Pogue's Posts: A Look at Apple's iCloud

Technology (Oct 13 2011)

1. This week in The New York Times, I reviewed Apple’s new iPhone 4S. But the new phone is only one of the big Apple news items this week. On Wednesday, iCloud went live. This new service is the latest incarnation of what has been called iTools, then .Mac, then MobileMe. The Times’s technology columnist, David Pogue, keeps you on top of the industry in his free, weekly e-mail newsletter. Sign up | See Sample There are three bits of good news about iCloud. First, it’s free. (MobileMe was $100 a year.) Second, it does more than MobileMe. Third, it’s solid. Like a rock. It would be understandable if you wanted to steer clear; plenty of people remember the data loss and foul-ups of the early MobileMe — but this time, it looks as if Apple nailed it. So what is iCloud? (Read Full Article)

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