Tuesday, June 7, 2011

iTunes Cloud is Now Available

I know I don't really update the blog much anymore, but I thought some of you might enjoy this post.

For those of you who don't know, the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) began yesterday at 10:00PM PDT with a keynote from Steve Jobs, Phil Schiller, and Scott Forstall. In this presentation came Mac OS X Lion (or as I like to call it, Mufasa), iOS 5, and iCloud.

Take a look at the Apple Keynote video from yesterday. Everything looks incredible.

While most things seem to be coming in the fall – most likely with the iPhone 5, which was not announced yesterday – one part of the iCloud is available today. And that part is: iTunes Cloud. All of your purchased music can now be redownloaded and shared on all of your devices. Here's a look at it:


iTunes Match, which will scan your library and match the songs online (and upgraded to 256kbit/s), will be coming in the fall for an annual price of $24.99.
 

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