In a single week, Facebook has become not just a competitor to Apple, but the Mother of All Apple Competitors. Facebook this week announced a series of initiatives and partnerships that the New York Times says makes Facebook a “primary entertainment hub.” Facebook’s 800...Why Apple Needs a Real Social Network
In a single week, Facebook has become not just a competitor to Apple, but the Mother of All Apple Competitors. Facebook this week announced a series of initiatives and partnerships that the New York Times says makes Facebook a “primary entertainment hub.” Facebook’s 800...Hey look, Exfm is like Ping, but useful!
A new iPhone app released on Thursday brings a music social network to the iPhone. Not for the first time, mind you, but it does get a lot of things right that previous offerings, including Apple's own Ping, haven't yet been able to nail down.
Analyzing Apple’s Social (Media) Anxiety Disorder
While Microsoft's "Welcome to the Social" advertisements were often derided, it's ironic that Microsoft, and not Apple, has a better history with social media interactions. Here are the three areas Apple tried to make a play with social media, and instead fell just "a bit outside." 
The Oatmeal on Verizon iPhone, Ping
So true.
Oh, and don’t miss the Groupon, Google and Tumblr artworks, also available here.
Next up: The Oatmeal on the white iPhone?
2010 in review: Rise of iOS
Here, in no particular order, are some of the top stories we saw in 2010. The year was packed with Apple announcements, some planned and one unplanned. The real standout this year was iOS coming into its own. This year's WWDC was all about iOS, for ex...
CNN: Antennagate Biggest Tech Fail of 2010 (Ping’s In There, Too)
It was June, summer was about to start, we just bought our shiny new iPhone 4s…and the Internet went crazy about what eventually got the name of “Antennagate”. You remember this story. The “weak spot” of the iPhone 4 which, due to a new antenna design, can make the device lose signal when you’re holding...
Apple Shows Continued Commitment to Ping With Playlists
Late Dec. 10, Apple introduced new playlist features for Ping, the social music network it introduced as part of iTunes 10. Ping users can now share iTunes playlists on your profile, and let friends collaborate on those playlists by adding songs.
Ping Introduces Social Playlists
Ping just got a micron less useless on Friday with the addition of new functionality: the ability to make social playlists and share them with friends. It’s pretty straight forward. Just go to the Ping icon in iTunes and click “Create A New Playlist” on...Apple Finally Has A Better Short URL for Ping: iTun.es
Tonight I went out to show some friends of mine Infinity Blade for the iPhone (they all loved the graphics, by the way) and when I came back home 10 minutes ago I decided I would take 10 minutes to check out The Smith’s albums that were released in the iTunes Store earlier today. I...
