And iCloud, the company's service
to back up photos, video, documents and user settings over the Internet, has laboured for years
to meet Apple's «It Just Works» standard
without ever living up
to expectations (internal frustration with the situation boiled over last fall when Apple insiders
talked — anonymously —
to reporter Jessica E. Lessin at tech news site The Information about the business unit's disarray).
The delegation returned
to their hotel late on Thursday evening
without taking questions from
reporters, though, when asked how the
talks were going, one unidentified U.S. official said «Well.»