http://www.appleinsider.com/ AppleInsider has been the leading source of insider news and rumors on Apple Computer since 1997. en-us Mon, 9 Nov 2009 04:15:51 -0500 http://images.appleinsider.com/images/toolbar_logo_textAI.gif http://www.appleinsider.com/ http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/05/apple_investigating_grabgo_simplified_cross_platform_sync/ Apple could make the transferring of files between devices like Macs, iPhones and the Apple TV simpler with a new cross-platform, cloud-integrated sync service. In a system described in a new paten... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/05/apple_investigating_grabgo_simplified_cross_platform_sync/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:40:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/09/apple_updates_mobileme_file_sharing_iphone_features/ Apple's MobileMe cloud services package has been updated to improve its public file sharing features and make it easier to locate the Find My iPhone page. The web apps still can't be accessed from the... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/09/apple_updates_mobileme_file_sharing_iphone_features/ Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/31/sec_probes_possible_apple_insider_trading_iphone_gps_nabs_thieves/ The SEC is looking into possible illegal trading of Apple stock; would-be iPhone robbers tracked down by GPS; and another celebrity appearance in a Get a Mac ad. Suspected Apple insider trading inv... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/31/sec_probes_possible_apple_insider_trading_iphone_gps_nabs_thieves/ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/18/expert_speculates_apples_new_data_center_to_be_for_cloud_computing/ A data center expert believes Apple's new, massive cluster of computers in North Carolina could be intended to power a giant cloud computing operation. This summer, Apple selected Maiden, N.C., as ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/18/expert_speculates_apples_new_data_center_to_be_for_cloud_computing/ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:50:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/29/apple_releases_mobileme_idisk_for_iphone_ipod_touch/ Apple's free MobileMe iDisk application is now available on the App Store, allowing users to remotely access files saved online via the MobileMe service. "You can already access your iDisk online a... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/29/apple_releases_mobileme_idisk_for_iphone_ipod_touch/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:15:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/04/apple_revamps_mobileme_idisk_features/ MobileMe web applications have received another facelift, with new features including a revised iDisk module that enables easy file sharing using a system Apple first debuted with its iWork.com experi... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/04/apple_revamps_mobileme_idisk_features/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/17/mobileme_pushes_out_new_find_my_iphone_remote_wipe_service/ Announced at WWDC, Apple's new Find My iPhone and Remote Wipe services went online today with the warning that high traffic to the site might slow or prevent access for users trying it out on launch d... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/17/mobileme_pushes_out_new_find_my_iphone_remote_wipe_service/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/09/apple_testing_find_my_iphone_ahead_of_other_mobileme_improvements/ Apple overnight tapped its developer community to begin testing a new "Find my iPhone" feature, one of several enhancements to the company's MobileMe internet service due to arrive with this month's r... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/09/apple_testing_find_my_iphone_ahead_of_other_mobileme_improvements/ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:55:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/09/microsoft_pays_for_inaccurate_apple_tax_study/ Hoping to persuade possible Mac buyers that Apple charges an arbitrary "tax" for its computers, Microsoft has paid one analyst to create a report that portrays Windows PCs as less expensive -- even if... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/09/microsoft_pays_for_inaccurate_apple_tax_study/ Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:50:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/09/apple_to_disable__mac_website_tools_in_july/ MobileMe subscribers using legacy .Mac website tools have been warned by Apple that the .Mac Groups and HomePage features will be discontinued in July, leaving existing pages live but taking away the ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/09/apple_to_disable__mac_website_tools_in_july/ Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/05/iphone_3_0_beta_caught_hiding_video_editing_graphics/ The founder of Austrian site Benm.at claims to have found multiple unused graphical controls that relate directly to video editing. Among the controls are grab points that would let users define the... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/05/iphone_3_0_beta_caught_hiding_video_editing_graphics/ Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/18/iphone_3_0_to_offer_mobileme_users_find_my_iphone_feature/ A new feature in the iPhone 3.0 firmware appears to let users remotely pinpoint a lost or stolen phone by securely requesting the device's location via Apple's MobileMe service. The setting appears... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/18/iphone_3_0_to_offer_mobileme_users_find_my_iphone_feature/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/26/new_phishing_scam_targets_mobileme_users/ In another attempt to con MobileMe users into providing their credit card information, a scammer has sent out spam spoofed to appear to come from Apple, which directs users to a fake site designed to ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/26/new_phishing_scam_targets_mobileme_users/ Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/13/file_sharing_finally_comes_to_mobileme/ A file-sharing feature promised last July has finally arrived for users of Apple's MobileMe, capping a months-long delay that stemmed from the online service's rocky launch. "We're pleased to annou... