Many iCloud users are experiencing outages of their services Thursday afternoon – myself included.

iCloud e-mails, backups, Find My iPhone, iWork for iCloud, Documents in the Cloud, and other iCloud synchronizing services are currently unavailable for a number of users and causing aggravation. 

Apple’s Apple Services, Stores, and iCloud status indicator from the Cupertino-based company’s Web site also seems to confirm the outages.

Apple has not yet explained the reasoning for the large outage, but we expect these services will be coming back up not too long from now. 

We will update this post when the services come back online, as well as if Apple releases a statement about the outage, so stay tuned!

********Update: Systems appear to be back online . 

Do you like it  ? would you buy it  ?   …….

I LOVE IT ! can’t wait for it to be in my hands !

Leaked photos from Feld & Volk show an assembled iPhone 6 front panel and rear shell for the first time.

The phone vendor shared high quality images of the two parts with MacRumors that show the glossy front panel’s slightly tapered edges melding seamlessly into the rounded edges of the rear shell for a sleek, continuous curve.

The assembled iPhone 6 is said to be approximately 7mm in thickness. It features rounded corners, pill shaped volume buttons, redesigned speaker holes, a round True-Tone flash, an embedded Apple logo, and power button that has been relocated to the right side of the device.

Feld and Volk’s parts are still in rough condition and the final product from Apple will no doubt look

It has been noted in the past, that popular actor Tom Hanks, remains a typewriter diehard. However, he has recently taken that passion digital, releasing an iPad app known as Hanx. The actor can now officially add app developer to the list of thing he has done. Hanx makes it so that users can relive the typewriter experience, but on a tablet instead. A delete button is included in the app, which of course, has some modifications for the modern age. The app was a collaboration between actor Tom Hanks and game and mobile app development studio Hitcents. According to Hanks, 

Hanx includes a few in-app purchases for other features and themes for users. The app is very functional because users can AirDrop print, share their documents over e-mail, and more.

Hanx is a 22.3MB free iPad download from the App Store. Keyboards and unlocked packs are available via in-app purchase