Sneak Peek at iTunes in the Cloud (iCloud)

With the imminent release of iOS5 comes iCloud as well: Apple’s second (or third) foray into consumer-focused cloud services. Built as a competitor to Amazon’s and Google’s cloud-based music products, iCloud does so much more. Not only does it “match” files on your hard drive to those in the cloud (so you don’t have to “upload” all your files) and allow you to stream music and TV shows you’ve purchased through iTunes (which was not announced as an original feature), it also provides cross-dev...