It looks like Apple is planning to bring Notes and Reminder web apps to iCloud.com in iOS 6, as iOS developer and hacker Steven Stroughton-Smith noticed two additional icons for Notes and Reminders in the background of the login screen on iCloud’s beta website.
Apple Testing iOS-Style Banner Notifications on iCloud Website
Posted by iPhoneHacks on May 08, 2012 | Comment (1)
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It looks like Apple is planning to bring iOS-style banner notifications to the iCloud website, as folks at MacRumors have noticed a test message appear at the top of the browser window while logging into iCloud.com.
Apple Extends Free iCloud Storage For MobileMe Customers to September 30th
Posted by iPhoneHacks on May 07, 2012 | Comment (1)
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Last year, Apple had announced that it would be shutting down their paid MobileMe service with the launch of iCloud – its new cloud-based service and gave MobileMe customers until June 30th, 2012 to migrate to iCloud.
It also offerred MobileMe customers additional storage as an incentive to convince them to switch to iCloud and extended their MobileMe subscription until June 30th, 2012.
Apple Launches iTunes Match in Italy, Austria and Greece
Posted by Nikhil on May 01, 2012 | No Comments »
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MacRumors reports that iTunes Match has gone live in Italy, Austria and Greece.
iTunes Match initially launched in the U.S. back in November of last year, in Canada, Europe, Australia and the United Kingdom in December of last year and in 19 additional countries in January of this year.
Google Drive Goes Live; But iOS App Not Available at Launch
Posted by iPhoneHacks on Apr 24, 2012 | Comments (14)
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As expected, Google has just launched Google Drive - its long rumored cloud-based storage service to compete with products such as Dropbox, SugarSync etc.
Google Drive will allow users to upload and access all their files, including videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs etc.
Samsung Getting Ready to Launch iCloud Competitor Dubbed S-Cloud?
Posted by Nikhil on Apr 21, 2012 | Comments (10)
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As Samsung and Apple continue to fight the patent war in the courtroom, the South Korean company is planning to take on Apple with the release of the next generation Samsung Galaxy smartphone dubbed Galaxy III on May 3rd. Reports indicate that Samsung may also be getting ready to launch an iCloud-esque service at the Galaxy event.
Apple Giving Away Free Snow Leopard DVD to Push MobileMe Users to Migrate to iCloud
Posted by iPhoneHacks on Apr 19, 2012 | Comments (7)
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Back in October 2011, Apple launched iCloud – its new cloud based services, that allows users to store music, photos, apps, calendars, and documents and pushes them wirelessly to all your devices.
Greenpeace Activists Stage Protest At Apple’s European HQ Over Data Center Energy Usage
Posted by Rounak on Apr 18, 2012 | Comments (5)
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In a recently released report titled “How Clean is your Cloud?,” Greenpeace, an environmental NGO, slammed Apple along with Twitter and Amazon for their use of “dirty energy” to power their data centers.
Apple Loses Appeal to Restore Push Email Service For iCloud Users in Germany
Posted by iPhoneHacks on Apr 13, 2012 | Comments (3)
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Back in February, Motorola had won an injunction in Germany against Apple’s iCloud (and MobileMe) push email service and any device like the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch that could access it.
Universal Studios’ Movies Now Available For Re-Download on iCloud
Posted by iPhoneHacks on Apr 07, 2012 | Comments (4)
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Back in March, along with the launch of Apple TV 3 and Apple TV software update 5.0 for Apple TV 2, Apple had also rolled out iTunes in the Cloud for movies, which allows users to re-download the movie they’ve purchased on any iOS device.
