Neowin News Feed for: Icloud

Twitter, iTunes and iCloud outages affecting some users today [Update]

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:31:19 +0100

Twitter has admitted that it is currently experiencing some issues with its service, while elsewhere, some iTunes and iCloud users are having problems accessing those services too. Read more...

iTunes adds 'Buy Now, Download Later' options

Ben Buffone — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:05:59 +0100

Apple have added an option to the iTunes Store whereby users can store purchased content in the cloud for downloading at their leisure. The feature applies to movies, TV shows and music box sets. Read more...

Apple disables password resets after vulnerability discovered [Update]

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:19:20 +0000

Apple has disabled their iForgot password reset tool for Apple ID and iCloud accounts, following the discovery of a vulnerability that allowed for extremely easy access to anyone's account Read more...

Apple joins two-step verification trend; Outlook.com still lacks it [Update]

John Callaham — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:49:34 +0000

Apple has now joined the growing list of companies offering users two-step verification options for some of its services. Meanwhile, Microsoft's Outlook.com still does not have such an option. Read more...

Apple filtering certain words from iCloud emails

Max Slater-Robins — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:13:22 +0000

iCloud, the successor to MobileMe, has been found to censor emails which include the words "barely legal teen", a move which has raised questions about the reliability to Apple's email service. Read more...

Old MobileMe users get one more free year of iCloud storage

John Callaham — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 08:18:57 +0100

Apple has unexpectedly given an extension to the free iCloud storage space for old MobileMe users. The free iCloud data storage will now end for those users on September 30, 2013. Read more...

MobileMe users' free iCloud storage decreases after Sunday

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:26:33 +0100

Apple's now redundant MobileMe service will officially cease on September 30th, forcing users who transitioned to iCloud to pay for the 20GB of cloud storage Apple have been providing for free. Read more...

Gizmodo Twitter account hacked ... thanks to Apple

John Callaham — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:42:32 +0100

The Twitter account of the tech website Gizmodo was hacked into over the weekend, thanks to the hacker gaining information from an Apple tech support member through the use of "social engineering." Read more...

Apple's MobileMe closes down for good

Brenton Currie — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:02:26 +0100

Apple has now completely shut down its MobileMe service, and is offering users a last ditch chance to switch to MobileMe's successor, iCloud for a "limited time" before all data is erased. Read more...

iTunes could get a big overhaul by end of 2012

John Callaham — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:52:12 +0100

Apple is rumored to be working on a major overhaul of its iTunes download service with some new features, with plans to launch the new version sometime before the end of the year. Read more...

Greenpeace invades Apple HQ

Tyler Holman — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:32:12 +0100

Two Greenpeace demonstrators dressed as iPhones ended up getting arrested in front of Apple's Cupertino HQ after projecting anti-Apple messages and climbing into a 'pod' bearing the Apple logo. Read more...

Microsoft brings the heat to iCloud, touts superiority

Brad Sams — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:18:52 +0100

Microsoft has put together a series of videos and tutorials that will help OS X users switch from iCloud to SkyDrive; Microsoft is not shy about stating that SkyDrive is superior to iCloud. Read more...

MobileMe users get free 20 GB iCloud extention

John Callaham — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:47:34 +0100

Users of Apple's MobileMe service, which is still scheduled to shut down on June 30th, will now have until September 30th to use 20 GB of free storage space on Apple's iCloud. Read more...

TechSpot: Cloud Storage Services, Five Alternatives Compared

Julio Franco — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:28:30 +0100

We've hand-picked some of the most established and consumer-friendly cloud storage services and took them for a spin to see how well they stack against each other. Read more...

Microsoft creates Cloud comparison chart, SkyDrive is King

Brad Sams — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:49:18 +0100

Microsoft has put together a chart comparing the top cloud services available to consumers. As you might expect, SkyDrive is the clear winner by a country mile. Read more...

Greenpeace blasts Microsoft and Apple over 'dirty' cloud energy

John Callaham — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:37:04 +0100

Greenpeace has issued a new report that is critical of Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and others for the types of energy used to power their various cloud server services. Read more...

Gartner: Personal cloud to become center of digital life by 2014

John Callaham — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:13:24 +0000

The research firm Gartner has predicted in a new paper that online personal cloud services will replace the PC as the center of a user's digital life by the year 2014. Read more...

Breaking down the Microsoft and Apple ecosystems

Brad Sams — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:10:44 +0000

It's no longer about single devices but a full suite of products. Microsoft and Apple both offer compelling options in this arena and we have broken down that major components. Read more...

Apple reveals "Mountain Lion" update for OS X [Update]

John Callaham — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:59:43 +0000

Apple has announced the next major upgrade for its OS X operating system, codenamed Mountain Lion. A preview version is available to download now, with the final version due this summer. Read more...

Apple: iCloud reaches 100M users, 15M growth in 21 days

Owen Williams — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:27:39 +0000

iCloud was released with the advent of iOS5 late last year, and CEO Tim Cook today presented some impressive numbers that Apple's achieved. 100 million users have joined in a matter of months. Read more...