Apple's .Mac getting a Google overhaul?

Man, is there a Steve Jobs keynote today or something? Oh, right, the WWDC hype machine is in town. As such, we've got another tasty rumor to tide you over until things kick off later today. MacScoop has it that Apple's .Mac is about to get a helpful hand from Silicon Valley buds, Google. According to their sources, Apple's neglected .Mac service is set for a Google infrastructure overhaul which includes updated pricing, more services, and an increase in storage. The revamped offering is expected to offer free Google services bundled with traditional .Mac offerings at variable pricing schemes but similar levels of integration with OS X. Of course, it's only a rumor but it certainly seems plausible. After all, Google's cloud offerings have rapidly matured since Apple's .Mac launch in 2002. More telling perhaps, is Jobs' response at All Things D to a question about .Mac's shortcomings: "I couldn't agree with you more and we will make up for lost time in the very near future." That was less than 2 weeks ago. The possibilities are certainly tantalizing... push-Gmail to the iPhone anyone?

[Richard Lai @ May 30th 2008 9:10AM]

That's what happens when you sit a Google guy down in the Apple board.

[supermeerkat @ Jun 11th 2007 4:53AM]

Yay! Let the rumours begin. Also, let the fanbois and haters run rampant in their respective prophecies of bliss and doom.

[Azayzel @ Nov 27th 2007 11:57AM]

lol, that's what happens when you try to sell something that you can get for free in other places (not to mention much better services too). I think Apple has it's place, but when they get greedy (ok, ok, they've always been greedy) they cannot complain when people don't simply scarf down whatever is thrown at them.

Offer most of the .Mac services for free; i.e., email, calendar, a set amount of online storage, etc., and make money off of the ads and "upgrade accounts" like the rest of the online services do.

[Jon @ Jun 11th 2007 5:09AM]

if there indeed will be push-gmail, i can overlook the glaring IM omission from the iphone (or can i hope there will be a 3rd party app?).

[Cleve @ Jun 11th 2007 6:03AM]

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9024099&intsrc=hm_list

[Revels @ Jun 11th 2007 7:26AM]

It's about time .Mac got an update, at the moment it's not worth the money. The iCard site is terrible!

[Matt @ Jun 11th 2007 9:18AM]

I had dot mac and I got rid of it because the options gmail had for the price (free) were better than the paid options.

[dcny @ Jun 11th 2007 10:16AM]

.mac is a piece pof s**t had it got rid of it in less than a month. That crap really needs a f**kin update or just close it i dont really know anyone that does it almost everyother company has something better than .mac.
Apple should just do a complete overhaul of everything on there site and make it better. When was the last time that site has a serious update or change to the design and layout and not a product

[John @ Jun 11th 2007 11:30AM]

I have dotMac and spent about 30 minutes yesterday trying to copy 2 50k files to it (it never happened, I emailed them to my gmail account)

[Rick @ Jun 11th 2007 12:35PM]

The big reveal by Steven Jobs will be the new speech engine - a major component of Leopard.

[H @ Aug 20th 2007 2:26AM]

There isnt push gmail on the iphone like a blackberry? wow i'm def no getting one then. I figured since there was push yahoo there must be push gmail. Thanks!