iCloud iTunes Service to launch earliest in 2012 in UK

Apple announced on Monday the iCloud at the WWDC 2011. Part of the iCloud is a cloud based iTunes. Apple will allow you to sync all your purchased music into the cloud and access from any other device. For the ripped mp3's Apple offers iTunes Match. iTunes Match finds the corresponding iTunes track and adds it to your iCloud collection. This is not free. Apple will charge $24.99. The iCloud will launch this fall globally, but the iTunes related iCloud services are likely on a very different schedule outside the US. For starters Apple has only announced iTunes Match pricing for the United States on Monday. The Telegraph as dug around a bit in the UK and apparently Apple just started negotiations with the loclal music rights organizations about the new service. Industry insider estimate that the negotiations will reach in 2012.

Apple will have to negotiate deals with local labels and music rights organizations in each country, putting the launch of iCloud iTunes on different schedules around the globe. For consumers the lack of a global media rights management organization is again a major pain in the neck.

Updates

Apple re-releases iOS 5.1.1 update for iPhone 4 GSM units only

Source: The Next Web

Apple has released another version of the iOS 5.1.1 software for GSM versions of the iPhone 4 only, reports iPhone hacker iH8sn0w. This update is build number 9B208 and no information is known about it at this point. Was just ab ...
Full article at: The Next Web  More like this  50 minutes ago

Ask iLounge: Removing music from iTunes after copying to iPod

Source: iLounge | Formerly known as iPodlounge

Ask iLounge offers readers the opportunity to get answers to their iPod-, iPhone-, iPad-, iTunes-, or Apple TV-related questions from a member of the iLounge editorial team. We'll answer several questions here each ...
Full article at: iLounge | Formerly known as iPodlounge  More like this  5 hours ago, 3:02pm CDT

Absinthe 2.0 Untethered Jailbreak Released for iOS 5.1.1

Source: PC Magazine

For the top stories in tech, follow us on Twitter at @PCMag. Looking to install unofficial third-party apps on your newly updated iDevice? You're in luck. The Chronic Dev Team this week released a new untethered jailbreak fo ...
Full article at: PC Magazine  More like this  6 hours ago, 2:11pm CDT

Don't miss ...

• More Apple Stories
• I4U News Homepage