 "WWDC 2011: Apple and Universal Sign Deal for iCloud Music Service")
Apple announced that they’re going to launch a service called “iCloud” at WWDC this year and speculations have been going around that it’s a music based cloud service. Apple hasn’t confirmed anything yet but to add to speculations, it’s been revealed that Apple’s signed a deal with Universal Music Group for iCloud. Apple’s already reportedly signed deals with Sony, EMI and Warner Music Group and has agreements with many publishers.
Device convergence for music?
A few details on the service have emerged, as well. For instance, the percentage break up of revenue from the service will most likely be: Labels 58%, publishers 12% and Apple 30%. Amazon’s Cloud Player and Google Music are similar services, but the difference is that Amazon and Google’s services basically act as cloud lockers where users upload their music to access it on their other devices like phones and tablets. Apple would let users store their purchased content on Apple’s servers and no uploading would be required. The service is reported to cost users $25 per year.
Paddy does not, we repeat, definitely does NOT belong in the category of Mac-head (yeh right!). She does get excited by her iPhone and her iMac and her iPod Nano and her Macbook and Bali's iPad and her future iHouse (patent pending). Ok, so maybe her head is a little bit forbidden fruit shaped. She likes shooting video (iPhone 4 camera zindabad!) and editing montages (Final Cut Pro zindabad!), whether the scene calls for it or no. In her spare time, she's either kicking it on stage with KB the keyboard or kicking butt at Taekwondo.