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Apple really is amazing. We keep thinking they are going to go after the usual suspects like Google, Microsoft, and RIM. Now they are aiming their guns at Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg must not be happy.
I would say Last.fm is closer to the centre of Apple's crosshairs
It's funny to see them positioning it as "like Facebook and Twitter for music", as if MySpace never existed.
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" I'll add books to your list " I bet 'gifting' people in your Ping friends network with music (and apps, books later on) will be a profitable feature for Ping, when Apple implements it.
Funny because I meant that in the sense that simonsquiff didn't mention the books in his comment, but you're right. When gifting right now, I don't think you have any way to know if the recipient has or not the song/app. I haven't gifted songs too much, so I'm not sure what happens in that case. Ping might be able to avoid this situation.
A ready-made social network, all the network infrastructure in place, users with credit cards at the ready, owned by a highly successful tech multinational....the recommendation on APPL is 'buy'!
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Apple really is amazing. We keep thinking they are going to go after the usual suspects like Google, Microsoft, and RIM. Now they are aiming their guns at Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg must not be happy.
I would say Last.fm is closer to the centre of Apple's crosshairs
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You say it was expected, yet I heard no one predict it.
Well I can't speak for everyone, but I certainly did. It was also known that apple where buying into this space. Will see if I can find the reference. And I will make another prediction. Apple will have to take on Spotify once they reach momentum in the US (and I think they will with time) In other words iTunes music is going to turn into a streaming music service at some point.
Its going to be interesting to see what effect this has on last.fm ...It doesnt have appear to have my favorite last.fm feature, scrobbling, but I admit I use last.fm little besides that. Particular, the fact that it ties in to iTunes purchases could be very popular.
Facebook must be crapping themselves a little - games, music, video and all the social aspects tied into a piece of software that's deeply integrated into a ton of people's lives.
But Facebook has a client accessible in every platform out there and it is even accessible by a common browser, whereas with Ping I will need iTunes or an Apple device/software to use, also it probably will not have an API. I think Apple is just making things to profit more as a content distributor that it is becoming, Ping and the new AppleTV is just pointing in this direction, at least for me.
They could take it in a whole lot of different directions but nothing about iTunes is aimed at filling some tiny little niche. Why would they bother aiming so low now?
I really enjoyed that "open standards" event, which was broadcast via HTML5 that only worked in Safari and on Mac.
Didn't they submit this format for standardization a year or so ago? If so, you can't blame Apple that others have not implemented it.
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/09/01/http-live-stream...
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You say it was expected, yet I heard no one predict it.
Well I can't speak for everyone, but I certainly did. It was also known that apple where buying into this space. Will see if I can find the reference. And I will make another prediction. Apple will have to take on Spotify once they reach momentum in the US (and I think they will with time) In other words iTunes music is going to turn into a streaming music service at some point.
You're thinking of the LaLa acquisition, maybe? http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/04/apple-kills-lala-musi...
I'm skeptical about Apple doing a social media platform, yet iTunes is a perfect trojan horse. It might not even have to be good to succeed.