iCloud

Apple launched its online data storage is called iCloud. With online storage, users of Apple products can store data on the internet, without having to use a computer hard drive or memory card in the phone.

iCloud develop a trend that takes the concept of computer users store data and information on the 'cloud' (cloud). With iCloud, owner of the iPhone, iPad, or the iMac will have access to the storage of documents, images, calendar data, and emails from various places, not only from a particular gadget.

ICloud Launch even introduced directly by one of the founders of Apple, Steve Jobs. "We thought it would be great," said Jobs.

However, iCloud has several limitations. For example, photos can only be stored for 30 days, with storage capacity of 1000 photos. ICloud Users also can save the document only by 5 gigabytes, although this relatively larger than other competitors online storage.

To synchronize (sync) music, which can not be obtained from Apple's iTunes store, users must pay $ 25 per year. However, in addition to music features add-on before, all services use iCloud can be obtained free of charge.

New customers can use if their gadget have iCloud IOS operating system version 4.3. However, in autumn, iCloud can be used in all of the IOS operating system.

The launch of this iCloud while replacing MobileMe, Apple's products before the production of online storage. To use MobileMe, users have to pocket U.S. $ 99 per year.

Previously, Amazon, Google, and even small companies are introducing Dropbox cloud storage with a variety of features. Even Amazon has introduced a cloud music player (music player online), which considered the future of digital music player

ICT as a Life Skill

Information and communication technology has changed the community. ICT has a major role in influencing how the way we live, work, and learn. While this is not strange if we see people using their laptop on the train, or when you walk into a mall and see where to eat or a cafe, a few people open a laptop or Ipad and mobile phone to access the internet as well as their email.

Thousands of people are planning a holiday abroad, they use the internet as well as to plan their finances online. With technology, You can also follow courses of any kind, anywhere, at any time and in any way you wish. Besides the changes that are seen clearly, technology also has entered the private spaces in everyday life. Television and radio, for example, has been bringing technology into the central room of our homes. Directly or indirectly, ICT has become a life skills align with read write and calculate as well as the english Language . Life skills is the modern term for the basic skills; the skills required of society in order not to lag behind in their social and economic life.

A Person  who do not have ICT skill  will have difficulty to obtain a job, get a promotion or even retain their jobs. In social life, they will not feel the benefits of simplicity in all fields that use the technology.

ROLE OF ICT IN EDUCATION

ICT nowadays becomes an absolute demand for application in schools . The "information society" in general and in particular new technologies have a significant impact at all levels of the educational world. The new generations are naturally assimilated the new culture that is shaped and often brings us extensive retraining, adaptation and unlearn many things that now "do differently" or simply not serve. 

Most young people do not have the experiential grounds of having lived in a society "more static" (as we have known in previous decades), so for them the change and continuous learning for the latest news emerging every day is normal. 

Precisely to facilitate this process begins to develop from informal educational settings (family, leisure ...), the school must also integrate the new culture, digital literacy, information source, productivity tool for work, materials, cognitive instrument .... Obviously school students should approach the culture of today, not yesterday's culture. 

It is therefore important presence in computer class (and the video camera, and television ...) from the early grades, as an instrument to be used for different purposes: entertainment, information, communication, instructional ... As it is also important to be present in homes and that more children can come and enjoy these technologies in the hands of their parents. 

But besides this use and enjoyment of the technological means (in class, at home ...), which will allow for educational activities psychomotor development, cognitive, emotional and social development, new technologies can also help to increase contact with families (as example in Spain already have Internet at home about 30% of households). An example: the development of a web of class (in the web of school) parents will bring the course program, the activities to be done, will post some of the work of children, their photos ... A students (especially younger ones) will love and be supermotivation with it. Parents too. And the teachers too. Why not? It's easy, you can even do simple web pages with Microsoft Word program. 

The main functions of ICT in schools relate to: 

- Digital Literacy for students (and teachers ... and families ...) 

- Use staff (teachers, students ...): access to information, communication, management and data processing ... 

- Management of the center: secretarial, library management, mentoring of students ... 

- Use training to facilitate teaching and learning processes 

- Communication with families (through the center web ...) 

- Communication with the environment 

- The relationship between teachers from different schools (through networks and virtual communities) to share resources and experiences, passing information, questions ...