Neowin News Feed for: Mobileme

Microsoft tries to woo former MobileMe users with 15GB of extra free SkyDrive space

John Callaham — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 01:29:14 +0000

Microsoft is trying to get former Apple MobileMe users who are about to lose their free iCloud storage to come use SkyDrive with an offer of an extra 15 GB of free space for one year. Read more...

Old MobileMe users to finally lose their free iCloud storage September 30th

John Callaham — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 07:42:19 +0000

Apple has sent out emails to its former MobileMe members stating that their free iCloud storage subscriptions will finally and officially end on September 30th, after a one year extension. 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 07:18:57 +0000

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 10:26:33 +0000

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...

Apple's MobileMe closes down for good

Brenton Currie — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 11:02:26 +0000

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...

MobileMe users get free 20 GB iCloud extention

John Callaham — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:47:34 +0000

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...

Apple details MobileMe to iCloud transition plans

John Callaham — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:43:43 +0000

Apple's announcement of its upcoming iCloud streaming and cloud-based service earlier this month also meant that the company's MobileMe service will be shut down. Today Apple revealed on its official web site plans to transition... Read more...

Steve Jobs: iWeb and MobileMe site hosting are dead

Mike Brown — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:45:56 +0000

Following Apple's iCloud announcement, MobileMe users were left in the dark about the fate of some of its features. While most of MobileMe's offerings, such as Find My iPhone, have made the jump, other features... Read more...

Apple signs deal with a third music label for iTunes cloud service

John Callaham — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:34:42 +0000

Apple's iTunes music service is still the leader in the downloadable music space but now it wants in on the ever growing cloud computing business. Before it does that with iTunes, however, it needs to... Read more...

Rumour: Apple's iCloud codenamed "Castle" to succeed MobileMe

Denis Wong — Sun, 01 May 2011 22:43:17 +0000

Once upon a time, Apple users had .Mac for their cloud computing needs. It wasn't known as the "cloud" at the time, but it had the staples of synchronizing data with the cloud - email,... Read more...

Apple to beat Google to the punch at cloud-enabled music services

Denis Wong — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:42:54 +0000

Apple was hard at work bringing cloud storage of music to customers using iTunes - perhaps as a music locker extension to MobileMe as rumoured late last month. At the same time, Google has its... Read more...

Apple hires engineers to build "the future of cloud services"

Zoe Austin — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:28:03 +0000

A new job opportunity, working for Apple in Santa Clara Valley, has become available. According to Apple Insider, the position is for a "Cloud Systems Software Engineer". The job description explains that they require an... Read more...

Microsoft and RIM set to launch free MobileMe style service for BlackBerrys

Byron Hinson — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:37:25 +0000

It seems likely that Microsoft and RIM are about to unveil a new free-hosted BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES). The idea behind the service is to make it as easy to use as Apple’s MobileMe system,... Read more...

WSJ: Apple working on smaller iPhone, major MobileMe overhaul

Michael Collado — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:04:44 +0000

Recently, Neowin reported on a rumor from Bloomberg that stated Apple is working on a new model of their iPhone that would be smaller and cheaper than the iPhone 4, somewhat like the dubbed iPhone... Read more...

iPhone Nano resurfaces: Apple working on smaller, cheaper model

Michael Collado — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:06:42 +0000

Rumors of the elusive iPhone "nano" circulated almost two years ago and seemed to die quietly then, unlike Verizon iPhone rumors which continued until the device actually came into existence and launched this week. The... Read more...

Apple's new MobileMe Calendar goes live for all subscribers

Byron Hinson — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:22:20 +0000

Apple's new MobileMe Calendar is now out of beta and has been made available to all members. The new MobileMe Calendar service is an updated calendar service for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and PC. It... Read more...

Apple launches new-look MobileMe Calendar beta

Brenton Currie — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:20:21 +0000

Apple has today taken the wraps off a completely revamped web-based MobileMe Calendar application, just weeks after a similar redesign took place for MobileMe Mail. The second MobileMe web app to undergo a makeover this year... Read more...

Potential privacy concerns with Apple's MobileMe service

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:08:40 +0000

A reader from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) has discovered what could be potentially a significant privacy breach in Apple's MobileMe resgistration renewal process. According to the reader, Apple is inadvertently displaying MobileMe subscribers' data... Read more...

Stolen iPhone recovered using "Find my iPhone"

Brad Sams — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:46:43 +0000

What do you do when a thief steals your iPhone, credit cards and all your cash? If you're like one victim in Pittsburgh you will fire up your MobileMe account and use "find my... Read more...

Apple's data centre development, NC

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:21:24 +0000

This week, news regarding Apple's plans to build a billion dollar data center in North Carolina has become something of a talking point. The incentive was initially announced by the company back in June after... Read more...

Apple: Push is back

Brad Sams — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:59:29 +0000

It has been a long time since Apple has muttered the words "Push" and "MobileMe" in the same sentence but it seems that all has been remedied at the Apple camp. Apple sent... Read more...

Apple announces faster syncing with Outlook for MobileMe

Brad Sams — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:09:12 +0000

Apple has posted on its website that they have improved MobileMe syncing with Microsoft Outlook. This is a step in the right direction for the platform after it faced a very rocky start. From... Read more...

Microsoft set to unveil MobileMe competitor next month

Tom Warren — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:24:51 +0000

Microsoft is planning to unveil three new mobile services at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next month. The software giant is aiming to move your mobile data into the cloud and rival Apple's... Read more...