{"id":1646,"date":"2011-06-05T22:47:13","date_gmt":"2011-06-05T22:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2011-06-05T22:47:13","modified_gmt":"2011-06-05T22:47:13","slug":"icloud-to-cost-25year-after-trial-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/?p=1646","title":{"rendered":"iCloud to Cost $25\/Year After Trial Period?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As predicted, Apple could initially launch its iCloud service free of  charge through promotions and later charge $25 per year for those  looking to use the\u00c2\u00a0cloud-based storage to\u00c2\u00a0stream music.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The service initially will be offered for a free period  to people who buy music from Apple\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s iTunes digital download store,  allowing users to upload their music to Apple\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s computers where they can  then play from a Web browser or Internet-connected Apple device.<\/p>\n<p>The company plans to eventually charge a subscription fee, about $25 a  year, for the service. Apple would also sell advertising around its  iCloud service.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u00c2\u00a0Los Angeles Times additionally confirmed completed negotiations  between Apple and all four major music labels, securing the right to  allow music streaming.\u00c2\u00a0 The powerhouse may charge an annual subscription  fee of around $25 per year and include advertisements within the iCloud  interface. The newspaper also reported that Apple has considered  expanding its streaming service to other multimedia, including photos  and videos.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has already listed the iCloud reveal in its press release as  being present during the annual WWDC congregation alongside  announcements regarding iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As predicted, Apple could initially launch its iCloud service free of charge through promotions and later charge $25 per year for those looking to use the\u00c2\u00a0cloud-based storage to\u00c2\u00a0stream music. The service initially will be offered for a free period to people who buy music from Apple\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s iTunes digital download store, allowing users to upload their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}