Mashable: In less than two days, Apple’s Ping music social network has surpassed the 1 million user milestone.
Apple introduced Ping as the centerpiece of iTunes 10 at its music event earlier this week. It is a music-centric social network where users can follow updates from both their friends and their favorite music artists. It includes custom song and album charts, a news feed and 17,000+ concert listings.
You may have an amazing setup, but even the best gamer on the best rig will come undone if they have lag caused by high ping. All online gamers have experienced those frustrating moments when you’re about the pull the trigger, be it shooting at goal or firing a rifle from cover when the game judders for a fraction of a second and your golden opportunity is wasted. The only thing worse is when lag gifts your opponent an easy victory.
ItProportal: Ping, Apple's laughable attempt at a social network, will be shut down with the next major release of iTunes, according to a report.
The social network, billed by Cupertino as "sort of like Facebook and Twitter meets iTunes," will apparently be phased out in favour of integration with those two existing, and much more successful, social media channels.
Techradar: MySpace has teamed up with Facebook in a ground-breaking move to gain and keep users, in addition to countering the threat from Apple's new 'Ping' social network.
That was quick.