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  (Source: Mashable)
Ping will not make an appearance in iOS 6

Apple has decided to give up on its music social network "Ping," which has proved to be a failed attempt at diving into the social realm of the tech world.

Ping, which launched in September 2010, is Apple's social network for music on iTunes. It can be found today in iTunes 10.6.3 and the iOS 6 beta.

However, Ping will not make an appearance in the release of iOS 6. This is because Apple is abandoning Ping entirely, realizing that the concept wasn't catching on with Apple users.

"We tried Ping, and I think the customer voted and said 'This isn't something that I want to put a lot of energy into,’" said Tim Cook, Apple CEO.

Instead, Apple is leaving the social networking up to the experts. It will use its partnerships with Facebook and Twitter to make its software social instead of trying to create something new on its own. This is a smart idea, since Facebook and Twitter are already well-established social networks with huge user bases.

Nintendo recently announced its own social network called Miiverse, which can be accessed on the new Wii U console. It is believed that Miiverse will be a lot like Ping, where the network is more focused on a theme (gaming for Miiverse, music for Ping) rather than social interaction.

Source: All Things D


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What's Ping?
By Flunk on 6/13/2012 4:16:45 PM , Rating: 5
Ping sounds more like Microsoft's failed music social network. I can tell you why this failed, I had no idea it existed and apparently neither did anyone else.




RE: What's Ping?
By datdamonfoo on 6/13/2012 4:52:12 PM , Rating: 2
Microsoft had a music social network?


RE: What's Ping?
By fredgiblet on 6/13/2012 6:28:57 PM , Rating: 2
Sort of. Zune has social features, I don't think anyone uses them though.


RE: What's Ping?
By Mitch101 on 6/13/2012 10:00:34 PM , Rating: 3
Zune is dead as much as I loved it. Its the X-Box music network soon and it might just work
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/04/microsoft-launche...


duh
By Motoman on 6/13/2012 4:39:47 PM , Rating: 3
...well it's obvious why it failed. They named it wrong.

If it'd been called "iPing" it would have taken over the world. Without the leading "i" the Macolytes didn't catch on that they were supposed to sell their souls for the privilege of using it.




By johnsmith9875 on 6/13/2012 5:13:49 PM , Rating: 2
Seriously, I don't know what it is.

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