iWork.com Beta to be discontinued on July 31

Apple will discontinue the iWork.com beta so users of that service will need to move their documents to iCloud before July 31.  Hit jump for Apple's announcement.

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New iCloud ad touts harmony across devices

New advertisement focuses on iCloud's ability to sync music, photos, events, calendars, apps, contacts, and books with connected Macs, iPads, and iPhones. Simple and effective.

iTunes Match now available in Canada, $27.99 to qualify 25,000 songs from other sources

Thought of as the general amnesty for folks who have songs in their music collections that may have been acquired from dubious means and a good way to get better quality audio, iTunes Match is finally available to Canadian users.

Starting today, iTunes Match is available in Canada.  iTunes Match allows you stream and store ALL of your songs to any of your devices, not just your purchased iTunes music. TV purchase re-downloads and TV purchasing via Apple TV is also now available.

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SlideShow: Photos taken with the Apple iPhone 4S Camera

Text and photos by Gadjo C. Sevilla

We've had about 24 hours with the iPhone 4S and while our initial interactions with Siri were gratifiying and the faster speed and features of iOS5 and iCloud have changed the way we user our iPhone, it is the camera that's really impressed us. Here are some unedited photos we have taken with the iPhone 4S. That 8MP camera is just superb, arguably the best on any mobile device we've tested. We will pit it against some point-and-shoot cameras  soon to see how it fares against dedicated cameras.