Now that Apple has launched its new iCloud service, some users are finding it very confusing to set up. To help, Apple has come out with a step-by-step guide that tells users exactly how to get iCloud going on all the devices that can use it: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac and PC. (What, no Android?) READ MORE
Qrank, a company that develops games that make use of social media, will come off its seed round of funding this week a little stronger for having scored an investment from early Twitter VP Jason Goldman. Goldman was one of five investors involved in the funding round, which raised $350,000. READ MORE
In what seems to have been meant as an internal note, a Google engineer gave an unfiltered opinion of Google+ the other day. Steve Yegge, the Google engineer in question, made public a post on the Google social networking site in which he described the site as “a pathetic afterthought.” READ MORE
Research in Motion has been busy trying to let customers know it will be working hard to earn back their trust after days of outages affecting users in several countries around the world. READ MORE
Science fiction typically presents a distant future in which the machines overrun the planet. Well, according to CTIA, a wireless industry association, the future is now. There are now 327.6 million wireless connections, which means 103.9 percent of the U.S. population. This is a 9 percent increase over last year. That’s right, there are now more wireless devices than there are people in the U.S. Before you get alarmed, there’s a (somewhat) good reason for the skewed numbers. READ MORE
Apple, which has been pretty successful in blocking Samsung phone sales in the Dutch region, has a new wrinkle to contend with: Samsung has been making slight modifications to the devices, which effectively remove the patents that Apple says the company has violated. This workaround means Samsung is now free to sell its phones without running into the roadblock of Apple’s patent-infringement accusations. The company could potentially do the same for its tablets. READ MORE
The BlackBerry service outage affecting Europe, Africa, and Asia has now spread to the U.S. and Canada. Customers affected by the malfunction are unable to send and receive email, use BlackBerry Messenger, and other data services. READ MORE
When it comes to Internet use, iOS users dominate the mobile space, says industry-tracking firm Comscore. The organization reports that roughly 43.1 percent of all mobile Web traffic comes from iOS accounts; Android users account for 34.1 percent, even though Androids outnumber iPhones and iPads in the market. READ MORE
Hoping to lure businesses away from the standard office-issued BlackBerry, Motorola is working toward improving its security and protection software. The cell-phone company released new software Monday that boosts the security and simplifies the management of employee’s Android mobile phones. It gives businesses greater control over Droid apps and provides employees remote access to company services. READ MORE
If you want the new $200 Apple iPhone 4S, but weren’t one of the lucky people to score one online, you’ll have to try standing in line on Friday when stores will be receiving their first shipments. AT&T, Verizon and Sprint have all sold out of the 16GB units slotted for pre-order through their Web sites. READ MORE
