Post(s) tagged with "iOS 6"

Apple Will Discontinue Ping in Next iTunes Update - John Paczkowski via AllThingsD ⇢

Apple is abandoning Ping, the social music service built into iTunes that nearly everyone panned, while services like Twitter and Facebook have skyrocketed:

John Paczkowski via AllThingsD

Sources close to the company say that Ping, which still exists today in iTunes 10.6.3 and the iOS 6 beta — where it doesn’t work, will be gone with the software’s next major release, likely scheduled for this fall. And at that point Apple’s social networking offerings will shift to Twitter and new partner Facebook entirely.

Well, I used it a tad but I won’t feel a void in my life from its passing.

13 June 2012 4 Permalink
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The company has gone from having 30% of its 100 million users active every day in January 2011 to over 50% active daily users today. The recent iOS 5 Twitter integration has notably increased signups 3x.

Twitter Is At 250 Million Tweets Per Day, iOS 5 Integration Made Signups Increase 3x

The iOS 5 effect for Twitter. When will Apple buy them, and make Twitter a core protocol of the coming social operating system? iOS 6?

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18 October 2011 70 bijan Permalink
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