Yesterday, Apple kicked off the WorldWide Developers Convention (WWDC) 2012 with the unveiling of their latest offerings: new hardware, new software and a new operating system for iOS lovers out there. Soon – so far, the iOS6 is only available on beta model for developers – iPhone 3GS and above, the iPad 2, the new iPad and 4th-gen iPod touch will be powered by iOS 6, touted as the most advanced mobile operating system in the world. Be sure to upgrade your devices the moment it is available for download.

While we wait, here on hongkiat.com we will share firsthand the nitty-gritty details of what you are getting from this new upgrade. Here are just some out of 200 new features you can expect from Apple’s new iOS version 6.

1. Apple’s very Own maps App

Getting around with your iPhone will be an experience by itself now, with spoken directions and turn-by-turn navigation, real-time crowdsourced traffic updates, Quick routes and re-routing options, Yelp-powered details on nearby businesses and more. One of the highlights of this feature would be Flyover, a 3D rendition of buildings and major landmarks for a close-up interactive 3D view of cities around the world.

2. Smarter Siri

Siri is now savvy in sports stats, restaurant reviews and rotten tomatoes (imdb movie ratings). You can make reservations with Siri through the OpenTable app, and check out movie schedules and ratings. Have a lot of apps to sift through, look up and launch? Launch it the new way by asking Siri to launch the app for you. With the iOS6, you can even dictate your posts for release on Facebook and Twitter.

Get more from Siri even while you are on the go. Apple is in talks now with car manufacturers, BMW, GM, Mercedes, Toyota, Honda, just to name a few, to get Siri integrated via voice command on the car steering wheel so you can still keep your eyes on the road while getting things done by phone.

Siri is also going multi-lingual, featuring in Canadian English and French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Mandarin and Cantonese.

3. Facebook Integration

It’s easier than ever to share on Facebook with the new iOS6. Share photos and locations straight from your device and get your updates about what’s happening on Facebook in your contact and Calendar. Profile information will be integrated into Calendar so you won’t get to miss a thing, especially since you now get notifications for both Facebook and Twitter updates from the notification centre.

Plus, the App Store is now Like-friendly.

4. Photo Stream Over iCloud

Share photos with the people you want to share with via the iCloud on an iOS 6 device or Mountain Lion OS. Photos will sync in real-time via iPhoto or the Photos app and are also available on the Web. Commenting is enabled on the albums and you can share as much as you want with no effect on your iCloud storage.

5. Passbook App

Tickets, boarding passes, movie tickets and store cards are things of the pass. Scan in your details to get on that plane, into that cinema or that concert and keep constant tabs on your store card balance all from your iOS devices.

Updates are in real-time so that when flight details have been changed, you get informed of the latest updates straight on your device. This app can turn your iPhone into a GPS-enabled virtual wallet, keeping your cards, coupons and tickets safe, convenient, handy and fuss-free.

6. Better FaceTime

Phone numbers and Apple IDs are unified in iOS 6 and FaceTime is now cellular, so if someone calls you via your phone number on FaceTime, you can answer on your iOS device or on your Mac. Messages sent to your iOS device also updates in real-time to your iPad and Mac.

7. Enhanced Phone App

Never miss a call again. Reply to missed or declined calls with a canned message, or add a reminder to yourself to call back at a better time. There is also a ‘Do Not Disturb’ mode that can be scheduled to let you regain some of your sleep time.

The app separates calls from people who matter from the people who don’t, giving you more control over who gets access to you, without having to lose sleep over it.

8. VIP mail

Apart from the swipe to refresh feature, you can now tag contacts as VIP and get notifications on your lock screen the moment your VIP sends you mail. There is also the option to star your VIP emails for better visibility or you can just get the VIP mailbox option.

9. Safari Gets More

Safari gets iCloud tabs, so you can pick up where you left off from another iOS 6 device. There is also an offline reading list option where Safari saves the materials you want to have access to offline, rather than just bookmark the links to them.

Photo uploads also available from inside Safari – no more leaving the browser to pick a photo. iPhone and iPod touches can now view full screen images from the Web in landscape form.

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Designers can work hours into the night to produce their best work for clients, their portfolio or their pet projects. To make the process easier, most would use shortcut keys on their regular design and development tools particularly Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Flash, to expediate the process. You can be sure that they are not going to go back to the traditional (and slower) click-and-search methods.

That is why you can find tons of cheatsheets on the Web, designed to help designers and developers make better use of their time – in producing their masterpieces, not looking through the rows and rows of commands for the right action.

In light of this, we thought that it would be nice to round up these shortcuts and release them as wallpapers for our designer readers. Here are the wallpapers to four great design arsenals, created exclusively by us, to you:

• Adobe Photoshop,
• Adobe Illustrator,
• Adobe InDesign, and
• Adobe Flash.

