iCloud

Apple reopens iTunes Match beta to additional developers

Apple has quietly opened up the beta for its iTunes Match service to a second batch of developers as the company readies it for launch this fall.

AppleInsider Staff | 13 years ago

iCloud Communications drops trademark suit; Apple in dispute over Chinese logo

iCloud Communications has changed its name and filed for dismissal of its trademark lawsuit against Apple over its forthcoming iCloud service. Also, Apple is in the midst of a dispute against a Chinese foodstuffs company over their logos.

Josh Ong | 13 years ago

HTML suggests 'Find My Friends' social service still coming to Apple's iCloud

More evidence of a "Find My Friends" social networking service from Apple has surfaced, with alleged Apple-written HTML code suggesting it could be a part of iCloud when it launches this fall.

AppleInsider Staff | 13 years ago

Rumor: Apple's iCloud to be powered by Microsoft, Amazon servers

Apple's upcoming iCloud service is rumored to rely on both Microsoft's Azure and Amazon's AWS for hosting, as the company has played to its strength of building a consumer-facing experience rather than becoming a cloud provider.

Josh Ong | 13 years ago

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Apple seeds Mac OS X 10.7.2 beta, iCloud beta 10 to developers

Apple on Friday supplied developers with new beta builds of Mac OS X 10.7.2 Lion, as well as the tenth pre-release test version of iCloud.

AppleInsider Staff | 13 years ago

iTunes Match music streaming removed from Apple's iOS 5 beta 7

With this week's release of iOS 5 beta 7, Apple has completely removed the ability to temporarily cache iTunes Match songs via iCloud, forcing beta testers to instead download songs and save them on their iOS device.

Slash Lane | 13 years ago

Briefly: AAC supplying iPhone 5 parts; Icon speculation; iTunes Match beta

Supplier AAC has confirmed that it is providing parts for the next-generation iPhone, while an icon for the iPhone in a recent beta build of iPhoto has prompted speculation that Apple will change the screen size on the next iPhone. Also, Apple has closed the initial developer beta for the iTunes Match service just days after launching it.

AppleInsider Staff | 13 years ago

Apple's iTunes Match beta supports streaming music playback

The developer preview of Apple's forthcoming iTunes Match service for iCloud contains early support for streaming music, according to people familiar with the matter.

AppleInsider Staff | 13 years ago

Apple seeds developers new iTunes 6.1 beta with iCloud iTunes Match

Apple has released a new version of iTunes for developer testing of the functionality of iCloud's new iTunes Match feature for storing songs "in the cloud" for flexible access from mobile devices.

AppleInsider Staff | 13 years ago

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Evidence suggests Apple will bring iCloud to Snow Leopard

For Mac users who have not yet upgraded to Lion, new evidence suggests Apple will add iCloud support to its predecessor, Snow Leopard, in the form of an update.

AppleInsider Staff | 13 years ago

Email scam targets MobileMe users with iCloud upgrade bait

Scammers are trying to trick Apple's existing MobileMe subscribers into providing credit card information, purportedly to migrate to the new iCloud service, in a new spam campaign that echoes previous attempts.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 13 years ago

MP3tunes ruling seen as victory for cloud-based music services

A partial victory by defendant MP3tunes in a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by major record companies may set a precedent for the legal validity of cloud-based digital music "lockers" from other companies, including Apple, Google and Amazon.

Josh Ong | 13 years ago

Apple releases new developer builds of Mac OS X Lion, iCloud

In its ongoing work to prepare developers for the autumn release of iCloud, Apple has issued new updates of Mac OS X Lion and the iCloud package that provides support for the company's online features to Macs.

AppleInsider Staff | 13 years ago

Apple's iCloud faces consumer confusion over 'cloud computing'

As Apple plans to push its iCloud service to consumers this fall, a new survey has found that most people don't even know what the term "cloud computing" means.

Neil Hughes | 13 years ago

Agreements not yet in place for Apple to launch cloud movie service

Apple is not prepared to launch its in-the-works cloud-based movie streaming and re-downloading service, as licensing agreements with a number of major Hollywood studios have reportedly not yet been secured.

Sam Oliver | 13 years ago

Apple officially killing MobileMe sync for keychains, widgets, accounts, preferences

While many of the features of MobileMe are simply being upgraded in the move to iCloud, Apple has previously noted that Gallery, iDisk and iWeb are on the chopping block. Now, the company has further made it clear that data sync features will also be canceled in its iCloud transition steps.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 13 years ago

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Inside iCloud: Apple's new Documents & Data cloud service

In place of the simple cloud storage and web hosting services in today's MobileMe, including iDisk, iWeb and Gallery, Apple is preparing an innovative new cloud-based Documents & Data service. Here's how it works.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 13 years ago

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