Curious about what the new iCloud logo will look like? Here you go. From here, it looks like a simplified version of the MobileMe logo. At this point, there is no doubt in my mind that MobileMe is dead and being replaced by iCloud.
MobileMe never really took off and was kind of a fiasco at launch. If you have a good product with a bad history, just rebrand it, add a few new features in there, and make sure you make a big deal out of the launch, which Apple already did...
Apple has taken complete ownership of the domain iCloud.com. After announcing that Steve Jobs would unveil Apple's "upcoming cloud services offering" Monday at WWDC, Cupertino has sealed the deal by totally taking over the new service's web address.
The media jumped on the name "iCloud" awhile ago when it was discovered that Apple was looking to buy the iCloud.com domain. Now the deal is done, and iCloud is almost a reality.
Apple Insider heard from "people familiar with Apple's plans" that part of the iCloud features may be offered free of charge to those Mac users who upgrade to Mac OS X Lion.
My assumption is that iCloud will be MobileMe's replacement and in addition to offering email, remote file storage, calendar and contact syncing, iCloud will also let people stream their own iTunes library...
Up until today, if you looked for Apple's billion dollar data center in North Carolina on Google Maps, you could not find it. The location was there but it just showed some farmlands and nothing much around.
Things have changed. As of now, you can see Apple's North Carolina data center on Google Maps, and it seems to be one of the latest satellite images of it. So why didn't this data center show up on Google Maps before?
Apple issued a very unusual press release earlier today that outlined what would be announced at the World Wide Developer's Conference next Monday, June 6th. Steve Jobs will be speaking and talking about Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, and the newly-confirmed 'iCloud' service.
Apple's press release was unusual because it was oddly descriptive. Even though nothing was actually said about iCloud, Apple still bothered to state that iCloud, an unreleased product, would be part of the WWDC lineup.
When has Apple ever stated the name of an unreleased product in a press release? Why would the company do so?
Over the last few months we've heard several rumors surrounding Apple's new cloud service. Though cloud-based storage was originally thought to be part of a major MobileMe revamp, gossip has taken the service from a feature to a headline.
Between the rumblings of music industry insiders and digital evidence that Apple recently purchased the iCloud domain name, it's been pretty safe to assume Apple had something up its sleeve. But for the ever-skeptical "I'll believe it when I see it" folks, Apple has finally made the cloud service official...
If you've been contemplating the $99/year renewal of your MobileMe account, you should probably hold off for a little while longer. Unless you're totally reliant on MobileMe and your account is about to expire, wait until after WWDC next week.
Apple is planning on doing something big with its cloud services, and MobileMe will most definitely be a piece of the puzzle. The MobileMe features that you use now (email services, calendar sync, etc.) will most likely be free services from Apple very soon...
A few days ago, a story broke that several British journalists had been contacted by Apple's iPhone PR team in regards to WWDC. The marketing team reportedly urged the journalists to make the trip to America's west coast to attend the event.
Now tech blogs are reporting that media members from down under have just received similar last-minute invitations. While Apple has made some huge announcements at the conference in the past, this year was expected to be less spectacular...
There has been a huge increase in iCloud gossip over the last month or so. The music industry has been a fairly leaky faucet throughout these final weeks of Apple's rumored negotiations. We've now heard that 3 out of the 4 major music labels have agreed to Apple's iCloud conditions.
Though these extended talks have kept the Cupertino company from being the first to market, it's reported that their choice of acquiring the proper music licenses could take them to the top. If that's the case, then what could be so special about Apple's cloud service?
If you've been keeping up with the iPhone 4S and 5 rumors, you'll recall that almost all of the evidence so far has pointed to a later-than-normal refresh this year. From supply line checks to industry insiders, everyone is pegging the next-gen iPhone to launch in September.
Maybe that's just what Apple wants you to think. Rumor or not, this is the first bit of speculation we've seen in a while that points to a hardware announcement at Apple's WWDC event next month. Could it be true?
Though it isn't a secret that Apple is planning on launching their rumored "iCloud" service at WWDC next month, it still is just speculation. The Cupertino company has been fairly silent regarding the upcoming project.
But if you look at the trail of petabyte purchases and music industry leaks, it's not hard to figure out what's going on. As more details emerge on Apple's quest to acquire licenses for their new service, evidence seems stronger than ever that iCloud is WWDC-bound...
Cloud-talk has become the equivalent of a tacky sitcom; it seems to be on every channel. I suppose it's for a good reason though, especially with Apple's WWDC event coming up in just a few weeks.
The Cupertino company is expected to expose its secret cloud storage service at the developer's conference next month. Though iCloud rumors have only recently began to heat up, Patently Apple is suggesting it's been a work in progress for quite some time ...