Now pointlessly enhanced with AI
Amazon Cloud Drive
Google Music Beta
iTunes in the Cloud
These are the currently available services from Amazon, Google and Apple respectively. The more the merrier as long as they do not make me spend more money.
Following after the Apple WWDC 2011 Keynote, I obsessively refreshed iTunes 10.3 download page. Not until later in the evening the download actually happened. Immediately I checked all of the purchased songs and music videos from iTunes Store. As expected all past purchases of iTunes plus songs are DRM-free, while the ones I never upgraded still has the DRM.
Apple is doing something right for the consumer, especially for those who had catastrophic hard-drive failure and without any backups.
Let’s see how far iCloud will go.
According to posting on MacRumors forums, iOS 5 beta breaks Netflix and Hulu App. Then again, iOS 5 beta is intended for testing, not for general use. iOS Developers should be if not already aware of this kind of issue.
We are under the assumption that Netflix and Hulu are aware of this issue. Expect the apps to work when iOS 5 is publicly released.
Apple post link to WWDC 2011 Keynote video unveiling Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud.
Apple generally will post the video to Apple Keynotes Podcast feed.
Following the introductions of iOS 5, hundreds of registered Apple Developers are busy refreshing Apple Developer site only to see the familiar “We’ll be back soon.” yellow sticky note.
A registered Apple Developer who goes by the nickname PrettyAwesomeTechBlogger told us that he/she (let’s face it, most likely it’s a he) couldn’t wait to post screenshots of iOS 5 on the blog and Facebook profile in addition to Twitter.
Another Apple Developer who spoke to us under the condition of anonimity also emphasized that he/she (once again, it’s a he; no girl developers are seen in 13 mile radius from Moscone West) would immediate post all the details of iOS 5 ahead of Apple-centric sites like AppleInsider, MacNN, TUAW and 9 to 5 Mac. “I will be the one who break the NDA first, not those sites!” he/she added.
What is NDA?
Apple has stated that iOS 5 will be compatible with iPhone 3GS.
iOS 5 is compatible with:
iCloud service includes Contacts, Calendar and Mail which previously is part of MobileMe.
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