Cloudy, With A Chance for Data

A RBC Capital survey of 1500 people found that 76% of respondents said they were likely to sign up for iCloud, Apple's free e-mail, back-up, and data syncing service; 73% said they were likely to use iMessage, Apple's answer to the BlackBerry's messaging service; and 30% were likely to sign up for Apple's iTunes Match service, which costs $24.99 per year. Those numbers, said RBC, would translate to 150 million subscribers, which would compare favorably with other online giants: Facebook (700 million), Microsoft/Skype (700 million), Twitter (300 million), Yahoo (300 million), and Google/Gmail (200 million).