The Asian site recently informed its users that it has decided to "close iCloud.net and stop all its services" after Jobs’ Mob acquired the rights to its domain, as WHOIS data shows.

iCloud is, of course, the name that Apple uses for its cloud services like mail, photo storage, notes, and its "Find My Phone" tool. Apple wants every possible domain linked to it — it already has iCloud.com and iCloud.org, for example — and the iCloud.net social network was collateral damage.

It's not clear whether Apple bought the entire social network to shut it down, or if it just bought the domain name, at which point its operator took the decision to bring an end to the social network.

Tong Lei, the owner of the Asian social network, said that other websites he owns will continue to operate, he said, and he also plans to "start a new site which will provide online coupon codes for Chinese users".