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/13/file_sharing_finally_comes_to_mobileme/ Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/10/google_intros_free_push_calendaring_contacts_for_iphone/ While Apple's MobileMe has so far been one of the only ways to get push data to the iPhone outside of the workplace, Google has launched a new mobile sync service that promises to do much of the same ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/10/google_intros_free_push_calendaring_contacts_for_iphone/ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/09/microsoft_plays_catch_up_to_mobileme_with_my_phone/ Microsoft's answer to portions of Apple's MobileMe service was expected to be called SkyBox, but the company is now rebranding the mobile data sync service as My Phone, according to pages posted to th... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/09/microsoft_plays_catch_up_to_mobileme_with_my_phone/ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/23/apple_rolls_out_more_mobileme_fixes/ Apple this week quietly updated its MobileMe internet service with a new round of bug fixes and enhancements targeting Contacts, Calendar, Gallery, iDisk, and more. The improvements were detailed ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/23/apple_rolls_out_more_mobileme_fixes/ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:20:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/12/apple_improving_mobile_me_synching_in_mac_os_x_10_5_6/ One of the primary focuses of Apple's upcoming Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update will be to improve the reliability of data syncing between the company's MobileMe Internet service and users on notebook computers... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/12/apple_improving_mobile_me_synching_in_mac_os_x_10_5_6/ Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/30/apple_silently_updates_mobileme_web_apps/ Apple has updated its MobileMe web service software, but hasn't noted the update in its MobileMe news blog or otherwise notified subscribers of the new changes outside of an article on the company's s... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/30/apple_silently_updates_mobileme_web_apps/ Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/22/iphone_owners_wrestle_with_missing_e_mail_downloads/ As much as the iPhone 2.1 firmware appears to have resolved many outstanding glitches with Apple's device, an increasing number of users say the update has broken background e-mail checks. Dozens o... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/22/iphone_owners_wrestle_with_missing_e_mail_downloads/ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:10:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/07/mobileme_users_hit_by_phishing_scam/ A scammer is targeting MobileMe users with an email purporting to be from Apple. The email claims there are problems with the user's subscription renewal information, and directs them to a web site th... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/07/mobileme_users_hit_by_phishing_scam/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/18/apple_gives_another_60_day_free_extension_for_mobileme/ Apple has offered an additional two month free extension for all MobileMe subscribers with active accounts as of August 19, 2008, on top of the original 30-day extension granted a month ago, shortly a... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/18/apple_gives_another_60_day_free_extension_for_mobileme/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/15/inside_mobileme_web_3_and_web_client_server_apps/ MobileMe isn't just for iPhone users. It also expands upon the simple web apps delivered as part of .Mac using a cohesive Mac OS X inspired interface that behaves more like a desktop app than a web pa... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/15/inside_mobileme_web_3_and_web_client_server_apps/ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/13/inside_mobileme_iphones_exchange_alternative_for_contacts_and_calendar/ MobileMe's Exchange Server-style push updates for contacts and calendar events on the iPhone is entirely new from the previous .Mac. Here's how MobileMe relates to Exchange, how contacts and calendars... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/13/inside_mobileme_iphones_exchange_alternative_for_contacts_and_calendar/ Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/12/inside_mobileme_iphone_mail/ MobileMe upgrades .Mac email on the iPhone to use rapid push updating. Here's how it works, and what's new and different in MobileMe mobile mail, how to configure junk mail and security, and what's st... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/12/inside_mobileme_iphone_mail/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/11/inside_mobileme_apples_push_vs_exchange_blackberry_google/ Apple's MobileMe provides mobile device push and an innovative Wide-Area Bonjour push sync mechanism for securely updating desktop clients over the Internet. There's currently nothing identical to the... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/11/inside_mobileme_apples_push_vs_exchange_blackberry_google/ Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/09/inside_mobileme_mac_and_pc_cloud_sync_and_mobile_push/ MobileMe is advertised as push messaging service, so some users were disappointed to find that some desktop updates may take as long as fifteen minutes to find their way up to the cloud. However, the ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/09/inside_mobileme_mac_and_pc_cloud_sync_and_mobile_push/ Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/08/mobileme_now_in_good_hands_with_eddy_at_the_helm_insider_says/ A management shakeup at Apple sparked by the poorly executed launch of MobileMe has landed the internet service in the trusted hands of vice president Eddy Cue -- a man with a work ethic as grueling a... