“Apple has made a small but important change to Ping that improves it considerably,” Peter Kafka reports for AllThingsD.
“It’s not enough to make the much-maligned social network a real winner, but it’s a good a start: An update to iTunes now allows you to interact with Ping directly from your music player, instead of having to make a visit to Ping itself,” Kafka reports.
Kafka reports, “So now you can recommend songs to your friends, and see the music they recommend, at the same you’re actually listening to songs.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple’s Ping was obviously the result of an induced labor. As a result, Ping is an extreme preemie. Apple should have kept the poor thing in the incubator and not thrust it into the world until it could live and breathe on its own.
Re: disgruntled. I agree! I used that feature all the time and hated to see it go! I wish Apple would warn us in the release notes when features are being taken away, or give us the option to turn such features back on via the preferences. (I imagine a terminal hack will show up soon to reenable it, but I haven’t seen one yet.)
Don’t need no stinking Ping. I feel sorry for the frigtards that have to go on line and display their stupidity for all to see. Face to face communication still rules.
Don’t need no stinking Ping. I feel sorry for the frigtards that have to go on line and display their stupidity for all to see. Face to face communication still rules.
Ping in its current form is useless to me. Only music that is available in the iTunes Store can be shared.
So most of my “world” music, all of my live bootlegs, and bands such as the Beatles simply do not exist, according to Ping.
Really pathetic, Apple.
Ping in its current form is useless to me. Only music that is available in the iTunes Store can be shared.
So most of my “world” music, all of my live bootlegs, and bands such as the Beatles simply do not exist, according to Ping.
Really pathetic, Apple.
Its also fixed the sync issues that I had. So thats a result!
Its also fixed the sync issues that I had. So thats a result!
Wow, apple made something that wasn’t ‘revolutionary’ and ‘perfect’ (until the next version which makes it even more perfect, even though this is obviously not possible). And what’s even more surprising MDN’s take was slightly less than rabidly enthusiastic than usual.
Wow, apple made something that wasn’t ‘revolutionary’ and ‘perfect’ (until the next version which makes it even more perfect, even though this is obviously not possible). And what’s even more surprising MDN’s take was slightly less than rabidly enthusiastic than usual.
Well the next version will be Pong, thats really gonna make the social take off. Ping then Pong. I can see it now.
Well the next version will be Pong, thats really gonna make the social take off. Ping then Pong. I can see it now.
MDN is missing the point too.
Ping is not Facebook, it’s just a network for discovering and sharing music. Nothing you should sit and hang on all day. It’s a complement.
MDN is missing the point too.
Ping is not Facebook, it’s just a network for discovering and sharing music. Nothing you should sit and hang on all day. It’s a complement.
@disgruntled,
Don’t have my laptop handy so can’t check but doesn’t typing an artist’s name in the search field bring that artist up? Or were you talking about some other method?
@disgruntled,
Don’t have my laptop handy so can’t check but doesn’t typing an artist’s name in the search field bring that artist up? Or were you talking about some other method?
few tips for those who are unhappy with the latest itunes “improvements”. copy and paste in the Terminal
Disable Ping sidebar:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePingSidebar 1
Disable Ping button:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes hide-ping-dropdown -bool TRUE
Show arrows:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-store-link-arrows -bool TRUE
few tips for those who are unhappy with the latest itunes “improvements”. copy and paste in the Terminal
Disable Ping sidebar:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes disablePingSidebar 1
Disable Ping button:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes hide-ping-dropdown -bool TRUE
Show arrows:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-store-link-arrows -bool TRUE
@alansky
Right on. Facebook is where mostly empty people gather to share their emptiness. Sure, there are people of substance who are on too, but largely, its people lacking a life (Dumbo: “Good morning! I’m awake!” Bimbo1: “Hahahahahaha!” Dumbo2: “When did you sleep? LOL. Hahahahahahaha!!” Dumbo3: “Time to sleep again!! Hahahahahahaha!!). I’ve always wondered about how you can translate a vigorous physical action like laughing into a series of “ha”s. Oh well, maybe I’m just an old fuddy-daddy …HAHAHAHA!! LOL!! ROFLOMAO!! FTW!!”
@alansky
Right on. Facebook is where mostly empty people gather to share their emptiness. Sure, there are people of substance who are on too, but largely, its people lacking a life (Dumbo: “Good morning! I’m awake!” Bimbo1: “Hahahahahaha!” Dumbo2: “When did you sleep? LOL. Hahahahahahaha!!” Dumbo3: “Time to sleep again!! Hahahahahahaha!!). I’ve always wondered about how you can translate a vigorous physical action like laughing into a series of “ha”s. Oh well, maybe I’m just an old fuddy-daddy …HAHAHAHA!! LOL!! ROFLOMAO!! FTW!!”
LOL!! Love MDN’s take. Totally true.
LOL!! Love MDN’s take. Totally true.
I used it twice. First and last time. Facebook, which I don’t use is at least social network with online store, not online store with a social network.
I used it twice. First and last time. Facebook, which I don’t use is at least social network with online store, not online store with a social network.
It’s stupid because my wife uses my account for purchasing songs, and those songs count toward your profile.
It should just use the songs that are played on the device that you have synced it to.
Even better, integrate with Last.fm.
It’s stupid because my wife uses my account for purchasing songs, and those songs count toward your profile.
It should just use the songs that are played on the device that you have synced it to.
Even better, integrate with Last.fm.