Apple has launched Ping a social networking service for music lovers which Apple CEO Steve Jobs calls “social music discovery.”
Apple has launched Ping a social networking service for music lovers which Apple CEO Steve Jobs calls “social music discovery.”
Described as where Facebook and Twitter meets iTunes by Apple boss Steve Jobs said. It’s a “social network all about music and built right into iTunes”.
Available on the PC as well as the iPhone, and the iPod touch,The service is part of iTunes 10, which Apple released today.
Users can follow their favorite artists publicly or create their own, private profiles, much like Facebook. Users can set up a “circle of friends” and share information only with those people. ITunes will then display top 10 charts that reflect what friends are downloading.
“Get as private and public as you want,” Jobs said. “Privacy is super simple – anyone can do it.”
Ping will be open to 160 million users in 23 countries immediately, it includes 17,000 concert listings.
