Apple Australia to match US iCloud extra storage pricing

Apple has reveled the pricing for its upcoming iCloud service.

During its Q4 2012 earnings call today, Apple announced that iCloud, its cloud storage and backup service for documents, contacts, photos, music and other data, now has 190 million users.

Apple announced today that there are now 250 million users on its iCloud service.

Cubby, the new cloud storage player from LogMeIn which aggressively, if belatedly, entered the market this year to compete alongside Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, SkyDrive and others, is today revealing its pricing and Pro plans.

Apple is still pretty new to the cloud computing and storage game – and sometimes it shows.

I have various Apple products which sync with iCloud. Are there any ways to access iCloud documents with Ubuntu apart from the web-based access at https://www.icloud.com/? The ideal option would be a daemon that syncs with iCloud in a similar way to how Dropbox does. However, a programmable API or GUI-based solution would be good too.

We can't help but wonder whether Apple has just created a fistful of headaches for large Australian organisations with its broader iCloud service, which allows users to synch office documents, calendar, mail and contacts online.

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has unveiled a new service, iCloud, inviting Mac users to store all their personal data in the cloud.

Apple's forthcoming iCloud service will replace the existing MobileMe. While there are some interesting new features, questions remain about the fate of some of the existing facilities offered by Apple's online service.