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Apple Announces One Million Ping Users in First Two Days
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Should be there by end of Christmas season with iTunes 10.1 out and a plethora of third party Facebook to iTunes friends list converter apps out there in a month or so.
Way to miss the point
I love my Mac.
I also still love iTunes, by the way.
I'll just write you up as another moody Apple lover. Where is the six colors logo tattoo on you?
The iPod was an instant success because it was the smallest and easiest device to hold over 1000 songs, not to mention the user interface trumped all other mp3 players, and during the first year it was exclusive to Mac users. Windows users started finding software hacks to get iPods to work on Windows and that following year Apple opened up the iPod to run on Windows through iTunes. Apple saw an opportunity to make more money since the Windows crowd was so interested in getting an iPod. Does that sound like it was a failure from the start like that ignorant post that I quoted?
XPlay - good times
Of course it wrecked my iPod every now and then, and I'd have to find someone with a Mac to restore it.
Ink is dead. Try implanted OLEDs so you can upload tattoos like desktop backgrounds!
They left out the double e after the P
Or the iss.... your own personal choice, something Jobs rarely allows, so definitely be grateful and make full use of it.
Can't wait for the new Apple innovations... they're top secret, but the name has leaked out. It's called "Download."
And then there's "Whois", "Traceroute", and my personal favorite, "FINGER", which illustrates Jobs' creativity and opinion of his audience in one apt term.
Or the iss.... your own personal choice, something Jobs rarely allows, so definitely be grateful and make full use of it.
Can't wait for the new Apple innovations... they're top secret, but the name has leaked out. It's called "Download."
And then there's "Whois", "Traceroute", and my personal favorite, "FINGER", which illustrates Jobs' creativity and opinion of his audience in one apt term.
Can't wait for the new Apple innovations... they're top secret, but the name has leaked out. It's called "Download."
And then there's "Whois", "Traceroute", and my personal favorite, "FINGER", which illustrates Jobs' creativity and opinion of his audience in one apt term.
I like this!
This could be great, a Last.fm killer. It isn't yet -- not even anywhere close. But I'll give Apple some time before I call it dead in the water. Doesn't seem quite as useless as Google's "Buzz," at least.
I have a feeling Ping is going to be the next Google Wave
Or the next Spotify/Twitter/Facebook/Myspace etc (but for music), or whatever social network is popular, but with more banners and adverts.
Yipee, thanks Apple for being so innovative and coming up with new ideas
Join the Social!
I dunno...this whole Ping thing reminds me too much of the Zune 'Social'...(btw: how's that been workin' out lately for MS?)
But I guess we will see...
I dunno...this whole Ping thing reminds me too much of the Zune 'Social'...(btw: how's that been workin' out lately for MS?)
But I guess we will see...
Sorry is this was answered earlier, but yes. Go to the iTunes app, there is a "Ping" button at the bottom.
It shows you your feed. And if you search for an artist, and find the artist page, you can follow that artist.
Not everyone seems to be totally searchable (in iTunes or on the phone), but I'd imagine it will get better. Apple probably has to get an agreement with the artist or record label before they can go too far.
Yeah I was surprised to find the Ping button in iTunes on my iPhone today. I thought it was going to require 4.1 to use, but nope there it was!
Sadly, the iPad will require 4.x for it to gain access to it from the looks of it.
Probably...I read somewhere Steve actually admitted it was just catch-up to all the other services.
It's not obvious to disable your account from the account settings page? seriously?!
So now up to 37 artists to follow after three days. So it's trebled in three days. I'd imagine this time next week there will be over 100, then in a very short time over 1000.
It does need to see my iTunes library, not just my purchases (but I can see the privacy brigade would be up in arms about that) but I can see a lot of potential.
Once Facebook and Apple sort out their issues and integrate this, it's going to grow exponentially.
Oh and all that FUD about the "spam" attacks - what little spam I saw is now gone - can Facebook say the same?
And for those who have activated, didn't read the instructions and thought you had to use your real name, or thought you HAD to add a credit card or thought you HAD to activate it, judged it after a couple of hours on launch week and then cancelled - well, yr simply idiots. Well done for giving something a chance - you obviously don't remember the early days of myspace or facebook.
It does need to see my iTunes library, not just my purchases (but I can see the privacy brigade would be up in arms about that) but I can see a lot of potential.
Once Facebook and Apple sort out their issues and integrate this, it's going to grow exponentially.
Oh and all that FUD about the "spam" attacks - what little spam I saw is now gone - can Facebook say the same?
And for those who have activated, didn't read the instructions and thought you had to use your real name, or thought you HAD to add a credit card or thought you HAD to activate it, judged it after a couple of hours on launch week and then cancelled - well, yr simply idiots. Well done for giving something a chance - you obviously don't remember the early days of myspace or facebook.
It also says that it will change your name on your account to whatever you type in. The good news is that you can type whatever you want, then go into your iTunes store account and change it back to your real name so your credit card still works.
Update: Actually I just tested it and it looks like they changed it so it is directly linked. Bummer
It also says that it will change your name on your account to whatever you type in. The good news is that you can type whatever you want, then go into your iTunes store account and change it back to your real name so your credit card still works.
Update: Actually I just tested it and it looks like they changed it so it is directly linked. Bummer
Nope, you did something wrong - itunes payment account name is not linked to PING user name. Enter your ping user name, it leaves your credit card details alone. It will put your ping name against your old reviews however.
I am doing nothing wrong, you should double check your account by relogging into it. It does indeed change your store account name. It even says so in the fine print when you change your profile's name.
Trust me I double checked it like 5 times because I could have sworn it didn't change it. What happens sometimes is you change your profile name, and it's still logged into the page for billing info. What you need to do is have it re-login to the page with your billing info. It will then show that the name changed to the one in your Ping profile.