Apple Ping - Come on, goodbye

After two years of existence and sluggish job was closed music social network Ping, tied to iTunes. We can not say that this service has become very popular among users, so the company simply decided to get rid of unclaimed product.

The plans, associated with the closure of Ping, Apple has notified the management in mid-September. At the same time it has been specified the exact date of the stop network operation - 30 September. Furthermore, in June the general director at Apple, Tim Cook (Tim Cook), recognized that the elimination of the Ping and voted by users. According to them, this service is not necessary in order to give him time.

Social network Ping It was launched in 2010. The company planned to provide users with the opportunity to iTunes using it to publish and share their musical tastes. But this people was not enough, did not help, and integration with Twitter.

In the current version of iTunes Ping tab anymore. It will not be in mediakombayn iTunes 11, The release of which is expected in October. But will the integration with iCloud, the new design the album view, trendy mini player, an updated interface for iOS and many other "buns".

As for Ping An, then it's time to tell the service: "Come on, goodbye." Apple just unlucky with online services, then you are lucky to future gadgets, for example, iPad mini.

[via MacRumors]