Apple Music streaming service to use more social features than Ping
Artists will be able to post media and promote one another’s work on Spotify-style service, latest media reports suggest
November 2010
MySpace announces 'Mashup with Facebook' collaboration
Alliance between News Corp's beleaguered site and longtime rival will put them in direct competition with Apple's Ping
September 2010
Caspar Llewellyn Smith on music
In world turned upside down, where the Sex Pistols have a perfume and the men behind Facebook are the new pin-ups, at least Morrissey remains his bigoted old self, writes Caspar Llewellyn Smith
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Apple's Ping succumbs to the spammers
New social network built inside iTunes fails to keep out the spammers, showing a curse of social media – even inside proprietorial walls
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Apple's Ping - a capsule review
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs ups company's social media game with Ping – a music recommendation and sharing feature that has been added to the latest version of iTunes. By Jemima Kiss