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Ping Officially Shut Down

October 3, 2012 by Mel Leave a Comment

The debacle that was Apple Maps was a strong message to people and Apple fans that not every single product or service the company has released is a resounding success. One of these duds was Ping, the social service integrated into the iTunes. Apple has officially announced that it is shutting down the service. The […]

Filed Under: iTunes Tagged With: apple, Facebook, iTunes, Ping

Apple Now Using New URL Shortener For Ping

December 14, 2010 by Tanner Godarzi Leave a Comment

Apple is adopting a new URL shortening service for use with Ping: iTun.es. Apple has owned itun.es since 2006 which has been speculated to be used as an eventual URL shortening service. The new shortener is being used with Ping when users Tweet which song they liked or bought.

Filed Under: iTunes Tagged With: iTunes, Ping, URL shoterner

Ping Now Supports Playlist Creation And Sharing

December 13, 2010 by Tanner Godarzi Leave a Comment

Apple added new features to iTunes — playlist creation and sharing — to enhance the social sharing aspect of Ping. The new features were added quietly and are part of Apple’s interest in making Ping more social. Anyone part of the social network can import their playlists from iTunes and share it with their friends. […]

Filed Under: iTunes, News Tagged With: apple, iTunes, new featurws, Ping, social network

Ping Made Semi-Relevant Again With Posthumous Michael Jackson Song

December 2, 2010 by Tanner Godarzi Leave a Comment

Ping hasn’t received the response Apple has hoped for when it sent an email to users last month reminding them the social network still exists. To entice users, Ping users will have access to an exclusive Michael Jackson song According to TUAW the song “Much Too Soon” will be streamed for free until next Thursday. […]

Filed Under: iTunes Tagged With: apple, iTunes, Michael Jackson, Ping, promotiom, streaming

Ping Hits One Million Followers in 48 Hours – And Most Look Like Spam

September 6, 2010 by Kevin Whipps Leave a Comment

Ping. I wasn’t sure if I cared about the announcement when I first heard about it last week. After all, I’m already deep into Facebook and Twitter, is there really any reason to add another social networking system to my list? Doesn’t anyone remember MySpace and the path they went down? Anyways, I figured I’d […]

Filed Under: Mac Tagged With: iPad, iPhone, iPod, iPod nano, iPod Shuffle, iPod Touch, iTunes 10, Ping

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