New to iPhone, iPad touch, or iPad and curious how to set up one of Apple’s new, free iCloud accounts? Not only is iCloud great for email, calendar, and contacts, it also lets you backup your important settings and information. Luckily, creating a new iCloud account is a very simple process.
Click on Add Account…
Select iCloud at the top of the list
Click on Get a Free Apple ID
Enter your location
Enter your date of birth
Select get a free @me.com email address
Fill in all your details and select next
Accept the iCloud terms and conditions
That’s it done, you now have a new iCloud account all set up and ready to go on your iOS 5 device!
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Apple has announced that Bob Iger, President and CEO of Disney is joining their board of directors, and that Genetech’s Art Levinson would be assuming the role as Chairman of the Board.
“Art has made enormous contributions to Apple since he joined the board in 2000,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “He has been our longest serving co-lead director, and his insight and leadership are incredibly valuable to Apple, our employees and our shareholders.”
“Bob and I have gotten to know one another very well over the past few years and on behalf of the entire board, we think he is going to make an extraordinary addition to our already very strong board,” said Tim Cook. “His strategic vision for Disney is based on three fundamentals: generating the best creative content possible, fostering innovation and utilizing the latest technology, and expanding into new markets around the world which makes him a great fit for Apple.”
“I am honored to be named chairman of Apple’s board and welcome Bob to our team,” said Art Levinson. “Apple is always focused on out-innovating itself through the delivery of truly innovative products that simplify and improve our lives, and that is something I am very proud to be a part of.”
“Apple has achieved unprecedented success by consistently creating high quality, truly innovative products, and I am extremely pleased to join the board of such a wonderful company,” said Bob Iger. “Over the years, I have come to know and admire the management team, now ably led by Tim Cook, and I am confident they have the leadership and vision to ensure Apple’s continued momentum and success.”
The late Steve Jobs was the previous Chairman of the Board, and also the largest shareholder of Disney following their acquisition of Pixar. Tim Cook joined the board following his promotion to CEO of Apple.
The Apple TV 2, which has carried a price tag of $99 since it was announced in September of 2010, has seen price cuts at online retailers including Amazon and Best Buy. The price drop is modest, bringing the ATV2 down to $89, but Amazon has also labeled it as Apple TV (2010), leading to speculation that a new model is coming soon.
In the past, we’ve seen sales on the Apple TV 2, but this seems to be your garden variety price drop that’s associated with clearing out inventory. Is there an Apple TV 3 on the horizon and will it make it’s debut prior to the end of 2011? Offering an updated processor such as the A5 could usher in support for 1080p. It’s not likely that support for Siri would be introduced, making this more of an evolutionary upgrade.
At any rate, $89 is a good price for the Apple TV 2. You can grab one at that price at either href="http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MC572LL-A-TV/dp/B001FA1NK0/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1321380504&sr=1-1">Amazon or href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Apple%26%23174%3B+-+TV%26%23174%3B/1331156.p?id=1218251780234&skuId=1331156&st=apple%20tv&cp=1&lp=1">Best Buy.
BallAHolic is a new game for the iPhone and iPad that claims to have the “biggest balls in the App Store”. In this game, you must guide Uberhero through a 3D world with a lazor beam. He’s stuck in this world filled with balls, keys, and monsters, and you’re the only one who can help him.
I am having so much fun playing BallAholic! The graphics are great and the gameplay is really fun. The game opens up with an fun intro that tells the story about who Uberhero is and how he got stuck in this strange world. BallAHolic is a game that I can technically pick up and play for just a few minutes, but end up playing for much longer.
Check out the video trailer below!
BallAHolic – the game with the biggest balls in the App Store introduces:
UBERHERO – beloved friend, attractive, admired by millions, made out of steel, loves frozen peperoni pizza, women want him, men want to be like him and some men even want him too… long story short, THE role model of our generation finally arrived on iOS.
Unfortunately, a small accident – nothing serious – has brought him into an uncomfortable situation. Uberscientists have worked hard to find a way to communicate with UBERHERO and bring him back to our world.
Now it’s your turn! Get up! Prepare for an incredible journey! Leave your lousy life behind and become a hero yourself. Of course not an UBERHERO, that would be beyond your capabilities. But if it makes you happier consider yourself as the chosen one… alone at home… when nobody’s watching. Well, back to the topic.
YOU are UBERHERO’s last chance to guide him out of this mess!
On your journey you will discover
Get ready for a new gaming experience!
BallAHolic provides
The good folks at A Local Chaos Project have given us promo codes for BallAHolic to giveaway to 5 lucky winners! For a chance to win, just leave comment below and let us know which version you would prefer to win – iPhone or iPad?
BallAHolic is available on the iPhone for $1.99 and on the iPad for $2.99.
Nancy Gohring over at IDG/Macworld quotes John Stanton, Chairman of Trilogy Partnerships, as saying that, prior to launching the iPhone in 2007, he spent a couple of years with Steve Jobs trying to figure out how to do it without the likes of AT&T or Verizon.
He wanted to replace carriers. He and I spent a lot of time talking about whether synthetically you could create a carrier using Wi-Fi spectrum. That was part of his vision.
Jobs gave up on the idea and ultimately signed with Cingular which became AT&T, but Apple did manage to disintermediate the carriers to a large degree with the iPhone, and take back considerable control of the customer relationship with everything from software updates to apps to device design and release.
Stanton thinks carriers should be concerned about the “dramatic shift in power” that occurred. They should. They should emulate it with other platforms because it leads an equally dramatic shift in customer experience and satisfaction levels.
Just imagine if they’d been able to nail the carrier part too?
