Will iCloud be the new iTunes?: A pre-WWDC assessment (Digital Trends)

Digital Trends - Word on the street is, Apple’s announcements at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco tomorrow are bound to be huge. Like, iPod huge — industry-changing huge. As Apple has already confirmed, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs and company will unveil Mac OS X Lion, the next-generation iOS 5 mobile operating system, and a new service called iCloud. And it is iCloud — and how iCloud integrates with iOS 5 — that really has the blogosphere abuzz.

Amazon begins pre-orders for authorized Steve Jobs biography

2011-06-05 23:00:00, AppleInsider

Online retailer Amazon has begun taking pre-orders for "iSteve: The Book of Jobs," the authorized biography of Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs, with a tentative March 2012 release date.


Cube It 3D tops iPad Games of the Week (Appolicious)

Appolicious - Edutainment: A form of entertainment designed to educate as well as amuse. This week, meet the living definition of the word inside Cube It 3D Free. Brush up on your spatial abilities by simply adding and removing cubes from each structure. Sounds easy, right? It is, up to a point. Perfect for kids as well as adults! Jumping game fans will fly to heaven after playing Jump and Fly for a few minutes (or hours), while art and puzzle gamers will find Feed Me Oil HD to be downright slick. Finally, Companions brings top-notch dungeon crawling RPG goodness to your Apple table.

Rumor: Think of Apple's iCloud as 'the new iTunes'

2011-06-05 21:35:00, AppleInsider

Apple's forthcoming cloud-based service could replace iTunes' syncing functionality, according to an unverified report.


Rumor: Time Capsule May be Apple’s iCloud Data Center

2011-06-05 20:19:53, Mac Observer

Apple’s mysterious North Carolina data center may not be where the company plans to store user’s data for its soon to be unveiled iCloud service. Instead, the company might be planning to release an updated version of its Time Capsule network storage appliance to handle iCloud data storage.



Apple's Jobs to take the stage as iCloud hype grows (Reuters)

Reuters - Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs returns on Monday to the stage at San Francisco's Moscone center to take the wraps off what investors hope will be the next source of growth for the world's most valuable technology company.

Fashion Cents

2011-06-05 18:12:36, Mac Games

Perhaps needless to say, but this game is for the true Fashionista gamer. Use your fabulous fashion sense to mix and match hundreds of adorable outfits creating color-coordinated combinations. Add the perfect last touches with accessories like the cutest glasses and purses to score bonus points. Create enough outfits like it’s going out of style ...Click Here to read the full story.

Apple poised to introduce iCloud (AFP)

AFP - Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is taking a break from medical leave on Monday to preside over the opening of the company's annual conference for software developers.

Dream Chronicles Review

2011-06-05 16:30:25, Mac Games Info

       Dream Chronicles is a seek and find Mac game. It’s atmosphere of being in a dream like state helps enforce the title’s theme. Lilith the Fairy Queen of Dreams put a spell on the entire kingdom and put …Read more »

News: Safe Download Version Adds Manual Definitions Update

2011-06-05 15:39:24, Mac Observer

The Mac Observer’s code wizard Adam Christianson has been hard at work making Safe Download Version even better, and this latest update adds the ability to update to the most recent definition list file from within the application. Safe Download Version is a Mac OS X application that shows the version number for Apples safe files definition list, along with when the list was last updated on user’s computers.