{
  "id": 18341,
  "title": "From iTools to iCloud: Apple's first foray into Software as a Service",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/from-itools-to-icloud-apples-first-foray-into-software-as-a-service",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-07-31T10:39:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AppleInsider",
    "slug": "appleinsider",
    "url": "https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/31/from-itools-to-icloud-apples-foray-into-subscriptions-as-a-service"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Before iCloud became the backbone of the Apple ecosystem, it spent more than a decade evolving through three distinct services: iTools, .Mac, and MobileMe. iTools, as part of Mac OS 9 | Image Credit: Matt J Fuller If you've got an iPhone , you've got an iCloud account. Sure, you might only have the base account, but you're still signed up for it. And for most of us, we probably actively engage…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}