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"It&amp;#039;s easy to feel overwhelmed by your digital life. You have music on your iPod, photos on your desktop, and books and games on the iPad. It&amp;#039;s getting it all in one place that&amp;#039;s the tricky and time-consuming part. But Apple hopes to help. At the World Wide Developer&amp;#039;s Conference (WWDC) on June 6, 2011, Apple announced three new products and services that will start hitting the market in July: iCloud (cloud computing software), iOS 5 (mobile operating system), and OS X Lion (computer operating system). The goal? To bring all of your apps, photos, messages, music, and more together, and simplify using your favorite Apple gadgets. iCloud is Apple&amp;#039;s answer to cloud computing software. As of this fall, iCloud will sync all of your Apple devices and eliminate the need for messy wires. Whether you have an iPhone, iPod, iPad, Mac computer, or all of the above, iCloud will automatically and wirelessly push all of your information to each device. This means you can easily share photos, games, and music with friends and family anywhere you go. If grandma doesn&amp;#039;t have a computer, but you haven&amp;#039;t had a spare minute to upload your vacation photos to your iPhone, you can now access the images from your computer on your phone with iCloud to make an impromptu slideshow.    With the new iOS5 mobile operating system, it is even easier than before to connect your iPod touch, iPad, and iPhone. It boasts over 200 new features. Among its biggest advances are updates in its notification system (it keeps track of all notifications you choose \u2014 from emails, to texts, to friend requests, and more), a Newsstand App (a folder that lets you access your favorite publications easily and organize magazine/newspaper subscriptions!), and more multitasking gestures (new shortcuts you can swipe, pinch, and tap you&amp;#039;re way into). You can also edit photos on your device, and upload directly to Twitter, instantly adding your location to your pics or your post. And with the help of iCloud, you never once have to connect to a computer, even when you&amp;#039;re setting up your device. Best of all, you can send your files to either a Mac or a PC. One of the largest benefits of iCloud is that it will be integrated into every App you buy, and will come free with the iOS5 mobile operating system. It allows you up to 5GB of storage space to work with, not including your purchased apps, music, books, and Photostream. This may not sound like a lot, but your music, videos, photos, etc. are the biggest space hogs, so, because they&amp;#039;re not counted towards your limit, you&amp;#039;ll be able to store countless contacts, e-mails, and documents using iCloud. Don&amp;#039;t want to wait until fall? OS X Lion will be available in the App Store starting in July. If you love to swipe, pinch, and tap on your touch devices, the new Gestures feature in Lion will make your computer mouse just as fun and easy to use. Also new to Lion are the mission control center which aids you in using multiple screens at once; a launch pad to better organize your apps; easier file use, with AutoSave (so you never lose your work) and AirDrop, to share files without the hassle of joining another network. Best of all, this new software will cost only $30. All in all, Apple&amp;#039;s announcement will simplify using and coordinating all of your Apple devices to give you better access to all of your digital content wherever you are. Still baffled by cloud computing? Understandable. Check out my previous post on the cloud for all of the details. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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