iCloud

Top 5: Things I want to see in iOS 6

icloud-beta 1. New App Store Out of all the places to buy apps on any of the major mobile platforms I prefer Apple’s App Store, by a long way. Finding decent apps is easy, and there are so many useful tools like “people also bought” and a section for apps from the same developer. All in all, it’s a simple experience, but it’s not without its frustrations. I eluded... Read more »

Apple’s iCloud to get major updates at WWDC: Photo sharing, Reminders and Notes

apple-icloud Last week Apple accidentally leaked plans to add Reminders and Notes apps to the iCloud web presence. The latest rumors from WSJ seem to go along with that, and bring a much tastier morsel of speculation to the table. Allegedly, iCloud is going social - sort of. At WWDC this year Apple is expected to launch a new photo sharing service through iCloud. The new... Read more »

iCloud.com beta site leaks Reminders and Notes features

icloud-dot-com-beta-notes-reminders Apple's secret keeping skills are infamous. Rumors fly around for months before a launch of any kind, and genuinely miss the mark by a country mile. But, when Cupertino slips up, the whole world knows about it. I only need mention the words "prototype" and "Gizmodo" in a sentence and you'll all know exactly what I'm getting at. Apple has done it again, but, on a... Read more »

Apple testing new notifications on iCloud.com?

Screen Shot 2012-05-08 at 22.32.29 You may be forgiven for never having accessed iCloud.com. The beauty of Apple's cloud service is that you don't necessarily need to ever use the web presence. Thanks to it syncing between computer, iPhone, iPod and iPad, everything's virtually different. So, you'll not have noticed the latest little interesting tidbit of info. Apple is apparently testing some... Read more »

Don’t expect Apple TV Set before 2014, says analyst

hdtv-111025 The Apple Television set is supposed to be the next "big" thing from Apple, something revolutionary instead of evolutionary. However, according to one analyst the new set-top box will not hit store shelves until at least 2014. Bummer. Moskowitz, the analyst from J.P. Morgan, stated that there is no evidence to support that an Apple TV launch is going to happen... Read more »

Spotify for iPad is here!

Spotify-for-iPad It's been almost a year since the Spotify iPhone app first hit the App Store. In that time the online music streaming service has grown to be incredibly popular, and it didn't take long for the absence of an iPad app to be noticed - running the iPhone app on the tablet's larger screen looked poor and was only a temporary solution. Spotify for iPad, on the... Read more »

iTunes Match hits Italy, Greece, and more!

Screen-Shot-2012-04-30-at-4.27.36-PM Apple has begun its second major international iTunes Match roll out with the addition of Italy, Portugal, Greece, Slovenia, and Austria to the list of countries the service is available in. iTunes Match launched here in the US in November, but users in these five countries have not been able to sign up for Apple's cloud-based music solution until now. If you... Read more »

Apple pushing MobileMe users on to iCloud by offering free Snow Leopard DVDs

mobileme_icloud_free_snow_leopard If you're running Leopard on a Mac, and are signed up to MobileMe, you may have received a notification from Apple over the past couple of days offering a free Snow Leopard DVD. Before this move, Leopard users will have had to pay for the Snow Leopard update, then pay again to upgrade to the current Mac OS: Lion. This way, you'll only need to pay for Lion, like... Read more »

Rumor: Apple Stores to be equipped with temporary, wireless backup service for broken devices

geniusbar We've all been there: Your iDevice breaks so you take it to the Apple Store. You're pleased to find the Genius perfectly willing to replace your device at no added cost. "This day might not be so bad after all," you think. Then the Genius asks if you've backed up your gadget before coming in. "What? Um... no." Then comes the awkward silence followed by the Genius... Read more »

How to: Use Photo Stream

Screen Shot 2012-04-16 at 6.01.57 PM This week Daniel has a quick tutorial on how to utilize iCloud's Photo Stream feature! Main site: http://www.todaysiphone.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/todaysiphone Follow Daniel on... Read more »