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Ping Could Be Apple's Social Networking Backdoor?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-don't-think-it's-a-secret dept.

rsmiller510 writes "Could Apple's announcement about Ping, a music-based social network be Apple's social networking trojan horse? Facebook might want to be concerned." Of course it is. Update: 09/02 19:26 GMT by T : Jamie points out this post on Daring Fireball, according to which Steve Jobs blames the non-integration on "onerous terms" suggested by Facebook.

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  1. Ping by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ping www.apple.com
    PING e3191.c.akamaiedge.net (184.84.45.15): 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from 184.84.45.15: icmp_seq=0 ttl=53 time=31.528 ms

    1. Re:Ping by node+3 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, because words can have only one meaning and no more. They especially can't be used for products or company names.

      Word, Tux, Oracle, Excel, Sun, Bing, Java, Gnome, Yahoo...

      Wow, Apple is sure going to confuse people with this!

  2. Re:First they laughed at me. by Mongoose+Disciple · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's not quite accurate -- you said that Ping would kill Facebook. Without really knowing jack about it.

    I still think that's funny and/or you're trolling, although I also think an article about Apple coming in through the backdoor is inherently funny and invites numerous lube jokes.

  3. Backdoor my foot by srussia · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's the bloody Arc de Triomphe!

    --
    Set your phasers on "funky"!
  4. Re:Is It Only Through iTMS Application? by noidentity · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks to be just more bloat on an already bloated piece of software. The least they could do is modularize iTunes so that if I click a box on install I can make it so that the application is just a way to put music onto an iPod. I am sick and tired of the video and TV stuff forcing me to put Quicktime on my machine!

    Yep, leave it to Apple to make the simple ping command all bloated and require QuickTime, etc.

  5. Re:Is It Only Through iTMS Application? by RivenAleem · · Score: 5, Funny

    "It's Turtlenecks all the way down"