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Apple iTunes’ Ping launched Wednesday night to a flurry of chatter lauding it as a MySpace killer, only to land Thursday morning amid criticism and a nasty break-up with Facebook. Now that the dust is beginning to settle, let’s take a look at what Ping is, as well as what it could have been.
Om claimed that Ping is the future of social commerce, but its sole focus on purchases and its presence behind a walled garden may hinder that bright future. Here are the four main issues Apple has to work on quickly for Ping to be successful:
… Continue reading: Ping Is Neither Social, Nor Is It a Network. Discuss. [GigaOm]
[AnybodyButApple] poised for success with music publishers
Music companies have all but rolled out the red carpet for Google, believing the technology giant can serve as a counterweight against Apple, which controls 75 to 80 percent of digital music sales via its iTunes store.
Though record companies collect 70 percent of the revenue generated by iTunes, they have bristled under Apple’s terms, which had limited the prices music companies could charge, among other things.
With Google on the scene, the hope is that music companies can lessen their dependence on Apple.
Business & Technology | Google music service eagerly awaited | Seattle Times Newspaper
How many other Buzz headlines have you seen in the business or tech press lately?…
Money aside (a drop in Google’s bucket, to be sure), Google’s biggest problem with Buzz at the moment may be the fact that it appears to be having trouble gaining traction against more established social-networking sites. The company has never disclosed how many people are using Buzz, which allows users to post status updates, essays, photos, or other content and have their "followers" comment on that content, but prominent tech commentator Leo Laporte’s Buzz feed inadvertently went dark for quite some time without either Laporte or his many followers noticing.
Google settles Buzz lawsuit for $8.5M | Relevant Results – CNET… Continue reading: Google settles Buzz lawsuit for $8.5M | Relevant Results – CNET News
A timely reality check
So there we now stand. Net neutrality is in limbo because the public interest purists believe that any compromise is a sellout, and because the F.C.C. so badly shot itself in the foot by pursuing the Comcast case. It is difficult to see how we’re ever going to get net neutrality rules.
Then again, maybe the current snarl isn’t such a bad thing. “If everybody just walked away, the probability of anything bad happening is quite small,” said Mr. Moffett. I agree. Consumers have come to expect an open Internet, and companies will violate net neutrality at their peril. That is just the way the Internet has evolved…. Continue reading: Talking Business – Net Neutrality Talks Are a Struggle for What We Already Have – NYTimes.com
Business as usual for Apple…
Ultimately, initial talks between Apple and Facebook failed, because of Facebook terms that CEO Steve Jobs described as "onerous," according to numerous reports.. Nevertheless, Apple reportedly tried to implement Facebook integration into Ping without authorization, according to AllThingsD. But it didn’t take long for Facebook to figure out Apple’s ploy, and Ping was soon cut off from Facebook.
Facebook and Apple are reportedly still in discussions over Ping, but it’s unclear how long the negotiations will take or whether they will be successful.
Apple vs. Facebook: What’s Behind the Ping Controversy? – PCWorld
Continue reading: Apple vs. Facebook: What’s Behind the Ping Controversy? – PCWorld
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