Apple’s upcoming service called the iCloud which allows people to stream music on will have a subscription cost of $25 a year.

Today, RIM and Microsoft announced its partnership against their rich competitors. One of Microsoft representatives, namely Steve Ballmer made a surprising statement on the possibility of integrating Bing search and map application to the BlackBerry operating system. Adding that Microsoft is going to invest a lot of money into the idea.

During the Blackberry World Conference 2011 held in Florida, an unexpected guest speaker made an appearance to announce the partnership between RIM and Microsoft. Steve Ballmer took center stage and announced to the audience that Microsoft has signed a deal with RIM to make Microsoft’s Bing as the default search provider for all BlackBerry devices replacing Google. Microsoft is reported to have invested heavily in RIM to make this a reality.