iCloud

Apple Insider reports that an initial segment of Apple's latest data center near Reno, Nevada, is just days away from going online. (more…)

Apple has introduced 2-step verification for Apple ID and iCloud users to further enhance security (via 9to5Mac). Essentially this added layer of security, a unique code is sent to your device (via SMS or push notifications if you have Find my iPhone enabled) before you make changes to your account or make digital purchases on new...

11 new countries in Europe that include Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, have received iTunes in the Cloud service for movies today, as pointed out by MacRumors. Furthermore, France has also received iTunes in the Cloud support for TV shows.  With the new iCloud service, customers in Europe can now re-download movie...

Your personal information uploaded to the iCloud, Google Drive, or Dropbox (and more...) is open for view to US authorities without even the need to apply for a warrant, The Independent reports. (more…)

Apple is at its best doing hardware and software together, as the success of its products show, but the company fails when it comes to Web services, as MobileMe, Ping and Maps shows. (more…)

Apple has updated their status page for various services, stores and iCloud. The new layout makes it much easier to see what services (a total of 36 are detailed) have issues via green and amber icons. There is also more specific information related to each service from Apple. For example, under Services there are individual...

According to Brazilian Apple site Blogdoiphone, iOS 6.1 (as seen in beta 3) will ask users to create security questions and set a recovery email during the initial setup for an iCloud account. Example security questions include asking the user what their favourite children's book was and what the model was of their first car. Apple...

An ex-Apple employee has a lot to say about the company, particularly when it comes to their Internet-enabled endeavours (including services like iCloud, MobileMe, and .Mac). According to engineer Patrick B. Gibson, "almost everything Apple does which involves the internet is a mess." (via ZDNET) Gibson helped build the original iPad before leaving Apple for work at...

You're not going crazy--iMessage and FaceTime is currently down for the count. Apple's iCloud status page was recently updated to reflect the outage, even though it the outage has affected users for the past 2-3 hours. Expect Apple to fix this shortly. iMessage was previously down a couple times in late October. Apple needs to...

Innovation Automation, a San Jose based company, claims that Apple's iCloud product and service infringes on two of its patents. (more…)

Apple sent out an email this morning to its old MobileMe customers iCloud emails are now reserved for them: All new iCloud Mail accounts now come with an @icloud.com email address. As an existing user, we'd like to offer you this new address as well. We have reserved _____@icloud.com for you, and you can now...

The first stage of building Apple's massive Prineville data centre has started with flattening land for the one of two 338,000 sf buildings. At this point Apple will need to shell out $68 million for one building with two data halls inside, but this is just the start: the company's plans filed with Crook County...