Apple's iOS 5 and iCloud are dropping tomorrow

Apple's one-two punch for improved iOS functionality and cloud services integration will emerge tomorrow, October 12. iCloud will serve as a giant cloud based backup, messaging, sharing and secure storage system that unifies all of Apple's mobile and computer product lines and makes them one connected entity. iOS 5 is the much awaited update to the iOS iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad operating system now with new features like improved notifications, iMessage and numerous refinements on every level of the operating system.

To best prepare for the new cloud ecosystem and iOS update, Apple has started rolling out iTunes 10.5 (get it now) in anticipation of the iPhone 4S release this Friday. All existing iOS users whose devices can take iOS 5 will need to back up their devices (possibly for the last time since iOS 5 ushers in PC-Free syncing!) and then upgrade their devices as soon as the iOS update rolls out.

Review: iTunes Festival app for iOS

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

iTunes is the world's biggest music retailer so it is only natural that they would, from time to time, celebrate this key position by having a few concerts. The iTunes Festival is a month-long fête that takes place in London, England's Roundhouse. It will feature 62 artists in 31 nights and many of the concerts are free to iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users through the iTunes Festival app.

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Microsoft's Office 365 seeks to dominate the productivity cloud

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Microsoft launched its Office 365 initiative which brings its popular suite of office applications to the cloud. Accessible from any browser on most PC's and personal devices, Office 365' bundles Office Professional Online, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and all their respective components.

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Got Mobile Me? How to transition to iCloud

Apple's Mobile Me was a useful service when it first came out as .Mac and later on iTools offering web-based email, calendar, contacts, photo storage and cloud drive but sadly faltered in its later years. Now that iCloud is coming, Mobile Me will be retired. So what can you do to transition from one cloud to the other? Here's what Apple has to say.

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