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Apple Buys iCloud.com Domain For $4.5 Million

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 28, 2011 @01:42AM from the centi-cloud-ipad dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A report on late Wednesday night relayed that Apple recently purchased the iCloud.com domain from Xcerion for a cool $4.5 million. Indeed, iCloud.com now re-directs to CloudMe.com. With such a hefty price tag, Apple clearly must have serious plans for the cloud in the pipeline..."

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Use for it? by jmac_the_man · 2011-04-28 02:00 · Score: 4, Funny

Now they have somewhere to upload all that iPhone tracking data.
Re:Follow the trail by Spad · 2011-04-28 02:17 · Score: 5, Funny

The plural of speculation is fact.