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Apple resolves iCloud outages after myriad of services went down globally

Apple's iCloud experienced issues on Monday, with unexpected downtime impacting some of Apple's online services for a number of users. Starting from 12:50 p.m. eastern on Monday, AppleInsider staff encountered problems with various Apple services. This included iCloud going down, which is a key element that impacts other services and apps with online components. This included Mail, which became unreliable in fetching messages for multiple staff. Some found Apple News wasn't loading stories, while Apple Music on Mac fails to bring up any pages at all. A few minutes after initial publication, AppleInsider staff encountered further problems with iMessage, as well as Apple Maps . However, at the outset, the outages appeared to affect users in different ways, with some experiencing normal access for some apps, but not others. At the time the outages were spotted, DownDetector reports a lot of Apple services received a spike in reports, including Apple TV+ , App

How to download and install iOS 8 in your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch

The annual cycle iOS update is still rolling. This time, Apple released the eighth version of its operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod.  iOS 8 will be available as a free download on Wednesday, September 17 the download and update itself is pretty easy, but there are some important things you should consider before downloading iOS 8 Here's a guide to help you through process with zero stress. The first thing to do is to check if your Apple device is eligible for the upgrade. Apple has announced that iOS devices will gain the following 8 update: iPhone 4s iPhone 5c iPhone 5s iPod touch with Retina fifth generation iPad 2 iPad display iPad Air iPad mini iPad Mini with Retina display Some iOS 8 features such as SMS  Continuity will not be available on launch day, indicating that Apple will release an update to iOS 8 more closely when OS X Yosemite spear. Check this report for details on the functions that will be available later. The next step is possibly the mo

Apple One-Click Link U2 remove junk from iTunes Marks fault Marketing Textbook

Execution is everything Musical tastes are personal. And it seems that force-feeding people a new album from U2, unsolicited, doesn’t go over well. Apple giving away U2′s new Songs of Innocence is in itself not a bad thing. But there are two problems. One, the album is poorly reviewed – think Paul McCartney “Wonderful Christmastime” rather than Abbey Road. Two, because the album simply appeared in purchased music – and because iTunes (cleverly enough) displays what you’ve purchased from iCloud – it showed up in people’s collections when it didn’t belong. So, we’ve learned something. This doesn’t work. And as always, you can’t really buy marketing. That is, sure, Aphex Twin rented a blimp, but in the end, they had more successful viral marketing because they let their fans choose to spread their new release. U2 tried to force that promotion, and even though Apple and U2 are loved by many people, the combination comes across as corporate and inauthentic. Peter Cohen sh