Cloud Services

BlackBerry announces cloud service for managing iOS, Android, and BlackBerry devices

Submitted by Joseph Keller on Tue, 10/08/2013 - 16:01

BlackBerry has announced a new cloud service for managing users and applications on BlackBerry devices, iOS, and Android. The service requires no servers to install, and devices can be easily managed and secured.

Microsoft promotes Mac and iOS development using Windows Azure cloud services

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Sat, 03/09/2013 - 09:01

If you need another example of how Microsoft often seems to operate more like a Keiretsu than a company, here's one of a new series of videos from them... highlighting Mac and iOS developers. In this case, it's rockstar developer Brent Simmons of NetNewsWire and Glassboard fame, and it's all to highlight Microsoft's cloud platform, Windows Azure for MSDN.

Steve Jobs says MobileMe will "get a lot better" in 2011

Submitted by Andrew Wray on Wed, 12/08/2010 - 08:32

It looks like MobileMe might be in for some improvements next year, given Steve Jobs' purported response to one frustrated customer.

I love my iPad and iPhone 4 and am a huge fan of yours and all that Apple does. I desperately want to stay inside of Apple'e ecosystem as much as possible. However, MobileMe is making it very difficult for me to do so. Unreliable/unpredictable syncing, creating duplicate entries (sometimes scores of them), etc. It's almost unusable. And I know from forums (including Apple's own support boards) that I am not the only one experiencing these very real and frustrating problems. Please tell me it will get better, and soon?

Apple unveiling iTunes cloud services and wireless syncing soon?

Submitted by Jeremy on Fri, 07/02/2010 - 10:50

BGR is reporting that one of their reliable sources is claiming to know Apple's iTunes is going to the cloud and soon. The source states these cloud capabilities will be broken down into 3 separate groups:

Do You Want Apple to Stream Movies to Your iPhone, iPad From iTunes Cloud?

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 21:09

According to CNET on Gizmodo, Apple is once again rumored to be considering a streaming, cloud-based (iTunes.com?) movie service.

No Subscriptions From Apple, Future iTunes to Upgrade Users' Media Catalogs to Lala Cloud?

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 11:27

In a guest-post on TechCrunch, MP3.com founder and MP3tunes CEO, Michael Robertson cites a "wide variety of insider sources" when saying Apple will NOT offer subscription services any time soon, but rather leverage their recent acquisition of Lala to take iTunes to the cloud:

Quick App: ZumoDrive Cloud Storage for iPhone

Submitted by Chad Garrett on Mon, 12/28/2009 - 09:04

For those of us looking for an iDisk alternative, Zester has come out with the ZumoDrive. The ZumoDrive is a free service (up to 2GB, you can purchase more) that allows you to store and sync files to the cloud just like Apple's iDisk. The app has three main sections: Files, Music and Photos.

This is how it works: You install the Zumo client on your PC or Mac. Once installed it can automatically look for your music and photo libraries. You can also add your own files and folders to sync too.

Apple's Purchase of Online Music Streaming Service Lala to Take iTunes to the Clouds?

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Thu, 12/10/2009 - 09:23

The Wall Street Journal is weighing in on Apple's purchase of online streaming music service, Lala, saying Apple is using it to explore taking iTunes to the cloud:

Poll: Should iTunes Move to the Cloud?

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 06:46

Should iTunes move to the cloud?(survey software)

Back in February there were rumors of something called iTunes Replay, that would allow users to store their media purchases -- which can easily grow to 10s if not 100s of GBs fairly quickly -- on Apple's servers and then stream them down to iTunes, Apple TV, or their iPhone or iPod touch on-demand.

Apple Launches MobileMe: ActiveSync + Web 2.0 Apps For the Rest of Us!

Submitted by Rene Ritchie on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 15:48

During the 2008 WWDC Keynote today, Apple VP of Marketing, Phil Schiller, confirmed the rumors of a .Mac maga-revamp in the form of MobileMe.

Apple's answer both to previous critiques of the admittedly out-dated .Mac service, and the expected cloud computing boom (see Android, Google), MobileMe features ActiveSync-like "push" email, calendar, and contacts syncing between your iPhone (or iPod Touch) and your Mac or PC, or via any web browser with some pretty spectacular looking Web 2.0/AJAX style online apps. It also adds photo syncing, clearly targeting consumers.