Confirmed: Apple now owns icloud.com

By on Apr 29, 2011 at 7:50 PM
Services April 29, 2011

Following up on a rumor from yesterday, Digital Daily‘s John Paczkowski has confirmed that Apple has purchased the domain name icloud.com — henceforth to be known as iCloud, we’re sure. “Sources in a position to know” confirmed to the publication that Swedish company Xcerion has sold the domain to Apple, although they could not confirm that the Cupertino-based company paid $4.5 million for it as was reported yesterday. Apple is widely expected to launch a cloud-based service in the very near future.

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  • Anonymous

    This rumor seems to still be a little cloudy…

    • OBJ_me

      Indeed…

    • Aaron

      It’s all still up in the air…

    • sirpaul

      The funny part is that the company it bought icloud from is now calling its service “CloudMe”. No joke.

  • Yup

    i thought it was going to be called “ishat on you plate but you’re still going to eat it”

  • Anonymous

    Oh, good. I’m glad BGR was here to tell us this. I, for one, was on the edge of my seat.

  • Michael Scrip

    The “Read” link is broken…

    How exactly is this confirmed?

  • Anonymous

    Shocker

  • http://twitter.com/scaryslow john K.

    This is old news, I heard it on CNBC a couple days ago.

  • http://twitter.com/Teperski Dave

    If icloud is actually what Apple calls their streaming service I’ll be really disappointed. Not at the service, just the name…. I can picture a group of brand experts awake at 5am with Chinese take out boxes everywhere, and all of the sudden one guy says “I GOT IT!…. icloud”, followed by slow claps

    • Anonymous

      Lol my thoughts too, but you have to admit that mobileMe is FAR FAR worst!

  • Yes_iHave_a_iPhone

    Yes, now I can use my iPhone, iPod, iPad, iTunes, iDock, and now iCloud! iLove this!! If you don’t have an iPhone, well.. You don’t have an iPhone!

  • Anonymous

    Apple is great!
    Steve Jobs is my ihero!

  • Anonymous

    Confirmed by who? I didn’t see any press release from Apple regarding this.

  • Anonymous

    Wow, what an incredibly original name.

  • Droidman101

    iWhy iDoesnt Apple iJust iCall iThemselves Ipple

    • Anonymous

      Because Raffi holds the the trademark on that…., and he’s wants 70% royalties (just like iTunes) of all sales of ‘ipple’ products

      I want to ite, ite, ite, ipples and bienienies

      Raffi may be a children’s singer, but he ain’ nobody’s b*tch

  • Anonymous

    iCreative iGeniuses. iCan’t iWait iTo iSee iWhat iThey iName iTheir iNext iProducts.

  • Idoctor1955

    don’t expect any white clouds in the future – all clouds to be black. if any white clouds are to be released, it will be months after the black clouds are out – and the white clouds will be a smudge bigger than the black clouds.
    aw shucks-i am just gonna stay with my android

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for sharing!

    When it’s Apple, you kind of expect this to happen. It’s part of the successful branding which is pretty clever and effective.

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