Pocket-Lint: One of the joys of Ping on iTunes is that you can get close to your favourite artists. Yes, the music-based social network from Apple allows you to snuggle up so tight that you can pretty much read what they've had for breakfast.
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.
