Ping is a new music-focused social networking service being introduced by Apple which lets someone follow their favorite artists and even so what music their friends are listening to.
Why is it better than Facebook?
3 words - it is simple. Facebook with all of its applications and games and photo tagging features is becoming too complicated for the typical user to handle. That's why I think more people are moving towards Twitter. Apple is advertising that their privacy settings are "super simple to set up". The simplicity alone may be enough to sell Ping to the public.
Facebook + Ping = "frenemies"
Since Ping allows you to see what your Facebook friends are listening to, Facebook is a stakeholder in this venture. However, as of last Thursday, Facebook has blocked Apple's Ping from gaining access to their services saying "Ping had the potential to send so much traffic Facebook's way and cause site stability and infrastructure problems".
I wonder if Apple and Facebook can work out their "frenemy" (friend-enemy) situation soon so that Ping can be released.
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