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Apple is retiring Ping, its iTunes based music Social Networking service on September 30th, they are no longer accepting new members as of today. Apple will instead leverage its partnerships with Twitter and Facebook to make its various software and service offerings social. iTunes 11 will instead display the Facebook friends who ‘Like’ each entry, Facebook and Twitter sharing for iTune [...]

Imagine listening to the same music in every room of your house, at the same time. You walk from the living room to the kitchen and your favourite track goes un-interrupted. It almost sounds like an experience from a science fiction movie, but with Sonos it’s not only possible – it’s easy, affordable and bloody amazing! The applications are endless. You’re doing chores around [...]

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iTunes Apple released an update to its iTunes software with Apple iTunes 10.0.1 launching on Friday last week. The new releases mostly adds bug fixes and changes the way users share music  on Ping , it adds the ability to use Ping from within  iTunes library, instead of having to manually search out music tracks you already owned in the database of the iTunes Store. Apple lists the following change [...]

Ping Apple’s Ping music social network had a rocky start, it was hit with spam comments,  saw Facebook withdrawing ‘Facebook Connect’ and is plagued with  international availability issues, despite these issues it surpassed the 1 million user milestone in few days after launch. Apple had introduced Ping as the centerpiece of iTunes 10, users can follow updates from both their friends [...]

Facebook Connect Facebook has reportedly pulled the plug on using the ‘Facebook Connect’ on iTunes Ping by turning off Apple’s access to its Facebook Connect API, as  an agreement between Apple and Facebook couldn’t be reached,  prompting Facebook to cut off access.  Apple subsequently removed the feature from its service. Ideally, Facebook’s  API is open to any application [...]

Image Source - Sophos.com Internet and Spam are synonymous,  how could Apple’s recently launched Ping Social Networking site be safe from spam. The Ping network which is  integrated with iTunes 10 and allows iTunes users to follow  artists, update status and swap comments with other fans got attacked by spammers within few hours of its launch, the comments sections to be swamped by phony [...]

iTunes Ping Apple’s upgrade to iTunes 10 with an improved interface and new logo saw the  media management software turn into a fledgling social network called Ping that could rival Facebook and Twitter. The 160 million of  iTunes Store registered users worldwide can now click the ‘Ping’ tab in iTunes, create a profile and begin following and being followed by like-minded [...]

Apple's new releases Apple’s media event on Wednesday was full of shiny gadgets and software releases. We will cover the releases individually, nevertheless, here are the highlights Apple TV Okay – the rumors has got it wrong, the moniker has not changed to Apple iTv, but, Apple TV now beams streaming-only content with a 1/4 size of the old device. The new Apple TV will pack built-in [...]

Source - Engadget Soon after the rumors of a YouTube’s video rental service it has emerged that the day may not be too far before Apple starts offering streaming video through iTunes soon. iTunes’ customer survey seems to hint towards this “Titles are available to watch instantly” is listed among the survey questions which will be a refreshing change from the current method [...]