As promised, with the month of September concluded, Apple has closed Ping, its social networking service for iTunes that never caught much traction.
The company announced last month that Ping would cease to exist after Sept. 30. That schedule held true, and as of Monday, Ping can no longer be found in iTunes.
Apple first launched Ping in 2010 as a new component of iTunes 10. It was intended to promote music discovery and increase sales of iTunes content.
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Apple can do no wrong…
Atleast Apple will admit something is crap and do away with it. Unlike Google+, UltraViolet digital movies, etc.
Ping perishes right on schedule That headline gave a Gizmodo-style feel ;)
What exactly was Ping? Not sure if I ever saw the point of it - but then I am not into posting a status update on Facebook every time I sneeze either.
I haven't used Ping for a while, but it was awesome to get great music recommendations from Robin Pecknold and Rick Rubin. Those two guys introduced so much obscure but great music to me, especially Pecknold. His blog and the Fleet Foxes blog don't have the same function because they are controlled by the record labels.