At its “Let’s Talk iPhone” event last month, Apple announced that its iTunes Match service would launch by October 31. Unfortunately, that date has come and gone and the service is not yet available to the public – or anyone else for that matter.

Apple sent an email round to its registered developers yesterday evening, in which it noted that the company is planning on "deleting all current iCloud libraries on Thursday, October 27."

Apple has just activated an iTunes Match toggle button in iOS 5's Settings app, suggesting that the service will launch in the very near future.

Apple is expected to announce that its iCloud service will soon debut in additional countries. This news, which was first reported by CNET, suggests the service will soon be available in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and other countries.

Apple has just released iTunes 10.5 Beta 9 to developers. The update is said to offer several performance enhancements for those developers subscribed to iTunes Match beta, according to our anonymous developer sources.

If you've been one of the lucky few to beta test Apple's upcoming iCloud music matching and distribution service, "iTunes Match," you're going to have to go through the whole installation process come Monday, as Apple is preparing to reset it.

Beta 2 of our brand new Inside The App Store Podcast is now available. In this second episode we brought the running time down by popular request and have improved the audio quality. The podcast is still in beta and we want your feedback ...

A few days ago, Apple released a new beta version of iTunes 10.5 that included support for iTunes Match. Once developers had chance to activate the feature, it became apparent that this was unlike the iTunes Match feature mentioned by Steve Jobs as the company's "one more thing" back in June, at WWDC. Namely, in iOS 5 beta 6 (with iTunes 10.5 beta 6.1), Apple fans could stream music to their iOS device using iTunes Match.

Hours after Apple released its iTunes Match service to developers, we’ve learned more about it, both the good and the bad.

Apple has just released the first beta version of its upcoming iTunes Match program to developers. First announced in June, the service lets users sync their entire iTunes library to iCloud for $24.99 per year.

Apple's iCloud service could use up 750 million gigabytes of data at least, according to a survey conducted by RBC Capital Markets.

Score one for Android owners. Sony today released its Music Unlimited service for Android devices, which looks a lot like Apple's iCloud and upcoming iTunes Match product. Plus, it includes Pandora-like capabilities too.

Our UK readers will find this one difficult to swallow. Apple’s new iCloud service, first unveiled at this week’s WWDC, won’t launch there until 2012, at least not the service's iTunes Match component. This news comes from The Telegraph, who heard the news first hand from a Performing Right Society (PRS) spokesman.

The much-anticipated iCloud has been announced and explained. It's a doozy.

Steve Jobs has announced his WWDC 2011 "one more thing." It is a new service called iTunes Match, which retails for $24.99 per year. With it, users can sync their non-iTunes purchased songs across iDevices.