iCloud

Greenpeace has released a report (as noted by AppleInsider) that targets the environmental impact of the growing number of massive data centres that store our data online in the 'cloud'. Apple is one of the companies criticized, and is included in one of the key findings of the study to use dirty energy: Three of the...

We've long heard whispers of free online storage being offered by Google, but now The Next Web is reporting a free service is set to launch next week. Google Drive will offer 5GB of free online storage, and would set to rival Dropbox (which currently offers 2GB of free online storage) primarily and even attempt...

When I was younger the Nintendo Entertainment System was all the rage, and one of the most popular game franchises was The Legend of Zelda. I'll admit, there are times I wish I could play the originals on my iPhone or iPad. Yes, I know I can get them via Jailbreak, but it would be...

TweetBot has been updated to 2.2 to include some new features such as iCloud integration. What this new feature does is sync versions of TweetBot across your iPhone and iPad. Synced items would include mute filters, DM read status, and timeline positions. All you need to do is be signed into iCloud and enabled the...

Latest report by The Wall Street Journal has confirmed that HBO is in negotiations with Fox and Universal Studios to bring their movies to the iCloud. At last week's unveiling of the new Apple TV, it was announced that users will be able to access their purchased movies via iCloud as well, a feature previously limited to music and TV shows....

As revealed by GigaOM's anonymous sources (via 9to5Mac), Apple has commissioned fuel cell maker Bloom Energy to supply the firm with fuel cells for its massive data center (for iTunes & iCloud) in Maiden, North Carolina. Apple's 174-acre solar farm, which will be the largest end user–owned onsite solar array in the U.S, will provide approximately 42 million kWh of clean,...

According to a report from the Guardian, Apple currently has plans underway for a new audio file format that will adjust its quality based on bandwidth and storage available on the receiving iOS device, to be optimized for iCloud: A source with inside knowledge of the process says Apple has asked a London studio to...

Apple has released a new TV ad showcasing the abilities of iCloud to make your life easier. The commercial notes numerous examples of iCloud features, such as Photo Stream, and the automatic downloading of apps across all iOS devices. iCloud is Apple's all-in-one solution to keep your music, photos, books, apps, documents, email, contacts, and...

The next time you ask Siri what she is wearing, you can do so in the knowledge that it'll at least be coloured green, thanks to Apple's environmental efforts. In the company's updated environmental report, Apple describes two very large steps it is taking in its quest to become ever more environmentally friendly. The first...

Apple finds itself under legal attack from Motorola again, this time over patents related to the iPhone 4S and iCloud. FOSS Patents today is reporting that Motorola would have liked to have added these new assertions of patent infringement to an existing action which it started in 2010 but, apparently that case is already too...

We have all been cursing Samsung for a while now, a company trying real hard not to copy Apple for marketing its own gadgets but what Acer has done here, well I really don't have words to describe it. As noted by The Verge, Acer demonstrated its new cloud based storage service today which is actually a...

With iOS 5, iPhone and iPad users began reporting a new curious behaviour: the label under some apps would occasionally change to read “Cleaning…” Facebook does it; Instapaper does it; Twitter too. It's a feature of iOS 5 that, to my knowledge, has not been explained. Rene Ritchie has the details: Since adding iCloud and Wi-Fi sync options, it’s become important to...