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Apple's iCloud user base breaks 250 million

by Steven Sande (Jan 24th, 2013)

During yesterday's Q1 2013 earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook mentioned several times that the iCloud storage service now has more than 250 million users. That's not particularly surprising, since signing up for a free iCloud account is part of ...

Apple wins Emmy for technology, engineering

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 11th, 2013)

Apple was a prominent part of CES even though it didn't have a physical presence at the trade show. Not only were there a large number of iOS and OS X vendors on the show floor, Apple was also awarded a Technology & Engineering Emmy for its ...

Apple launches more detailed online services status page

by Randy Nelson (Dec 13th, 2012)

In the wake of some high-profile outages affecting its iCloud, iMessage and other online services, Apple has rolled out a new design for its system status web page. The new page offers a more detailed report on the current health of 32 different ...

The Wall Street Journal profiles Eddy Cue

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 29th, 2012)

With the recent shakeup of Apple's executive leadership, all eyes are now on Eddy Cue, vice president of Internet Software and Services. Cue was known for negotiating deals with media moguls that brought new content into iTunes, but now the ...

Apple needs to learn how the Internet works before iCloud evaporates

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Nov 27th, 2012)

Last week a former Apple employee posted a scathing breakdown of Apple's cluelessness in cloud services. The article notes that Google is getting better at design faster than Apple is learning to grok cloud services. Let's see, we've gone ...

Innovative Automation targets iCloud in patent lawsuit

by Mike Wehner (Nov 19th, 2012)

In the always exciting world of patent infringement claims, Apple's iCloud is under attack. The Mac Observer reports that Innovative Automation, a company specializing in automated manufacturing solutions, is waging a patent war at Cupertino for ...

Dropbox hits 100 million users, looking for great Dropbox stories

by Mike Schramm (Nov 14th, 2012)

Dropbox has announced that it has reached 100 million users, an impressive number to be sure. For comparison's sake, here's Wikipedia's list of virtual communities with more than 100 million users, which currently has seven companies on it, so ...

Text messaging declines for first time thanks in part to iMessage

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 13th, 2012)

A report from independent analyst Chetan Sharma suggests text messaging is on the decline in the US. Results from his report published on Monday show that the number of text messages sent each month by wireless customers has fallen. In the third ...

Box makes a deal to add more global servers

by Mike Schramm (Nov 12th, 2012)

I find it a little hard to believe that until now, Box (formerly Box.net) didn't have any servers running outside the US. But apparently that was the case, as the company has just made a deal with Equinix to host six data centers around the ...

Apple notifies MobileMe members of iCloud.com email options

by Steven Sande (Nov 7th, 2012)

As one of the many people who purchased a MobileMe subscription in years past, you've probably already made the transition to iCloud and haven't looked back. In July of 2012, Apple noted during iOS 6 beta testing that new icloud.com addresses ...

Phishing email wants you to renew iCloud. Please don't!

by Steven Sande (Oct 23rd, 2012)

On occasion, I see phishing spam in my inbox, just like we all do. These emails usually look fairly realistic, and always have a link to click for me to renew an account or pay a balance -- but since I'm a moderately savvy fellow, I generally ...

Apple breaks ground for new Oregon data center

by Mike Schramm (Oct 19th, 2012)

After spending the last few months putting together the paperwork and plans for its upcoming Oregon-based data center, Apple has finally broken ground on the project. The company will be transforming 160 acres of area near Prineville, Ore., into ...

AOL previews cloud-based Alto mail, iCloud-ready

by Mike Wehner (Oct 19th, 2012)

AOL is now taking beta invite requests for its new Alto email congregation tool. Not looking to compete outright with the likes of Gmail, Yahoo! or its own AOL client on the email front, Alto will instead act as a singular destination for users ...

SuperSync 5 will add support for iTunes Match

by Mike Schramm (Oct 2nd, 2012)

SuperSync is a really impressive app that you've probably already heard about if you've ever tried to keep iTunes libraries between various computers synced together. It basically scans your iTunes library as you add to it, and then tracks ...

Merging Apple IDs still not possible. Now what?

by TJ Luoma (Oct 1st, 2012)

TUAW reader Glenn Thorpe wrote about Apple ID problems: "I recently upgraded to iOS 6 as recommended and I am now faced with some challenges when using FaceTime and Messages. "My Apple ID account which I use to download apps cannot be used for ...

Apple sending out emails notifying iCloud users of storage downgrades

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 24th, 2012)

Apple has begun sending out emails notifying iCloud members of imminent storage downgrades to their accounts. The emails have been sent to iCloud members who were previously paid MobileMe subscribers. When Apple transitioned to iCloud from ...