| Before iCloud is Revealed, Apple Sued by German Developers Claiming Antitrust When you are one of the biggest corporations in the world and it is your biggest day of the year, you are a lightning rod of attention, both good and bad. The Web is buzzing about Apple's World Wide Developer Conference. Of the topics to be discussed at the keynote, Apple's newest product - iCloud - is drawing the most attention. In that vein, a German music-streaming startup called Simfy has filed a lawsuit against Apple for allegedly withholding approval of its iPad application because it is a potential competitor to the iCloud streaming service.
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How iCloud Could be Apple's Shot Against Android The most believable of the iCloud rumors is that Apple's upcoming service is a "Cloud iTunes" - meaning a way to access all your music, movies, podcasts and more from any Internet-connected Apple mobile device like the iPhone or iPad. Some think it may be much more than that - imagining iCloud also as the successor to Apple's MobileMe, an uncharacteristically underperforming product that provides email, contacts, calendar and online storage to paying customers. This combination of rumors makes the most sense because it would allow Apple to directly compete with Google's Android operating system, or, perhaps, offer something even better.
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As Instagram Grows More Complex, Can It Maintain the Love? Popular iPhone photo sharing app Instagram captured the hearts of nearly five million users this year despite, or perhaps because of, a surprising lack of features. The super-simple photo app let you apply filters and post out to other networks. It didn't let you do much more than that. The company has slowly added features over recent months and today unveiled a new version of its app with three big new features that could make a big difference in the ways we use Instagram. Those changes are upgraded user biographies, hashtag autocomplete and a new page to view all the photos you've clicked "Like" on in the past. Can Instagram keep its clean simplicity while adding more and more features? Time will tell, but these changes look to me like good ones so far.
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Cartoon: Did I Say That Out Loud? In a week where U.S. news coverage was dominated by an inappropriate tweet from a congressperson's Twitter account, maybe it's worth taking a moment or two to think about your own personal social media policy. What are you doing to avoid landing in the same soup that Rep. Anthony Weiner has been sloshing around in for the past several days?
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