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[Gadgetwise] Can Privacy Sell Ping? - NYTimes.com: It may help that Apple doesn’t need to data mine personal information to make money, says Al Hilwa, an analyst at research firm IDC. Though Apple gets some revenue from advertising, its real interests are selling hardware and cultivating its app and media-download marketplaces.

[Adam] The New York times: apple Ping attention privacy protection « Adam: Stanford law and social center and Internet users privacy project director Ryan carol (Ryan Calo), said the speech, enterprise that jobs are response user requirements, no longer forced user participation in social networks, and also simplifies the privacy control. These comments, apples and other companies have begun to privacy as a competitive field.

[ReadWriteWeb] Ping: First Look at the iTunes Social Network: Ping places more focus on feature accounts than Twitter, inviting you to "set your inner groupie free by following your favorite artists on Ping." The service comes pre-loaded with accounts for some leading pop, rock and other music acts.

[Gadgetwise] Ping Fosters Music Discovery, Not Friend Discovery - NYTimes.com: For instance, Ping generates a top 10 list from the music purchases of your circle of friends. By learning what your friends and your celebrity heroes are listening to, you will most likely discover songs you’ll want to buy with one more click.

[elitemarketinginsurance] elitemarketinginsurance » Blog Archive » The iTunes Ping Social ...: To be more clear, Apple asks you to decide between two things: do you want to allow people to follow you, or do you want no one to be able to follow you? The latter is a nice option because you can still use Ping, you simply use it as a lurker.

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[Techwatch Tech News: Digital & Satellite TV, 3DTV, HDTV, IPTV, Cable, Computers, Games, Mobile Phones, Broadband, Internet, Telecoms, VoIP, USB and Wireless] Apple gets social with iTunes Ping: With a ready-made initial user base of 160 million iTunes users, it should be off to a flying start, but if it should somehow flop the social network has an equally ready-made headline: Ping Pongs.

[SJL Web Design Blog] Apple venture into Social Networking with 'Ping' | SJL Web Design Blog: Apple’s co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs revealed the innovation at a press conference in San Francisco, claiming that Ping was “Facebook meets Twitter meets iTunes”, a clear statement of intent to rival the two present leviathans of social networking.

[Technology Headlines News] How Apple's Ping dings Twitter, Facebook - it: Ping picks at the good parts of Twitter and Facebook and builds a social network around something for which everyone has strong feelings. Might Ping teach Facebook something about privacy too?

[Technikfaultier's Blog] What the Ping? « Technikfaultier's Blog: It´s early in the morning here in Duesseldorf, Germany, but I am already awake, eager to test out iTunes 10 and it´s new feature Ping. The first good thing, iTunes 10 is finally ready for download:

[npust] Ping Pongs: What They're Saying About iTunes' Social Upgrade ...: Apple moved quickly to allay potential concerns about information privacy on Wednesday when it introduced Ping, its music-focused... New York Times (blog) ( 9/1/2010 4:11:26 PM -08:00 ) .

[The Iphone Blog] Apple Announces iTuned 10, With The Social Network Ping, Available ...: There will be privacy settings, including letting anyone follow you, or approving each follower. You can listen to track demos, buy albums, and say which concerts you're going to.

[TiPb - The #1 iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch blog] iTunes 10 Ping social music network gallery | TiPb: One of the easier ways to protect your privacy on social networks is to NOT use the same name that is associated with all of your bank accounts. Really, Apple…

[Green Web Design Project Blog] Apple Goes Social with 'Ping' Inside iTunes 10 | Green Web Design ...: Apple on Wednesday waded into the social-networking sphere with the introduction of Ping, a service with iTunes that chief executive Steve Jobs called “social music discovery.”

[TweetingMachine Blog» | Twitter tool TweetingMachine] Apple's Ping rival to Facebook and Twitter launches with 160m ...: Users can create a “circle of friends” to share their tastes, as happens with Facebook, or broadcast their opinions in Ping, as with Twitter. In the wake of Facebook's well publicised gaffes over user privacy, however, Apple's limited, all- or-nothing controls may cause controversy.

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