Apple prepares iCloud upgrade with photo sharing features

by Kenny Hemphill on May 14, 2012

When Apple unveiled iCloud last summer and announced that it would replace MobileMe, much of the debate revolved around the MobileMe services which didn’t have a replacement in iCloud. One of those was the ability to post photographs online from iPhoto and Aperture.

That may be about to change. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that Apple ‘is preparing a big upgrade to its online service iCloud that includes new photo-sharing features.’ Some of those features, says Wired, will ‘resemble the photo-sharing app and service Instagram.’

Among other new iCloud features, according to the Journal, will be the ability to synchronise notes and reminders with iCloud.com. Also rumoured for inclusion at WWDC, according to The Guardian are iOS 6, ‘proprietary maps, Siri APIs for developers and a revamped App Store.

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10% off Macs at new Wales store

by Adam Banks on May 11, 2012 in Promotion

Online shopping is all very well, but plenty of buyers still want to see and touch the kit before they make a decision. As if to prove high-street retailing is alive and well, Apple dealer Stormfront will open its 17th store (yep, seventeenth) in St Catherine’s Walk, Carmarthen at 11am on Saturday 12 May. The [...]

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Latest Issue: Volume 28 No 10

by Adam Banks on May 11, 2012 in New issue
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Adobe Creative Suite is the most comprehensive bundle of pro apps available for the Mac, so a new release is always big news. This time it’s even bigger. Not only does Creative Suite 6 bring substantial updates to almost all the major components, but it comes with a new way to buy your essential software: Creative Cloud.

To get all the apps in Adobe’s Master Collection – covering print, web, interactive and video – would normally set you back over £2500. But you can now subscribe to Creative Cloud instead for just under £47 a month. Does it work out cheaper? That depends on which apps you actually use, and whether you already own a version to upgrade from, and how often you plan to upgrade, and which way the wind is blowing – we’ll help you with the calculations in our article. But it means anyone who works in the creative industries for a living, even part-time, can now afford to invest in a whole range of the very best tools.

So whatever your digital discipline, don’t miss our 28-page review of Creative Suite 6 in MacUser Vol 28 No 10, on sale now.

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Proview rejects Apple £10m offer to settle iPad name dispute

by Kenny Hemphill on May 10, 2012 in News

Apple offered 100 million yuan (£9.8 million) earlier this week to settle its trademark dispute with Chinese firm, Proview International Holdings over the iPad name. The Beijing Times reports that the offer was made to secure the right to use the name in China, but Proview declined. It is believed to want 400 million yuan [...]

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Apple extends free 20GB iCloud offer to woo MobileMe stragglers

by Kenny Hemphill on May 8, 2012 in News

As the deadline for the end of MobileMe fast approaches, Apple has extended its offer of 20GB of free iCloud storage until 30 September. Apple announced last summer that MobileMe would cease on 30 June this year and originally offered subscribers to iCloud who held a MobileMe account 20GB of storage until 30 June. As [...]

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Cut-price iPad 2 has better battery life than the original

by Kenny Hemphill on May 4, 2012 in News

When Apple launched the new iPad a few weeks ago, it kept the iPad 2 on sale, and cut the price to £329. It was a smart move and one of the factors which helped the iPad increase its share of the tablet market significantly last quarter. It was assumed that the iPad 2 on [...]

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