Apple has unveiled its much-anticipated iCloud service at its annual developers’ conference.
Apple boss Steve Jobs returned from medical leave to show off the features of the web-based service.
He said iCloud was necessary because the PC was no longer the digital hub of users’ digital lives.
The web-based service aims to synchronise and co-ordinate the key content people store and share across their devices.
Contacts, calendar and mail applications have been re-written so a change to one propagates across the other versions on separate devices.
Anyone buying an app, book or music track for one device will see it replicated on the other Apple devices they own. Similarly, bookmarks for interesting web pages will be shared across all gadgets.
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Apple boss unveils iCloud service