Facebook 'very confident' it can work with Ping

Last we heard, Facebook and the new iTunes-based social network Ping were at odds with each other, with Facebook providing "onerous terms" and Apple trying to hook into the bigger network anyway. But maybe they can still heal the rift. Facebook CTO Bret Taylor told Silicon Alley Insider that he's "very confident" that the two networks can find some common ground.

Unfortunately, he didn't say anything other than that, so as for what kind of common ground they'll find, that's still up in the air. But Apple would do well to enlist Facebook's help in their fledgling network, "onerous" as the terms may be. Ping is an interesting network, as we've said, but given the lack of action that I've seen in my own little slice of Ping lately, bringing in some links and eyeballs from a more active and veteran social network seems like it would be worth the compromise.

[via Cult of Mac]

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Tim

Lala worked great with Facebook. Seems Apple is move toward the Microsoft business model of buying companies and ruining them by trying integrate them into existing products, killing them or both.

Ping should be called "A social network for music "THATS ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE ITUNES STORE".

October 02 2010 at 9:22 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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TIm

That is true .. haven't really wasted much thoughts over Ping so far .. but that is a good point.

Why didn't they add a website where you can track your bands and iOS app that allows to scrobble music on the go ..
I mean the facebook thing was bad .. but somebody at Apple should know that these social network things don't slowly grow .. they either start big or die .. you can't sustain a network with a couple hundred thousand people ..

T.

October 02 2010 at 1:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rego

I hope the rift continues, I don't want to be tripping over facebook links while I am doing Apple stuff.

October 02 2010 at 4:10 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

lmasanti

quote:
"Ping is an interesting network, as we've said, but given the lack of action that I've seen in my own little slice of Ping lately, bringing in some links and eyeballs from a more active and veteran social network seems like it would be worth the compromise."

I think that Apple trust its own guts, and this is the reason why it launched the network.
The problem for Facebook is that Steve is too mercurial, and now it will be harder for Facebook to get along with Apple.

October 01 2010 at 9:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply