Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Apple's Online Store Gets More Social With Twitter and Facebook Links

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_5 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8L1 Safari/6533.18.5)

Apple added an iOS pop-up option to download an iOS app for the online Apple Store purchasing.
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_5 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8L1 Safari/6533.18.5)

Kk today's the first time it's ever appeared when I've opened the store page, even after purchasing stuff.
 
mrat93 said:
Sounds like a pretty pointless feature to me.
Click to expand...
Really? How about when you're the designated computer guru for your circle of friends and family. I know I am. "What do you think I should get?"... "What did you get?"... how about ... "Grandpa, this is what I'd like for Christmas"... how is educating other people about what computers and technology Apple has to sell a bad thing? It directs people right to the proper spot. I think it's a fine idea.
 
Last edited:
JGowan said:
Really? How about when you're the designated computer guru for your circle of friends and family. I know I am. "What do you think I should get?"... "What did you get?"... how about ... "Grandpa, this is what I'd like for Christmas"... how is educating other people about what computers and technology a bad thing. It directs right to the proper spot. I think it's a fine idea.
Click to expand...

Well, if you say it like that. ;)
 
Although somebody else might have said this, it sounds to me like they are just testing this out on products likely to be phased out?
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A5288d Safari/7534.48.3)

Testing is likely, since the feature appeared first on Apple's two lowest-selling product lines.
 
There's only one thing dumber than a $5,000 computer with a pathetic and ancient graphics card: sharing it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.
 
Social media features like this are just fluff. It's like the people who decide on these things are adding FaceBook and Twitter to everything just because the competition does. No-one actually needs Facebook buttons on every page they look at. Instead of adding more clutter to a web-site you could have the same functionality by adding a "Share on FaceBook" button on a web-browser's Toolbar.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back