Microsoft announces major upgrades to SkyDrive coming with Windows 8, making personal cloud and device cloud a reality.

Apple’s free service iCloud now has 85 million users

Apple is working on a new solar farm for its data center in North Carolina

Box.net, announced on their official blog, that iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch users will get 50GB of lifetime storage free if they sign up for a Box Personal account.

Apple is trying to obtain international cloud-music licenses from record companies and publishers

Apple has published a notice on its developer board regarding iCloud backup data. The company is planning to reset iCloud backup data on September 22nd hinting at a final iOS 5 release.

The iTunes Match beta was initially opened last month, but closed due to new registrations within a few hours after the initial quota of developers was reached.

In June, the Arizona company previously known as iCloud Communications had sued Apple after the company had unveiled its iCloud service at the Worldwide Developers Conference this year.

Today, Apple has released iTunes 6.1 beta to developers. iTunes 6.1 beta is the first release to support the “scan and match” cloud access feature that Apple first announced at this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference.

A year ago, Apple introduced a service called “Find My iPhone” which would let users locate, lock, and even wipe the iOS device from anywhere.

In addition to the new Apple TV software update, the update also introduced the ability for users to stream TV episodes they had previously purchased through iTunes.

Apple has announced the pricing for additional storage in iCloud, offering it up in 10GB, 20GB, and 50GB portions. They also launched the beta version of iCloud, even though it looks like a developer only thing.

Apple is reportedly planning on releasing a completely redesigned version of iTunes in September. Version 11 will be released in conjunction with iCloud and iOS 5.

Apple released a website that details the services that will make the move from MobileMe to iCloud. It covers a range of questions on the topic as well.

It’s just another trademark dispute Apple faces. This time it is publisher John T. Colby who filed a case against Apple for the use of the name “iBooks”. The suit indicates that Colby purchased assets of various entities in 2006 and 2007 from Byron Preiss, a New York Publisher.