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		nodata on Feb 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple’s Deleting iCloud Emails That Contain The Ph... > Apple does actually know how to run web services. No, Apple can run a centralised download store where the content comes from a limited number of sources.

taligent on Feb 26, 2013 [–]

Which is an example of a web service. Are you sure you're on the right web site ?

nodata on Feb 26, 2013 | [–]

It's a category of web service. Other examples are services which take huge numbers of photos from lots of different users and process them, or files from millions of devices for backup. These Apple cannot do well.

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