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Does Apple want to buy Facebook?

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 19th, 2010)

Jobs and Facebook founder/CEO Mark Zuckerberg met for dinner the other day. Many presumed that they were discussing Facebook Connect and Ping integration, but what if it were something more, like Apple buying Facebook? Kafka thinks that Apple acquiring Facebook makes sense because Facebook doesn't ...

Steve Jobs friends Mark Zuckerberg to talk about Ping

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 16th, 2010)

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Steve Jobs invited Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to his house for dinner a few weeks ago. The dinner is presumed to have been a meeting about Ping and Facebook integration. Despite getting over one million users in 48 hours, Ping has yet to gain much ...

Apple publishes Ping guidelines for artists

by Dave Caolo (Oct 12th, 2010)

Apple has published official Ping usage guidelines for artists which describe exactly how to create an artist profile and begin posting content. According to the guidelines [PDF], artists are encouraged to hold off on creating a profile until they have several posts ready to go, because "Fans ...

Apple's North Carolina data center nears completion

by Keith M (Oct 5th, 2010)

It seems we've been discussing Apple's upcoming, massive North Carolina datacenter for a long, long time -- since around May 2009, actually. Word is that the $1 billion facility is nearing completion, meaning we'll hopefully see the fruits of Apple's labor very soon. Here's one interesting item ...

Facebook 'very confident' it can work with Ping

by Mike Schramm (Oct 1st, 2010)

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 ...

Apple TV hacking update: PhoneView, ping, VNC support

by Erica Sadun (Sep 30th, 2010)

Veni vidi hacki. Just picked up an Apple TV this afternoon at the Cherry Creek Apple Store (shout out to the guys there!) and while I haven't had a long time to play around with it -- hence the brevity of this post -- I have had a few moments of hands-on testing to share with you. Here are the ...

How to kill that Ping drop-down in iTunes 10

by Dave Caolo (Sep 30th, 2010)

Apple recently updated iTunes to version 10.0.1 which, among other things, added drop-down access to Ping, Apple's social network for iTunes customers, into your library. Some of you like Ping more than others, and there are those in the latter group who are completely disinterested. The Mac ...

Are you using Apple's Ping?

by Dave Caolo (Sep 28th, 2010)

Ping is Apple's first earnest foray into the social network game. Introduced with iTunes 10, Ping lets users see the music their friends are buying from the iTunes Store, leave comments, and point out what they like. There are also several musicians participating. The more active among them post ...

iPhone 101: Using Ping on your iPhone

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Sep 8th, 2010)

Along with the desktop version of Ping, you can also utilize Apple's new social network on your iPhone. It's actually proven to be my favorite method of using the service. However, Apple does make it a bit difficult. At this time, you can't activate a Ping account from your phone -- it must be ...

Ping reaches a million, attacked by spam

by Mike Schramm (Sep 7th, 2010)

Apple's new social network, Ping, has been around for about a week now, and all of the pundits have had their chance at weighing in on what Apple got wrong and right. And what's the result? Not bad, but not great -- more than a million people joined the network in just 48 hours. That's not terrible ...

iTunes 101: Share your Ping profile

by Dave Caolo (Sep 4th, 2010)

Here's a tip about something that had me confused for a while, I hate to admit. After setting up Ping in iTunes 10 and getting my profile just so, I naturally wanted to tell the eager masses where to find me. After all, many of the folks I follow on Twitter were sharing URLs to their accounts. But ...

Steve Jobs: Facebook had "onerous terms" for Ping

by Mike Schramm (Sep 2nd, 2010)

Steve Jobs was surprisingly candid with All Things Digital's Kara Swisher yesterday -- he reportedly told her that both Facebook and Apple had spoken about integrating more closely with the new iTunes social network Ping, but Facebook asked for "onerous terms that we could not agree to" regarding ...

iTunes 10 quick tip: Liking a song in Ping

by Michael Rose (Sep 2nd, 2010)

Here's a quick tip for iTunes that puzzled a few of us this morning: once you've gone ahead and set up Ping in iTunes 10, how do you 'like' a song instead of an album? The albums have those handy thumbs-up buttons, but it's not as obvious for songs. A bit of exploration reveals that the 'Like' ...

Five dislikes plus five likes equals iTunes 10

by Steven Sande (Sep 2nd, 2010)

Before I get rolling here, let me warn you -- I'm not a frequent user of iTunes. I don't spend all of my time purchasing new music, videos, and movies, nor do I obsess over creating playlists to share with my friends. However, I do use it often enough that after firing up iTunes 10 last night, I ...

iTunes 101: How to set up Ping

by Dave Caolo (Sep 2nd, 2010)

Apple has jumped into the social media pool with both feet by introducing Ping to iTunes 10. Since this is brand-new, we'll show you how to set it up and start pinging your friends. Whatever that means. After installing iTunes 10, you'll see the Ping button. Click it to enter your Apple ID and ...