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iTunes in the Cloud: You get exactly what you paid for.

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.

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What is iCloud?

What is iCloud?
iCloud stores your music, photos, apps, calendars, documents, and more. And wirelessly pushes them to all your devices — automatically. It’s the easiest way to manage your content. Because now you don’t have to.

http://www.apple.com/icloud/what-is.html

iCloud includes:

  • iTunes in the Cloud
  • Photo Stream
  • Apps, Books, Documents and Backups
  • Contacts, Calendar and Mail
    (this is the MobileMe component)

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WWDC 2011: iCloud

Apple co-founder and CEO, Steve Jobs introduces iCloud.

iCloud is a service platform that supersedes MobileMe.

Features:

  • Daily backups of iOS device to iCloud over Wi-Fi.
    Purchased music, apps & books.
    Camera roll
    Device settings
    App data
  • Documents in the cloud,
  • Automatically syncs between iOS devices and computers (Mac and Windows)
  • Download all already purchased songs from iTunes with no additional fee.
  • iCloud comes free with iOS 5
  • Free 5GB of storage for mail. Apps and books do not count. Photo Stream does not count.

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South Park: Season 15 Episode 7 – “You’re Getting Old”

The stream for this episode will be available a few hours after it premieres on Comedy Central Wednesday June 8th, 2011 10:00PM Eastern Time.

South Park: Season 15 Episode 7 – You’re Getting Old”
After Stan celebrates his 10th birthday, he begins to see everything differently. The other boys think he’s become a major buzzkill and start to avoid hanging out with him. When Stan and Kyle have a major blow up, the very fabric of south park begins to unravel.
Original Air Date: 2011-06-08

Watch “You’re Getting Old” at South Park Studios starting June 8th, 2011 after the episode premieres on Comedy Central. You can also buy the episode from Amazon.com and iTunes Store instead of downloading it from some random sites.

Do not bother searching “South Park S15E07” on Google or other search engines, because “You’re Getting Old” will be available for streaming on
June 8th 11:59PM Pacific Time. Well, as long as you are using US IP address, or US Proxy.

Preview “You’re Getting Old” here. (“It’s Hardly Even Music” – Randy and Sharon argue about Stan’s taste in music.)

What you should do:

  • Watch “You’re Getting Old” on your TV.
  • Watch “You’re Getting Old” on South Park Studios.
  • Buy “You’re Getting Old” from iTunes Store.

What you must not do:

Notes:

  • “You’re Getting Old” is the seventh episode and mid-season finale of Season 15.
  • “You’re Getting Old” at Wikipedia.
  • Stevie Nicks – Official Page | Wikipedia
  • Fleetwood Mac – Official Page | Wikipedia
  • Landslide – Youtube | Wikipedia
  • Stevie Nicks was previously “featured” in Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants.
  • Randy wanted to be a rockstar, a chef and play Warcraft.
  • In any case that you cannot watch any episodes of South Park at South Park Studios, please be patient, Comedy Central would be really angry if you downloaded the episodes from places other than Amazon.com and iTunes Store or any online stores that generate revenue for Comedy Central. Please do not go to sites such as SouthParkFiles.com to download any of the episodes. Just because you can easily download the episodes from sites such as SouthParkFiles.com, it doesn’t mean Comedy Central say it is right.
  • As usual, this episode will be available for streaming at South Park Studios following the premiere on June 08th, 2011. Uncensored version will follow shortly after.
  • South Park: Season 15 Episode 7 uncensored version will be available purchase starting June 08th, 2011 at Amazon.com and iTunes Store.
  • Stay tuned for more info.

Comedy Central would certainly appreciates those who help them make even richer so they can pay Jon Stewart his monthly bonus.

From the Comedy Central Press Release:

STAN’S 10TH BIRTHDAY CHANGES EVERYTHING
IN AN ALL-NEW “SOUTH PARK” PREMIERING
ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL

NEW YORK, June 6, 2011 – All the kids are listening to Tween wave in an all-new episode of “South Park” titled “Youre Getting Old,” premiering on Wednesday, June 8 at 10:00 p.m. on Comedy Central.

After Stan celebrates his 10th birthday, he begins to see everything differently. The other boys think he’s become a major buzzkill and start to avoid hanging out with him. When Stan and Kyle have a major blow up, the very fabric of South Park begins to unravel.

Comedy Central Airing Schedule for South Park: Season 15 Episode 7 (Eastern and Pacific Time)

  • Wednesday June 08 10:00PM
  • Thursday June 09 2011 12:00AM
  • Thursday June 10 2011 10:30PM
  • Sunday June 12 2011 11:30AM
  • Monday June 13 2011 02:00AM

Comedy Central strongly urges you not to download the episode from any sites such as SouthParkFiles.com or any other South Park related sites. Remember that unauthorized download of South Park episodes hurts Comedy Central and South Park team. It is very very wrong to download South Park Episodes from sites like MrTwig.net, because Comedy Central would have to wait for another 2 months to get gold plated shark tank installed in their lobby. Instead, Comedy Central would like you to purchase the episode from vendors like Amazon.com or iTunes Store.

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Now available:

South Park: Complete Fourteenth Season
Including all the bleeps on Episode “201” and in the commentary:

DVD | Blu-Ray

Episode “201” is heavily censored just like its broadcast version.

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Images are courtesy of South Park Studios.

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WWDC 2011 Keynote Live Coverage Links

Live coverage links for WWDC 2011 Keynote on Monday June 6th, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. San Francisco time (Pacific Time).

Search “wwdc 2011 live coverage” on Google and you will find a lot of links, The followings are vetted for your convenience:

CNN will be providing some kind of live coverage scheduled at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time (01:30 p.m. Eastern Time).

More of WWDC 2011 Keynote live coverage links will be added later.

There will be no sneak peek of the next iPhone or iPad, just iOS 5 demonstrated on iPhone 4 variants. Mac OS X Lion and iOS 5 are reported to have some kind of integration with each other through the iCloud. Special apology to Phil and Scott for not acknowledging you two as the one who told me about the next iPhone that might not be an iPhone 5, because they are not the source I was told that it’s dubbed as iPhone 4.5 (it’s a trap?).