Download them and set them as your background wallpaper, or if you don’t like minimizing windows, print them out and stick it at eye-level for easy reference.

Photoshop

Wallpaper available in: 1024×768, 1024×1024 (iPad), 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200 and 2560×1440. [Download all]

Illustrator

Wallpaper available in: 1024×768, 1024×1024 (iPad), 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200 and 2560×1440. [Download all]

InDesign

Wallpaper available in: 1024×768, 1024×1024 (iPad), 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200 and 2560×1440. [Download all]

Flash

Wallpaper available in: 1024×768, 1024×1024 (iPad), 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200 and 2560×1440. [Download all]

These wallpapers are freebies for hongkiat.com readers and should not be used for commercial purposes, redistributed or sold.

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Do you work with a cheatsheet? We have an affinity for shortcuts, and on a cheatsheet we can find loads of shortcuts that will help us complete our work faster. Rather than have a cheatsheet as a side document that needs to be opened everytime we sit down to work, wouldn’t you prefer having access to your favourite shortcuts by just returning to your desktop? That is the purpose of this article. Here is a list of cheatsheet wallpapers you can plaster on your desktop for a quick-stop shortcut reference. Each cheatsheet wallpaper is self-explanatory so we’re gonna let them do their own talking.

A second benefit: wallpapers need no longer remain as part of the decor. Whether you need a cheatsheet on WordPress or Drupal, or on color and screen resolutions, we have just the thing for you on this list. Full list after the jump.

WordPress Cheatsheet Wallpaper

Photoshop Cheatsheet Wallpaper

Drupal Cheatsheet Wallpaper

Adobe Lightroom Cheatsheet Wallpaper

jQuery 1.3 Cheatsheet Wallpaper

HTML5 Cheatsheet Wallpaper

PHP Cheatsheet Wallpaper

Color Theory Cheatsheet Wallpaper

jQuery performance tips Cheatsheet Wallpaper

A Themer’s Cheatsheet Wallpaper

TextMate Cheatsheet Wallpaper

Yahoo UI Cheatsheet Wallpapers

Linux Commands Cheatsheet Wallpaper

Screen Resolutions Cheatsheet Wallpaper – When setting this wallpaper as the desktop background, choosen the “Center” option for the background, otherwise the resolutions may be stretched.

Elements of Design Cheatsheet Wallpaper – Available in white or gray background.

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Have you ever wondered if you can populate your Facebook photo album with a combination of photos that is so well-organized that it forms one big picture like a finished puzzle? The normal Facebook photo album will use thumbnails based on photos you uploaded and then organize your album randomly so it will turn up like, well, a mess.

It would definitely look cool to have a set of well-organized photos looking like the main photo that sets the theme for your whole album, wouldn’t it? And that is what this tutorial is all about. All you need is a lovely picture from your photo album and Photoshop.

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1. Download Preset Canvas

When you have Photoshop installed on your computer, you can now proceed to download the preset PSD canvas to start with this tutorial.

Unzip the downloaded file, open the Cool_Facebook_Album.psd file and this is what you should see.

2. Add Photo to canvas

To add your own photo to the canvas, open your favorite photo. Ensure that the photo is not smaller than the combined 16 boxes on the canvas for a better result.

Copy and paste the photo to the canvas; make sure your photo layer is positioned on top of all layers.

3. Clipping Mask

Right click on the layer of your photo and select ‘Create Clipping Mask’.

This is what you should see on your canvas, and this is also how it will look like on the Facebook Album page.

4. Saving your photo into 16 small slices

The 16 preset boxes you see on your canvas has already been sliced, so what you need to do is click on File > Save for Web & Devices… .

A new window will appear, now use your shift button and click on all 16 files until all of them are selected then click ‘Save’.

A small window will prompt you, so you can change the name and location you want to save the file in. On the ‘Slices’ dropdown menu, change the selection to ‘Selected Slices’ then click on Save.

Now you have completed the creation and saving process. Check that in the saved file folder, you have 16 photos.

5. Adding photos to Facebook Album

To add the 16 photos onto facebook, you will need to create a new Album. Log in to Facebook, go to your profile page and click on the ‘Create Photo Album’ link below your profile header.

When a finder window pops up, locate your files and open/import them to Facebook by highlighting all files and click on ‘Open’.

Now wait for Facebook to complete the import process, and once completed, click on ‘Post Photos’.

And finally you will be redirected to the album you have just created, voila!

Conclusion

A Cool Facebook Album is no longer impossible to make and as you can see now, it’s actually pretty easy. Give it a try and if your friends want to know how it is done, do direct them here. It is a lot easier than explaining it step by step.

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