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iCloud: How to Disable Automatic Upload to Photo Stream – Gotta Be Mobile
If you configured Photo Stream for iCloud on your Mac or Windows PC the way we showed you how, you might want to tweak something – automatic upload. This feature takes any picture that you add to iPhoto or Aperture … Continue reading
Users, developers react to Apple iOS 5′s new Music app on iPad. Hate it! – ZDNet
Summary: While the Music app on smaller iOS devices may be acceptable, users of the new player software on the iPad say it’s more than several big steps backward, especially when listening to large files such as audiobooks. While the … Continue reading
Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich: Battling Apple’s iOS 5 – International Business Times
Now that it’s betting $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola Mobility, Google plans to unveil its latest version of the Android OS, known as “Ice Cream Sandwich,” at a Hong Kong event Wednesday with Samsung Electronics. If market forecasters are …
Apple’s iMessage is stuck in the depressing past – CNET News
commentary I’m generally an optimistic guy, but iMessage left me feeling that the cup is half empty. Apple’s new service for iOS 5 devices lets people send messages to each other through a system that embraces and then extends the … Continue reading
iPhone 4S review: There’s something about Siri – Venturebeat.com
Apple still holds the title for the highest screen pixel … The new camera also includes a five element lens (compared to the four in the iPhone 4) and a larger f/2.4 aperture, which serve to make photos sharper and … Continue reading
iCloud snafus point to dark side of consumer cloud – Boston Globe
Apple’s highly anticipated iCloud consumer cloud service went live last week in a debut marred by snafus that show that cloud providers still have some kinks to work out. In short: Consumers are ready for the cloud–Apple claims 20 million … Continue reading
iCloud for PC: How to control it from your desktop – Electric Pig
iCloud is now out for all Mac OS X Lion and iOS 5 users, quietly working its way in the background to store all your important details and data in a server in a faraway land. It does also work … Continue reading
Lion Server: Service Access checkboxes are inactive in Server app
You can choose "Edit Access to Services…" when you Control-click on a user in Server app. This brings up a "Service Access" sheet. In some cases the checkboxes on this sheet may be inactive ("grayed out").
Big mo: In one week, Apple iCloud hits 20M users; 25M use iOS 5 – CNET News
In addition to announcing stellar iPhone 4S sales, Apple also revealed today that iOS 5 and iCloud are off to a running start. According to the company, 25 million people are already using iOS 5, even though this version of … Continue reading
iCloud transition off to a rocky start for MobileMe, family users – Ars Technica
Apple’s transition from MobileMe to iCloud brings the promise of a centralized, cloud-based storage for all your important data. Unfortunately, the the transition hasn’t been smooth for all users. Aside from Apple’s servers being overloaded with MobileMe …