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Apple announces location sharing app, Family and Friends

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, Oct 4, 2011 a 1:52 pm

During Apple's Let's talk iPhone event, Apple announced their new location sharing app, Family and Friends.

With Family and Friends, you can share you location with other iOS 5 users. You can set the sharing time to be temporary and the location sharing will stop automatically at the end of the day. It also comes with simple privacy controls and parental restrictions.

During the Keynote, Eddie Cue used an example of using Family and Friends while at Disneyland as a way to keep track of everyone in your group.

Who's excited to start ~~stalking~~ sharing your location? Anyone planning to use this as a method of keeping track of your kids?

iPhone 4S/5, iOS 5, iCloud, Sprint iPhone [From the Forums]

By Jeremy, Tuesday, Oct 4, 2011 a 9:54 am

Today is the days folks! In order to pass some time before the next generation iPhone is unveiled you might as well join in on the forum conversation. And let's be blunt -- if you're not already in the TiPb Forums you're missing out on the best darn discussion in iPhone and iPad today, so head on over and register now!

Whatever the next generation iPhone is going to be called - discuss it here.
Apple prides themselves on their software and iOS 5 is no exception, chat iOS 5 up here.
One of the greatest assets coming with iOS 5 is iCloud - everything you need to know about iCloud can be read right here.
Perhaps the biggest rumor as of right now is that Sprint will have exclusivity to the iPhone 5. While we here at TiPb find this highly doubtful, you can share your thoughts here.

See you in the forums!

Apple close to securing some international iCloud music rights, may reveal on Tuesday

By chrisoldroyd, Saturday, Oct 1, 2011 a 3:46 am

Cnet is reporting that Apple is very close to securing the rights to offer iCloud music storage and iTunes Match in more countries than the U.S. at launch. When the service was first announced at WWDC, Apple only had the iCloud music storage and iTunes match agreements in place with the U.S. record labels.

Apple sends out iCloud Welcome email prematurely

By Leanna Lofte, Saturday, Oct 1, 2011 a 12:37 am

It appears that Apple has prematurely sent out some emails welcoming users to iCloud.

Welcome to iCloud. The Apple ID for your iCloud account is ____ and it's what you'll use to get your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and PC set up. Just follow these instructions and you'll be up and running in no time.

Apple resetting developer iTunes Match iCloud libraries on September 26

By chrisoldroyd, Saturday, Sep 24, 2011 a 3:58 am

Apple has announced that it will reset developers iTunes Match iCloud Libraries on Monday September 26.

This is a similar to lasts week's announcement, where we saw Apple resetting developer’s iOS 5 iCloud backups.

To continue to improve the overall quality and reliability of iTunes Match, it has become necessary to delete all current iCloud libraries.

iPad Live 73: Lucky charms

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Sep 12, 2011 a 10:04 pm

Georgia, Seth, and Rene discuss iPad as product line, anti-leak locks, iTunes Match re-opens, iCloud Backup and Restore, Verizon iPad 2 commercial, Tim Cook's charity, Flash blinks, and Tabs banned. This iPad Live!

iTunes Match beta once again open to US developers

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Sep 10, 2011 a 6:51 pm

Apple has once again opened the beta doors to its music locker service, iTunes Match, for US developers. To get in, you'll need the latest iTunes 10.5 beta 8 and a US iTunes account associated to a US credit card (sorry international devs, no gift cert'ing your way into this one.)

Apple tells developers to get their apps ready for iCloud Backup and Restore

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Sep 9, 2011 a 7:41 pm

Apple has put up a post on their Developer News page tellings devs to start getting their apps ready for iCloud Backup and Restore:

iCloud introduces a smarter way for users to back up their info. It's important to read the new iCloud Data Storage Guidelines to ensure that your app works best with iCloud Backup and Restore, available on iOS 5.

We're getting closer.

[Apple Developer News]

Apple releases iTunes 10.5 beta 8, iWork for iOS beta 3

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Sep 9, 2011 a 7:31 pm

No new iOS for iPhone or iPad beta yet, but Apple has dropped iTunes 10.5 beta 8 and iWork for iOS beta 3 on developers today. Could most of the iOS beta heavy lifting have been done, and now the focus switched to iCloud? Just might be.

For would be iTunes Match testers, this time Apple reminds that:

iTunes Match beta is currently available to developers in the United States.

No word yet on what if any changes might have crept in.

iPhone Live 169: AT&T-Mo no!

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Sep 8, 2011 a 8:33 pm

Rene, Georgia, and Seth talk training for iOS 5 and iCloud, iPhone 5 camera test, Apple loses another iPhone prototype, want more iPhone variety?, Spring says no to AT&T-Mo, Andy Rubin inspired by Apple, Jailbreak, Facebook, Google+ and more! This is iPhone Live!