MobileMe

Apple offering MobileMe subscribers 20GB of free iCloud storage

May 7th, 2012

Dan Graziano

Apple’s MobileMe service will shut its doors forever on June 30th, 2012, and the Cupertino-based company is encouraging existing users to migrate to its iCloud service instead. To make the transition easier, MobileMe subscribers will be offered 20GB of free iCloud storage until September 30th. Apple plans to also offer MobileMe customers who purchased additional storage …

Patent spat forces Apple to take iCloud, MobileMe push email offline in Germany

February 24th, 2012

Zach Epstein

Apple has been forced to take its iCloud and MobileMe push email services offline in Germany as a result of a recent ruling in a patent lawsuit filed by Motorola Mobility against the technology giant, German blog Macerkopf reports. Late last year, a German court ruled against Apple in a suit filed by Motorola citing …

Apple to offer 25GB of free iCloud storage to current MobileMe subscribers

August 8th, 2011

Todd Haselton

If you’re currently an active MobileMe subscriber, Apple may soon offer you an incentive to move all of your data over to its new iCloud service. From the day the service goes public until June 30th of next year users who move their data to iCloud will receive 25GB of free iCloud storage for as …

iCloud services, including ‘iCloud Mail,’ will be accessible on the Web

June 25th, 2011

Todd Haselton

According to Apple’s new MobileMe transition FAQ page, users will be able to access their iCloud services from the web. Specifically, the site says: Will I be able to access iCloud services on the web? Yes. Web access to iCloud Mail, Contacts, Calendar, and Find My iPhone will be available at icloud.com this fall. The …

Steve Jobs to unveil iOS 5, iCloud, OS X Lion at WWDC next week

May 31st, 2011

Zach Epstein

Apple confirmed on Tuesday that CEO Steve Jobs will be on hand at the company’s Worldwide Developer Conference next week to unveil Apple’s next-generation software. Jobs and other Apple executives will finally take the wraps off iOS 5, the highly anticipated software update iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users around the world have been clamoring …

‘Inside Apple’ gives rare glimpse into Steve Jobs’ personality, Apple secrets

May 9th, 2011

Todd Haselton

Fortune recently published an article by Adam Lashinsky titled “Inside Apple” that provides dozens of insights into the business and culture at Apple, as well as the mindset of its CEO, Steve Jobs. There are several juicy quotes and facts in it pulled from interviews with Apple employees, including Jobs’ reaction to the botched MobileMe …

MobileMe replacement dubbed Castle, evidence found in Lion

May 2nd, 2011

Andrew Munchbach

French blog Consomac has discovered an interesting bit of intel inside Apple’s latest developer build of Mac OS X Lion. The information insinuates that users of the company’s MobileMe cloud service will be prompted to upgrade to an offering dubbed “Castle” at some point in the future. It is unclear if Castle will be the …

Music labels balk in talks with Google, report claims

April 15th, 2011

Zach Epstein

With Amazon having just launched its Cloud Drive digital locker product and Apple rumored to be on the verge of introducing a cloud-based music service of its own, the last thing Google needs is a new barrier in its negotiations with music labels. Unfortunately, according to a new report on Friday, Google has positioned a …

New team to build 'the future of cloud services at Apple'

April 13th, 2011

Zach Epstein

A new job listing on Apple’s website reveals that the company is assembling a small team of engineers to build what the company refers to as “the future of cloud services at Apple.” The job listing, which seeks a Cloud Systems Software Engineer, calls for a programmer who will “explore the far reaches of the …

Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 1 set to launch next week

April 6th, 2011

Todd Haselton

On Wednesday Microsoft confirmed with enthusiast blog LoopinSight that it will launch Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 next week. The update will reportedly include performance enhancements, as well as security and stability fixes, but it will also include major changes for Outlook for Mac. After applying the software patch, users will be …