Posts Tagged ‘iCloud’

Apple sued over use of ‘iCloud’

Friday, June 17th, 2011

Fresh off our last blog post about Apple releasing the iCloud, it seems the name may have landed them in some hot water.

Reports over at theage.com.au say that US-based iCloud Communications is suing Apple for using the name they claim to have been using since 2005.

You can read more over at theage.com.au

Wide spread cloud computing just around the corner?

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Many in tech circles see cloud computing as the future, but it looks like it’s about to break into the mainstream.

Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, recently announced his intention to “demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device”

With iCloud, files are stored by Apple in data centres, or the ‘cloud’. This will give users access to content from any Apple gadget, without the need to store the data on your devices hard drive.

You can read more at smh.com.au