you have solved the problem

When replacing a power supply, select a known brand, and I suggest you choose one that is rated to at least 400 watts. This, of course, depends on what load your computer is supporting. Upgrading to a faster processor, installing additional or faster disk drives, or adding other devices can all add to your computer’s power requirements.

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Subject Verb Agreement

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Necessary in making a sentence whose name subject + verb + object + Manner + place and time.

Then the most important provisions in the English language is that the subject with the verb should be in agreement. That is, if its subject is singular then the verb it must also be singular. Conversely, if its subject-verb plural then it must also be plural.

The subject and verb must agree in number: both must be singular, or both must be plural. Problems occur in the present tense because one must add an -s or -es at the end of the verb when the subjects or the entity performing the action is a singular third person: he, she, it, or words for which these pronouns could substitute.

Notice the difference between singular and plural forms in the following examples:

Singular

Plural

The student sings. (He or she sings)

Your children sing. (They sing)

The bird does migrate. (It does)

Those birds do migrate. (They do)

In order to find out if your subject and verb agree, you need to be able to identify the subject of your sentence. Here are some helpful hints that will help you to decipher where your subject is and where it is not.

Where is my subject?

  • Most likely, your verb will agree with the first noun to the left of the verb:

The Supreme Court judge decides the appropriate penalty.

Subject: judge

Verb: decides

The committee members were satisfied with the resolution.

Subject: members

Verb: were
  • Occasionally, a sentence has the subject after the verb instead of before it. This strategy is often used for poetic effect.

Over the ripples glides a small canoe.

Subject: a small canoe

Verb: glides

There was a well-known writer at the meeting.

Subject: a well-known writer

Verb: was
  • You will not find the subject in a modifying phrase (MP), a phrase that starts with a preposition, a gerund, or a relative pronoun and that modifies the meaning of the noun or subject under discussion.

The group of students is going on a field trip.

Subject: the group

MP: of students

Verb: is

The survey covering seven colleges reveals a growth in enrollment.

Subject: the survey

MP: covering seven colleges

Verb: reveals

The speaker whom you saw at the lecture is one of the state senators from Minnesota.

Subject: the speaker

MP: whom you saw at the lecture

Verb: is
  • If subjects are joined by and, they are considered plural.

The quarterback and the coach are having a conference.

Subject: the quarterback and the coach

Verb: are having
  • If subjects are joined by or or nor, the verb should agree with the closer subject.

Either the actors or the director is at fault.

Subjects: actors, director

Verb: is

Either the director or the actors are at fault.

Subjects: director, actors

Verb: are
  • The relative pronouns (who, whom, which, and that) are either singular or plural, depending on the words they refer to.

The sales manager is a good researcher who spends a great amount of time surfing the Web for information.

Subject: the sales manager

Verbs: is, spends

Sales managers are good researchers who spend a great amount of time surfing the Web for information.

Subject: sales managers

Verbs: are, spend
  • Indefinite pronouns (someone, somebody, each, either one, everyone, or anyone) are considered singular and need singular verbs although they convey plural meaning.

Anyone who wants to pursue higher education has to pass entrance exams.

Subject: anyone

Verbs: wants, has

Everyone on the committee is welcome to express his/her ideas.

Subject: everyone

Verb: is
  • A few nouns can be either plural or singular, depending on whether they mean a group or separate individuals. These words are rarely used as plurals in modern writing.

The jury is sequestered.

Subject: jury

Verb: is

The jury are having an argument.

Subject: jury

Verb: are having
  • A few subjects look plural but are really singular or vice versa.

The news of the discovery is spreading.

Subject: news

Verb: is

The mass media have publicized the facts.

Subject: mass media

Verb: have publicized

The data amaze everyone.

Subject: data

Verb: amaze

Example :

1. She is nice to me.

They are nice to me.

2. She is being nice to me.

They are being nice to me.

3.She was nice to me.

They were nice to me.

4. She was being nice to me.

They were being nice to me.

5. She has been nice to me.

They have been nice to me.

6. She has been being nice to me.

They have been being nice to me.

7. She is going to be nice to me.

They are going to be nice to me.

8. She is going to be being nice to me.

They are going to be being nice to me.

9. She was going to be nice to me.

They were going to be nice to me.

10. She was going to be being nice to me.

They were going to be being nice to me.

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