Apple's iCloud suffers slow response times

From CNET: Apple's iCloud is having trouble.

Since about 11 p.m. PT Wednesday, Apple's iCloud services, including account sign-in, Find my iPhone, and Mail, are all responding slowly for "some users," Apple's System Status Dashboard shows. Apple's Dashboard doesn't specify how many users are affected. Restoration times are also not available as of this writing.

Apple's iCloud is part synching platform, part storage solution. Customers who own the company's OS X- or iOS-based products have access to iCloud, allowing them to sync information across different devices, use Apple's iWork productivity suite, and access e-mail.

iCloud is a critical component for many people. Its backup feature, for instance, can automatically backup an Apple product to the cloud, ensuring that if a device fails or if customers buy a new product, they can quickly get all of their information on the new Apple device. Apple boasts of hundreds of millions of iCloud users.

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