“Last weekend we posted a report about Apple updating their ‘Think Different’ trademark so as to cover new products and services such as Apple Pay, Apple Pencil, Apple TV and Siri,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.
“Today,” Purcher reports, “China’s Hong Kong Patent and Trademark Office published Apple’s updated filing for ‘iCloud’ to likewise cover Apple Pay along with health and fitness, and more importantly, for all things related to ‘Vehicles’ on land, water and rail.”
Purcher reports, “International Class 10 specifically covers: ‘Health, fitness, exercise, and wellness sensors, monitors and displays; medical apparatus and devices.'”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Perfect for a flying car.
How is it “perfect for a flying car” if it only covers “land, water and rail?”
Smdh.
Good joke
Flying cars spend only some of their time aloft.
Smdh
This Patently Apple report suggests to me that Apple is on the verge of a massive expansion into services that touch every part of our lives. Apple bears and shorts had better look out. This company is only just beginning…….
I want an iSub. A yellow iSub. 😉
now that the beatles are onboard
This makes sense…iCloud will continue to evolve, as will all of cloud based computing. Think of the cloud as another operating system. Eventually, it will in some manner manage a big part of all of your devices.
I don’t care what company is selling it, any cloud based computing system that touches all of your devices sounds exactly like Big Brother.
You might want to read the iCloud user agreement before putting all your blind faith in Apple.