iCloud

7 Benefits of iCloud

iCloud Drive is where you store your files of your iPad or iPhone. This is cloud-based storage provided exclusively by Apple to its users. It makes possible the syncing of files, photos, documents, and videos to all of the user’s Mac OS or iOS devices. The program is generally called the iCloud drive and if … Read more →

The Cloud and Apple: Welcome to the iCloud

Clouds aren’t just in the sky anymore:  they’re also on the internet and they don’t rain down on you and spoil your picnic. In fact, cloud computing is indefinitely useful and it’s changing, revolutionizing even, the way we access data – both personal and shared. Soon, everything will be connected: cell phones, computers and any … Read more →

MobileMe Gallery & iDisk alternative when MobileMe shuts down

With the launch of free iCloud on October 12th, it also meant the end of paid MobileMe. MobileMe was Apple’s paid version for having a @me.com e-mail address, folder online (iDisk), a gallery online, some synchronization between Mac apps etc. It came at a fee of around €79 a year (if I remember correctly). For some … Read more →

Steve Jobs tried to buy Dropbox in 2009

According to Forbes, Steve Jobs invited Dropbox founders Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowski on a visit back in 2009, where Steve surprised them with a very generous offer to purchase Dropbox. It is rumored that Steve Jobs was willing to pay a nine digit-digit price. At that time, Dropbox had only existed for two years … Read more →

Forget the Five?

Our hopes were high. Everyone was ready to bust down the doors of Apple and purchase a shiny new iPhone 5. We were chomping at the bit for information from the exclusive “Let’s Talk iPhone” event. We settled for reading about what was happening at the event instead of watching it. Then, after talking about everything Apple but … Read more →

Apple to unveil iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion and iCloud at WWDC

Apple just announced in a press release that it will be unveiling iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion and iCloud at the next WWDC to begin on Monday June 6th. Steve Jobs himself will, as usual, take the stage at the opening keynote address to make the announcements. Usually Apple doesn’t release such information before … Read more →

icloud – free operating system in The Cloud

One of the important buzz words of the year is still “cloud”. Meaning, to store your data in the cloud. Out there, up there, down there, wherever the servers might be located now a days. It’s also pretty clever, you get access to your data whenever, wherever, without having to use your own computer.

The ability to always have access to everything you need, pictures, movies, contacts, calender and so on, is the vision behind icloud, which provides you with a free operating system in the cloud. All you need is a web browser.

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