The future is the cloud.  Thanks to Ray Ozzie, Microsoft saw it.  Google knows this, too.  Amazon sees it as we speak.  And now, the last of the main hold-outs of the cloud revolution, Apple, is taking the plunge.  At the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, Steve Jobs announced iCloud, Apple’s new cloud storage system that effectively killed MobileMe.  Apple’s iCloud will have 5 free gigabytes of storage; most importantly, music stored on the service will not count towards the storage limit, which means iTunes users will be flocking to digitize their music collections.

But that’s not all Apple announced yesterday.  The WWDC was huge for Cupertino, as Apple announced Apple OS5 (now with integrated iMessage, AKA Blackberry Mobile), which borrows several features from the more powerful competitor Android.  Also announced was the latest incremental change to Apple’s antique operating system, Mac OS X Lion, which will retail for only $29.

“Keeping those devices in sync is driving us crazy,” said Apple’s Steve Jobs of iPads, iPods, and iPhones while making his first public appearance since March.  “We are going to move the digital hub, the center of your digital life, into the cloud.”

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