Apple iTunes Ping: Hands On
Michael Muchmore,
PC Magazine,
Sept 03, 2010
Apple has launched a social network called Ping that has all the elements of a failure. "Not only is there no actual Facebook or Twitter integration, but there isn't any Web presence for Ping. Pretty much every other social network on the planet has a Web site, including dozens that are music-oriented - except Apple." Moreover, as I'm reading via my Facebook contacts, it's blocking indie artists from setting up pages, and the pages that do exist are filling up with spam. It's also not available to a lot of people. Maybe Apple can make this work - Bloomberg thinks it will. But in general, closed proprietary social networks don't work.
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