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Feb 19 2010

Find My iPhone Now Working on iPhone Safari, iTunes Preview Categories Now Working on Web

Apple has changed MobileMe’s me.com site, previously inaccessible from iPhone or iPod touch Safari, to not only allow access to Find My iPhone, but to offer help in setting up accounts and getting additional apps. [...]


Feb 10 2010

QuickOffice, Box.net Updated — Now Play Great Together

QuickOffice and Box.net both announced updates recently that work together to provide more seamless access to documents on your iPhone, from the cloud.

QuickOffice 3.0 [$9.99 - iTunes link] lets you access documents stored on Box.net, [...]


Dec 27 2009

MobileMe Having Post-Christmas Blues — WebApp, iChat, Prefs Down, Down, Down!

According to MobileMe System Status, Mac Preferences, Windows Control Panel, iChat, and the www.me.com WebApps are down for the count. (Just how hard did they hit the eggnog over the last few days?)

Still, they’re keeping [...]


Nov 10 2009

Updated: MobileMe Mail Down (Fixed!)

Update: Apple is now reporting all services are back up and running.

MobileMe is currently down for some via client (Mail on Mac and iPhone — count me in), and the Web (working fine for me). [...]


Oct 20 2009

MobileMe Media Sync — Apple Patent Watch

Synchronization of Media State Across Multiple Devices, one of the latest patents filed by Apple, aims to use MobileMe to make sure if you start watching a movie in iTunes or on the AppleTV, then [...]


Oct 9 2009

Apple “Improves” MobileMe, Find my iPhone, Updates iDisk Public Folder

Apple’s MobileMe News page has posted two updates today, one on recent MobileMe service improvements, including direct access to Find my iPhone, and the other on iDisk public folder updates.

First up, the service improvements:

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Sep 2 2009

We Want: “WhisperSync” for iPhone and iTunes

With Apple’s September 9, “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it” event fast approaching, and its promises of new iTunes 9 social media and app management features, here’s something else, just like @sethclifford, [...]


Aug 31 2009

MobileMe’s “Find My iPhone” Serving Justice

A robbery victim has taken advantage of his MobileMe service and put it to good use. A Pittsburgh man, who’s name has been withheld, told police he was forced to turn over his wallet, his [...]


Jul 29 2009

Apple Posts MobileMe iDisk App Video Tutorial

Just downloaded the new Apple MobileMe iDisk app [Free - iTunes link] to your iPhone or iPod touch and eager to know it better? Apple wants to show you how, literally. MobileMe News covers Apple’s [...]


Jul 29 2009

Quick App: Apple Releases MobileMe iDisk App for iPhone

Apple has released MobileMe iDisk [Free - iTunes link] for iPhone and iPod touch. Announced during WWDC 2009 back in June, with nary a peep — though lots of questions and conjecture — heard since [...]


Jul 25 2009

How To: Recover Your MobileMe Password and Update it Often for Added Security

Apple has updated their MobileMe News “blog” with a helpful tip for added security, and for when that security necessitates the need for a helpful little reminder.

First up, Apple reminds everyone that even good passwords, [...]


Jul 21 2009

iDisk App for iPhone Release Imminent?

According to a tech note, which recently appeared then disappeared from Apple’s website (but can be seen at TUAW), our wait for the iDisk iPhone app may soon be over.

Surely you remember a little [...]


Jul 14 2009

How to: Search Old MobileMe Mail on the Server

Apple’s lone outstretched hand to the social web, the MobileMe News “blog” is back with another helpful hint for users, this time about using iPhone 3.0 to search older email on the server:

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Jul 1 2009

Apple Updates MobileMe WebApps… A Little

Apple has once again made some service improvements to MobileMe:

We recently updated the web applications at me.com. In Mail, you can now see your unread message count in your Inbox and in each [...]


Jun 30 2009

iPhone 3.0 Bugs: .Me Spontaneously Changing to .Mac?

Your iPhone MobileMe account randomly and spontaneously changing from [username]@me.com to [username]@mac.com? You’re not alone.

Like the missing/mismatched app icon bug, this is another issue that was a problem to some during the betas, and [...]


Jun 23 2009

Dear Apple — Where’s the iDisk App?

Hey, it’s started to work with Push Notification apps, so who can blame us for taking a second bite at the Dear Apple. So…

Where’s that free iDisk App at? You remember, the one on your [...]


Jun 20 2009

How To: Share iPhone 3G S Video via Mobile Me

We’re figuring a lot of folks will default to the ubiquitous YouTube for iPhone 3G S video sharing, since Apple was user-minded enough to include it in the options. But for those who want pristine [...]


Jun 18 2009

How To: View Calendars Published to MobileMe on iPhone

Apple’s MobileMe News shares how to view calendars published to MobileMe on iPhone:

MobileMe members who use iCal on a Mac can publish calendars to MobileMe to share with friends and family. To publish [...]


Jun 9 2009

UPDATED: Find my iPhone for iPhone 3.0 on Me.com Today!

UPDATE: Enable your iPhone via Settings > Email > Mobile > Find my iPhone. Then go to me.com, login to your Account tab, and choose Find My iPhone from the sidebar. Voila! Thanks to everyone [...]


Jun 8 2009

iPhone 3G S — Apple Delivers Mobile Video to the Masses

Lots of smartphones have lots of features, and as Steve Jobs has said in the past — many people don’t even know about them, much less use them.

With the original iPhone, Apple popularized mobile web [...]