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Fri, 27 Sep 2002
Server Upgrades
BounceWeb is doing a major upgrade this weekend, which may result in some downtime. After the upgrades are complete, the server should be much faster & more reliable.
Apple extends .Mac signup deadline
Apple announced today that they're extending the signup deadline to Oct. 14 for iTools memebrs to sign up for .Mac service.
"The launch of the .Mac suite of Internet services and software has been a phenomenal success," Apple said. "In order to make sure that every iTools customer has the opportunity to take advantage of the special $49.95 membership offer, even the ones who've waited until the last minute, we've decided to extend the deadline."
Earlier this month, Apple announced that over 100,000 members signed up for .Mac services. Apple supposedly had 2.2 million iTools users, so of course many sites spun the news to say 2.1 million members didn't sign up for .Mac. Since a lot of people had several free iTools accounts, those numbers really aren't accurate.
I ended up joining .Mac for $49, but not for email & web hosting, both of which I get elsewhere.
The real incentives to sign up are free copies of Virex & Backup, iCal & iSync, other utilities such as Mac Slideshow Publisher, and the promise of future enhancements. According to rumors, Apple may eventually provide some type of dynamic DNS service similar to dyndns.org. I probably won't renew next year for $99, though.
I'm not surprised Apple extended the deadline when they saw many people were waiting until the last minute, and I wouldn't be surprised if they add other incentives before Oct. 14.