“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.
Ping was designed from the start to be integrated with Facebook…. when the deal did not materialize they went with what they had…. a still born implementation. Apple will get it right eventually, either with or without Facebook starting with a new partner like Twitter or their own software.
Ping was designed from the start to be integrated with Facebook…. when the deal did not materialize they went with what they had…. a still born implementation. Apple will get it right eventually, either with or without Facebook starting with a new partner like Twitter or their own software.
Soon we’ll all be required to add an avatar and tell people what we had for breakfast …
I’m so over social-networking. Who gives a fsck?!
Soon we’ll all be required to add an avatar and tell people what we had for breakfast …
I’m so over social-networking. Who gives a fsck?!
Don’t worry guys, its just in BETA
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If my friends were following me (eg. Facebook integration), I’m sure it would take off.. I just wonder if this is really SOCIAL integration… its like walking around the Mall telling people what you bought the day before. Interesting?
One thing that Ping does that is alot like Twitter.. following.. there’s little distinction made between me and 50 cent… we’re both looking for followers when I can enter my hotmail address and it pulls up all my friends, I’ll like it alot more. PS. Can you receive messages in PING, private messages?
Don’t worry guys, its just in BETA
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If my friends were following me (eg. Facebook integration), I’m sure it would take off.. I just wonder if this is really SOCIAL integration… its like walking around the Mall telling people what you bought the day before. Interesting?
One thing that Ping does that is alot like Twitter.. following.. there’s little distinction made between me and 50 cent… we’re both looking for followers when I can enter my hotmail address and it pulls up all my friends, I’ll like it alot more. PS. Can you receive messages in PING, private messages?
Fsck Ping. We didn’t ask for it. We don’t need it. We don’t want it.
To Apple: identify the waste of space who thought this was a good idea and sack him/her immediately.
You seriously insult our intelligence by invading our music space with your crappy teeny chat app.
Fsck Ping. We didn’t ask for it. We don’t need it. We don’t want it.
To Apple: identify the waste of space who thought this was a good idea and sack him/her immediately.
You seriously insult our intelligence by invading our music space with your crappy teeny chat app.
As someone who hasn’t used it… I can’t comment on the experience. However, there’s nothing I’ve heard — even from Apple — that has compelled me to try it. That can’t be good.
And, btw, I’m an avid Twitter sufferer. (Hate it, but must engage for work… my fellow office drones continually hype reaching out through “social media.”)
As someone who hasn’t used it… I can’t comment on the experience. However, there’s nothing I’ve heard — even from Apple — that has compelled me to try it. That can’t be good.
And, btw, I’m an avid Twitter sufferer. (Hate it, but must engage for work… my fellow office drones continually hype reaching out through “social media.”)
I get when license agreements limit the content sold in overseas iTunes and app stores. But why in the world can’t we in south africa even join ping. It’s a social network run and administered by apple which leads to us buying songs from them. I think it’s just laziness from there side. As shit as ping might be at least you guys can access it.
I get when license agreements limit the content sold in overseas iTunes and app stores. But why in the world can’t we in south africa even join ping. It’s a social network run and administered by apple which leads to us buying songs from them. I think it’s just laziness from there side. As shit as ping might be at least you guys can access it.
@ TheConfuzed1
“It’s stupid because my wife uses my account for purchasing songs, and those songs count toward your profile.”
Not if you MANUALLY PICK THE MUSIC TO DISPLAY.
@ TheConfuzed1
“It’s stupid because my wife uses my account for purchasing songs, and those songs count toward your profile.”
Not if you MANUALLY PICK THE MUSIC TO DISPLAY.
They’re adding features slowly because they don’t want another mobile me meltdown like before.
Expect more incremental updates over the coming months.
They’re adding features slowly because they don’t want another mobile me meltdown like before.
Expect more incremental updates over the coming months.
I know there is a lot of negative criticism of ping, but I have found it to be really useful. More useful than genius for purchases. I have found more incredible music in since joining ping than I have discovered all year.
I am glad its not Facebook. I do not need that kind of social network. Facebook does that fine.
Twitter is cool, but it’s not good for discovering music.
I wish that URLs in Ping comments were live links. I also wish I could select text.
As a new addition, I find it really effective and just a bit rough around the edges.
I have to wonder what people expected from Ping? It’s basically a great expansion to song and album comments designed to sell more music by making it easier to find cool stuff..
I know there is a lot of negative criticism of ping, but I have found it to be really useful. More useful than genius for purchases. I have found more incredible music in since joining ping than I have discovered all year.
I am glad its not Facebook. I do not need that kind of social network. Facebook does that fine.
Twitter is cool, but it’s not good for discovering music.
I wish that URLs in Ping comments were live links. I also wish I could select text.
As a new addition, I find it really effective and just a bit rough around the edges.
I have to wonder what people expected from Ping? It’s basically a great expansion to song and album comments designed to sell more music by making it easier to find cool stuff..
Can’t’ take it seriously at all.
Ping is the sort of name Microsoft would invent, as in “Hi, my name’s Ballmer, and when I want to hear some Bill Gates favorites on my Zune, I get ’em from Ping. It’s the best thing Apple’s ever done.”
Can’t’ take it seriously at all.
Ping is the sort of name Microsoft would invent, as in “Hi, my name’s Ballmer, and when I want to hear some Bill Gates favorites on my Zune, I get ’em from Ping. It’s the best thing Apple’s ever done.”
Have to agree with JayGee. Social media isn’t like other products. They have to grow organically. Features will probably be added weekly/monthly, not yearly like Apple’s other efforts. If Facebook had launched with all of it’s present features we all would have ignored it as a complicated mess.
People will learn how to use it. Apple will learn how to make it work.
Once Apple wraps it around App store, the apps themselves, the Address Book and FaceTime, (and with a built-in audience of 20 million new Mac/iOS users each quarter) we’ll see something amazing happen.
Look, Ping is already a verb. Apple knows what it’s doing.
Have to agree with JayGee. Social media isn’t like other products. They have to grow organically. Features will probably be added weekly/monthly, not yearly like Apple’s other efforts. If Facebook had launched with all of it’s present features we all would have ignored it as a complicated mess.
People will learn how to use it. Apple will learn how to make it work.
Once Apple wraps it around App store, the apps themselves, the Address Book and FaceTime, (and with a built-in audience of 20 million new Mac/iOS users each quarter) we’ll see something amazing happen.
Look, Ping is already a verb. Apple knows what it’s doing.
@ Paul1969
“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.”
What is really pathetic is your comprehension of the English language. Either that, or you have complete ignorance of the service itself.
I would suggest you take a moment out of your busy schedule and watch the Keynote.
As simply described, Ping is about iTunes. What you like in their, i.e., Apple, store and what you think that maybe your friends would like to be made aware of as well.
You can’t SHARE music as you put it. It is illegal. And it is illegal for Apple to help you do so or support music in any manner that they have no entitlement to, like the Beatles.
Good thing about ignorance. Knowledge can reverse it. However, stupidity, can’t.
@ Paul1969
“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.”
What is really pathetic is your comprehension of the English language. Either that, or you have complete ignorance of the service itself.
I would suggest you take a moment out of your busy schedule and watch the Keynote.
As simply described, Ping is about iTunes. What you like in their, i.e., Apple, store and what you think that maybe your friends would like to be made aware of as well.
You can’t SHARE music as you put it. It is illegal. And it is illegal for Apple to help you do so or support music in any manner that they have no entitlement to, like the Beatles.
Good thing about ignorance. Knowledge can reverse it. However, stupidity, can’t.
instead of messing with ping they should actually make an update that will fix not being able to get on the itunes store