You'd think that getting a million people to sign up for a social networking site within 48 hours of going live would be unqualified success. But if the company is Apple (AAPL) and the service is Ping ...

As worldwide attention focuses on Apple’s problem-riddled Maps app, another Apple miscue is about to be quietly put to rest. This month, Apple’s iTunes music social network -- Ping -- began displaying ...

The attempt at a social network by the tech-giant-turned-music-distributor debuted in September 2010, but the service fell flat and the company has since changed its social-music strategy. By William ...

Ping, the social network on iTunes, is an ultra-exclusive club — but not in the way Apple would like it. Since launching in September, little more than 2,000 musical acts have joined Ping. Such ...

September 1, 2010: Apple’s new music-focused social network, Ping, ships as part of iTunes 10. Apple says the service will let users discover new music and more easily follow their favorite artists.

It was only a matter of time before Ping, Apple’s failed iTunes music discovery tool, was sent to its grave. Following the released of iTunes 10.7 earlier today, Apple has revealed that Ping will be ...

Apple has officially shut down its failed social network Ping. Reports in June signaled that Apple's social iTunes network would be removed from the next version of iTunes. Apple has since been ...

Don't blame me this time for blasting Apple. There's a long line of tech writers, bloggers and, most importantly, consumers themselves with nothing but scorched earth comments about Apple's new social ...

Ping, Apple's largely ignored attempt at a music-focused social network, is officially shutting down Sept. 30. During Apple's media event Wednesday, Apple introduced a redesigned iTunes interface for ...

Apple is going to include features salvaged from its dead social network Ping in its new streaming service, 9to5Mac reports. The new beta version of iOS, Apple's mobile operating system, accidentally ...

Some details about Apple products are still trickling out after all the hoopla earlier today, and one late-afternoon announcement revealed that Ping, Apple's erstwhile social network, has been marked ...

What do you get when you connect your customers to each other? If the customers like your product (and I’d say 10 billions songs sold shows definite positive bias) you get more sales. This echo ...