Apple looking to expand iCloud with new applications
Though Apple just launched its new iCloud service, the company is already looking to improve the suite with new applications for the iPhone and iPad.
Apple's interest in further enhancing iCloud was revealed this week in a new job application published by the company and discovered by AppleInsider. The company is looking to hire someone for the position of iCloud Application Developer at its corporate headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.
"The iCloud team is looking for a proactive, creative-minded (engineer) to build the next generation of cocoa-based client applications that integrate tightly with a set of cloud based services," the listing reads.
The position requires someone who will develop both new and existing iPhone and iPad applications for iCloud services. Though it offers no indication of what those applications might be, it notes that employees will "build products that people want to use every day."
Apple's requirements for the position include a bachelor of science in computer science with 5 or more years of experience. The applicant must also have strong object-oriented programming and design skills, as well as experience with Cocoa and the iPhone software development kit.
One anticipated addition that could be folded in to Apple's iCloud suite could be a proprietary mapping service from Apple. Numerous job listings discovered by AppleInsider have suggested that Apple is building its own mapping and location services for iOS, which it hopes will "radically improve" on the current offerings.
The iCloud umbrella of services launched in October, replacing Apple's previous cloud-based option, MobileMe. It includes former MobileMe services like Find My iPhone, Mail and Contacts, as well as Documents in the Cloud, iTunes in the Cloud and more.
Apple's interest in further enhancing iCloud was revealed this week in a new job application published by the company and discovered by AppleInsider. The company is looking to hire someone for the position of iCloud Application Developer at its corporate headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.
"The iCloud team is looking for a proactive, creative-minded (engineer) to build the next generation of cocoa-based client applications that integrate tightly with a set of cloud based services," the listing reads.
The position requires someone who will develop both new and existing iPhone and iPad applications for iCloud services. Though it offers no indication of what those applications might be, it notes that employees will "build products that people want to use every day."
Apple's requirements for the position include a bachelor of science in computer science with 5 or more years of experience. The applicant must also have strong object-oriented programming and design skills, as well as experience with Cocoa and the iPhone software development kit.
One anticipated addition that could be folded in to Apple's iCloud suite could be a proprietary mapping service from Apple. Numerous job listings discovered by AppleInsider have suggested that Apple is building its own mapping and location services for iOS, which it hopes will "radically improve" on the current offerings.
The iCloud umbrella of services launched in October, replacing Apple's previous cloud-based option, MobileMe. It includes former MobileMe services like Find My iPhone, Mail and Contacts, as well as Documents in the Cloud, iTunes in the Cloud and more.
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We do not NEED more apps that rely on iCloud, but we do need better iCloud performance and more features, like being able to post pictures, flickr, and store files like Dropbox.
This whole workaround of downloading and uploading to iCloud.com is a kludgy disaster!
iCloud.com offers very few features, and the email is excruciatingly slow, ugh!
We do not NEED more apps that rely on iCloud, but we do need better iCloud performance and more features, like being able to post pictures, flickr, and store files like Dropbox.
And maybe that is what this new job is all about.
An upgraded replacement for the obsolescing iWeb software would seem to be a natural. Cloud-based?
That and a proper iDisk replacement.
…they could just junk iCloud since it doesn't do what it's supposed to…
This ought to be good… Explain.
For one, they could get the Gallery back. That was previously unmatched anywhere on the net. To be honest, they could just junk iCloud since it doesn't do what it's supposed to and reinstate Mobile Me which did. Why they junked it I don't know - it worked fine for me. Emails, Gallery sync, iDisk were all brill.
Happy to say I have both, Mobile Me ( for now anyway) and iCloud and the latter is 'brill' too ... I would love to see the Gallery function extended in Mobile after it ends or migrated to iCloud.
They need to make iWork documents on the Mac work seamlessly with iCloud.
This whole workaround of downloading and uploading to iCloud.com is a kludgy disaster!
I couldn't agree more!! Having to upload and download etc is very un-like Apple, more
Microsfitish.,,
Music/iTunes also need a few iCloud tweaks. If you add songs to a playlist or rearrange the order of songs in a playlist, iCloud should populate those changes to your other devices. Wifi Sync is better than hard-syncing the devices to your computer, but iCloud should make even Wifi Sync unnecessary.
Downcast's new iCloud features are pretty great -- syncing podcast episodes, play positions, etc., over iCloud.
Though Apple just launched its new iCloud service, the company is already looking to improve the suite with new applications for the iPhone and iPad....
They might want to focus on making iCloud work properly for stuff like Mail first.
At this point it's degenerated to being pretty much the worst webmail client I've ever used.
Also, Pages for iOS crashes and burns trying to connect to iCloud all the time.
Siris based, turn by turn mapping for iOS and a full 3D mapping for OS X and IOS in 2012 ... Pretty Please
And this has what to do with iCloud exactly?
And this has what to do with iCloud exactly?
Ariel view of course.
BTW--I use ActivTrax through iOS Safari. It is good, but hasn't really touched what is possible.
iCloud.com offers very few features, and the email is excruciatingly slow, ugh!
We do not NEED more apps that rely on iCloud, but we do need better iCloud performance and more features, like being able to post pictures, flickr, and store files like Dropbox.
I agree. Apple should buy DropBox immediately.