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How to keep MobileMe mail working after iCloud turns it off

by Mike Schramm (May 14th, 2012)

Here at TUAW on the tipline, we have heard no end of complaints about MobileMe. Some days, it seems like every other tip is about how much of a mess MobileMe email is. Which is probably why Apple is finally shutting the service down in a month or so, transitioning over to the new iCloud ...

Beta iCloud site briefly appears along with developer's site (updated)

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 11th, 2012)

TUAW editor Dave Caolo noticed that the iCloud beta site briefly featured icons for Notes and Reminders. The good folks over at MacStories and developer Steve Troughton-Smith spotted the same thing. It was up long enough for a quick screengrab then disappeared. Is this a teaser for WWDC? As a ...

Daily Update for May 8, 2012

by Steven Sande (May 8th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

iCloud to debut notifications? TUAW confirms mystery iCloud feature

by Erica Sadun (May 8th, 2012)

Sharp eyed TUAW reader Michael Roberts noticed something intriguing when he logged into iCloud today. What seems to be a notification pop-up appeared at the top of the iCloud.com webpage. Several TUAW staffers confirmed this behavior. Currently using stand-in values ("Default Title" for ...

Microsoft wants Mac SkyDrive users

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 8th, 2012)

The competition between Microsoft and Apple is moving gradually from the desktop to the cloud. As noted by The Next Web, a recent marketing push by Microsoft tries to woo Mac users away from iCloud and into Microsoft's cloud-based SkyDrive service. The webpage and video highlights the ...

MobileMe customers get free 20 GB of iCloud storage until September

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 7th, 2012)

Last year, Apple announced that it's shutting down MobileMe at the end of June 2012. To ease the transition from MobileMe to iCloud, the company offered 20GB of free iCloud storage to all existing MobileMe users. This free storage expires June 30, 2012, but a change in Apple's website, noticed ...

Apple updates iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand for iOS

by Michael Grothaus (May 1st, 2012)

Apple just pushed a series of updates for its iLife iOS apps. The iPhoto 1.0.1 update doesn't add any new features, but does offer a number of stability improvements including when publishing a journal to iCloud, the URL of the journal can now be copied using a Copy Link button. It also ...

Greenpeace releases balloons in Apple Store

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 25th, 2012)

Greenpeace is trying to highlight Apple's choice to power its data center with coal by holding a series of demonstrations at Apple stores. The latest stunt involved bunches of black balloons that were released in Apple stores in NYC, San Francisco and Toronto. Greenpeace called the protest a ...

Motorola's patent enforcement against Apple could cost German taxpayers dearly

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 20th, 2012)

In a recent article, FOSS Patents points out a loophole in German law that forces taxpayers to pay for part of the court proceedings between Motorola and Apple. Motorola is currently enforcing an injunction against Apple and has deposited money for the injunction as required by law. Apple is ...

Apple is giving away Snow Leopard to MobileMe customers

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 18th, 2012)

In an effort to get the remaining MobileMe customers upgraded to Lion and iCloud, Apple is offering a free upgrade to OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard for those still running OS X 10.5 Leopard. Macgasm posted pictures of the missive, which directs MobileMe customers to this link. After signing in, those ...

LogMeIn enters cloud storage arena with Cubby

by Erica Sadun (Apr 17th, 2012)

Remote access giant LogMeIn is taking on Apple iCloud and DropBox with its latest move into the cloud storage arena. Cubby is now a website, a Mac server, and an iOS application. (Android and Windows apps are also available.) Like LogMeIn's recent JoinMe site and app, Cubby's focus remains on ...

Greenpeace: Apple falling short of sourcing clean power

by Mike Schramm (Apr 17th, 2012)

Environmental reports can be all over the place these days -- at times, it seems like these reports tend to be more about politics than the environment. But while Apple has always said it's leading the charge on being environmentally friendly, Greenpeace apparently isn't so sure. The group has ...

Apple still blocked from using push email in Germany

by Steven Sande (Apr 13th, 2012)

German users of iCloud and MobileMe are going to have to wait a bit longer for push email to be reinstated on their favorite Apple devices. A regional court in Mannheim has upheld a ban on the service in Germany based on a patent lawsuit brought by Motorola Mobility against Apple. Motorola ...

Developers chime in on six months of using iCloud in apps

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 13th, 2012)

It's been six months since Apple released iOS 5 and launched iCloud. During this time, iCloud has grown to over 85 million users and developers are integrating the cloud service into a variety of apps. To find out what developers think about Apple's push into the cloud, you should read this ...