Apple Create New Social Networking: Ping

Map of social media may be
changed. Apple is now into the realm of networking by providing new social services named Ping and Game Center.

"This is a social network of music," said Steve Jobs, Apple founder and CEO, while Ping launches in San Francisco, quoted from BBC website.

Pings built on the latest iTunes software. It's just adding the concept of networking Ping social into it. With Ping, the user can
create a profile of yourself, a network of friends, complete with music playlists. This service can be accessed via iTunes software
10 that has been available for the Mac version as well his PC, or through application iTunes on iPhone and iPod Touch.

"We think this will be popular because 160 million people (iTunes users-red) can already use it, "said Jobs is optimistic. Not
Ping only, at the same occasion, Apple also Game Center release.
Game Center is an online gaming service for IOS platform devices (the iPhone OS). Through this service, users can be mutually
challenging his colleagues to play games specific. They can also exhibit
their achievement scores in one game to their colleagues the other.

This is not new. Prior to Ping,
Microsoft also has provided similar services for the owners of the Zune music player. Some Ping is also featured in the has been provided by Spotify and Last.fm. But so far is that iTunes has the biggest user.
While such services are also GameCentre already enjoyed by Xbox Live users.
But Xbox Live is a service paid. While games-games on Facebook
that runs in Flash, often not even
can be accessed through most mobile phones.

According to analysts from research firm CCS, this is ambitious step to challenging Apple Other social networks that already exist.

"They will soon find a way to
differentiate their products with networks Other social. Because so many have using iTunes, it's extending natural, "said Michael Gartenberg, analyst of the Altimeter Group.

Ping also feared the emergence of even going finish off the remnants of greatness MySpace today is still quite popular among musicians.

"Ping will destroy what is still
MySpace lagging in market share, "said Xeni Jardin, Co editor of the blog Boing-Technology
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