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/08/mobileme_now_in_good_hands_with_eddy_at_the_helm_insider_says/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/08/inside_mobileme_secrets_of_the_cloud_and_mobile_push/ While Apple's previous .Mac service left many unclear as to what it offered beyond email and web hosting, its value under the new identity of MobileMe is far easier to communicate. MobileMe is all abo... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/08/inside_mobileme_secrets_of_the_cloud_and_mobile_push/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/07/inside_iphone_2_0_mobileme_push_messaging/ Here's a look at how Apple transformed its .Mac service into MobileMe and why the launch failed so spectacularly. In a followup segment, we'll dive deeper into how MobileMe works, how it compares to c... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/07/inside_iphone_2_0_mobileme_push_messaging/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/05/steve_jobs_confesses_to_poorly_planned_mobileme_launch/ Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is admitting that his firm bit off more than it could chew with last month's simultaneous product launches, which resulted in a MobileMe Internet service that was push... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/05/steve_jobs_confesses_to_poorly_planned_mobileme_launch/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:30:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/30/apple_says_mobileme_transition_complete_lost_messages_recovered/ Apple said Tuesday evening that it has rid Mobile Me of the kinks and bugs that plagued its launch from the onset nearly three weeks ago and will now focus on improving other areas of the service. ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/30/apple_says_mobileme_transition_complete_lost_messages_recovered/ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/26/apple_now_posting_near_daily_mobileme_outage_updates/ Taking the matter head-on, Apple is now fully acknowledging the problems it's had with MobileMe in the past two weeks as well as the attempts to fix it -- to the point where company chief Steve Jobs i... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/26/apple_now_posting_near_daily_mobileme_outage_updates/ Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:05:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/22/server_connectivity_problems_add_to_apples_mobileme_woes/ A mail server crash and unexpected fiber-optic line problems are the latest in a long string of hiccups that have soured the launch of Apple's new MobileMe internet service and recently left some subs... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/22/server_connectivity_problems_add_to_apples_mobileme_woes/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:40:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/16/apple_apologizes_to_mobileme_subscribers_with_free_30_day_extension/ Apple on Wednesday admitted to botching the launch of its new MobileMe Internet service and said all current customers will be awarded with a free 30-day extension to their subscription as a result. ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/16/apple_apologizes_to_mobileme_subscribers_with_free_30_day_extension/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/14/apple_delays_idisk_file_sharing_feature_of_new_mobileme_service/ Apple has postponed one of the most highly anticipated features of MobileMe in effort to finally get the new suite of internet services up and running, the company has confirmed. Responding to cust... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/14/apple_delays_idisk_file_sharing_feature_of_new_mobileme_service/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/13/concerns_raised_about_lack_of_mac_to_mobileme_push_sync/ While Apple markets MobileMe primarily as a push service, some are now discovering that updates to the Mac don't translate to immediate updates for the web or for Apple's handhelds, raising questions ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/13/concerns_raised_about_lack_of_mac_to_mobileme_push_sync/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:15:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/11/server_problems_spoil_apples_iphone_3g_launch/ Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G roll-out has quickly shifted from the much ballyhooed consumer electronics launch of the year into a nightmare for both the company and its loyal customers. Thousands of new... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/11/server_problems_spoil_apples_iphone_3g_launch/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/10/apples_mobileme_push_service_now_live/ Apple early Thursday morning switched on MobileMe, its new Internet service that delivers push email, push contacts and push calendars from the MobileMe service in the "cloud" to native applications o... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/10/apples_mobileme_push_service_now_live/ Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/07/apple_says_mobileme_service_to_go_live_wednesday_evening/ Apple on Monday night gave word that it would launch MobileMe just ahead of iPhone 3G, turning on the lights during a six-hour window on Wednesday evening. A notification sent out to .Mac users war... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/07/apple_says_mobileme_service_to_go_live_wednesday_evening/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:00:00 GMT