Officially Official: Apple to Unveil 'iCloud' on Monday

Apple sets the table for its highly anticipated cloud service.

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Let the wild speculation and fervent bit-chomping come to a close: Apple issued a press release this morning confirming the debut of its much-talked about cloud service will take place at the keynote for the annual World Wide Developers Conference next Monday at 10 AM. The service has officially been dubbed "iCloud" (Apple bought that domain for $4.5 million in April) and is opaquely described in the press release as "Apple’s upcoming cloud services offering."

Steve Jobs will ignore his medical leave, just lke he did for the iPad 2 unveiling, to do the honors. OSX Lion and iOS 5 will also make their debuts. Conspicuously absent from the announced festivities? The iPhone 5: further confirming speculation that the new iPhone won't be released this summer as it has in years past. Too bad. Full text below.

Apple to Unveil Next Generation Software at Keynote Address on Monday, June 6 CUPERTINO, California—May 31, 2011—Apple®

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[AllThingsD]

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