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 14 years ago 16

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 14 years ago 15

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 14 years ago 71

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 14 years ago 127

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 14 years ago 112

RBC: Apple would only launch low-cost iPhone if it had 'category-killer' experience

After a meeting with two of Apple's top executives, RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky said the company's primary requirement for launching a lower-end iPhone is whether the handset would provide an "innovative, category-killer experience."

Josh Ong 14 years ago 35

Inside iCloud: Apple's new web services for iOS and Mac OS X Lion

Apple's iCloud services, announced this summer at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference, are quickly maturing for their initial release this fall. Here's what's new and what's changed.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 58

Apple launches Find My Mac tool for iCloud.com beta

Apple has activated the new Find My Mac tool for developers with early access to Apple's iCloud service, allowing users to locate, lock and even wipe a lost Mac computer.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 15

Apple posts new iCloud login page as a revamped MobileMe, iWork.com

Apple has posted a not yet fully functional login page for its new iCloud service, representing a revamped version of its existing Mail, Contacts, Calendar and Find My iPhone MobileMe apps as well as newly integrating the document sharing features of iWork.com.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 77

Apple testing Mac OS X 10.7.2 alongside iCloud for Lion beta 5

Apple on Saturday evening tapped developers to begin testing a fifth pre-release version of its iCloud cloud computing service software for the company's new Mac OS X 10.7 Lion operating system alongside the first external beta of Mac OS X 10.7.2.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 44

Launch of Apple's iCloud could weaken market demand for NAND flash

Some industry players are concerned that Apple, the world's largest consumer of NAND flash memory, could cause demand for memory to dwindle with the introduction of its iCloud service.

Blake Steven 14 years ago 49

Spotify music service to challenge Apple's iTunes with US launch on Thursday

Starting tomorrow, the much-anticipated European streaming music service Spotify will compete with iTunes on Apple's home turf, offering "any track, any time, anywhere" for free.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 26

Amazon Cloud Drive challenging Apple's iCloud with unlimited music storage

Amazon announced Wednesday a promotion offering unlimited music storage to users who purchase a Cloud Drive storage plan, heating up competition before Apple's fall launch of its iCloud and iTunes Match services.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 28

Apple confirms iCloud to retain web apps, but ax iDisk and iWeb

Apple on Friday offered some additional transparency on its MobileMe to iCloud transition, specifying which features will safely make the jump to the new service and which will be lost forever — namely iDisk, Gallery and iWeb.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 90

iCloud product manager departs Apple for health education company

Apple's Senior Product Manager for iCloud has left the company to join youth health curriculum provider HealthTeacher as Vice President of Product.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 35

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