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Monday, September 6, 2010
iTunes Ping - Review
Apple recently released a new music-centric social networking service called "Ping". At the moment, it looks half-baked at best, useless at worst.
Here's some of the things I think are wrong or missing as of now:
1. Another "walled garden" that's separate from other social networks, especially facebook. I think this is the biggest failing - searching for friends who participate in the service by their names or email addresses one-by-one SUCKS. Period.
2. The artists that are participating are relatively sparse at this point, and I suspect Apple recruited those who are there. Also, independent artists can't setup an "Artist" profile on their own - currently they've got to setup a personal account profile.
3. The "following" of specific artists isn't integrated properly with their iTunes store listing. If a particular artist is for sale on the iTunes, you should be able to follow them from there, regardless of whether they have setup an artist profile in Ping.
When Steve Jobs demoed the new iTunes "Ping" social networking service, it had Facebook friend finding. Apparently the feature was pulled last minute because Apple used a Facebook API without approval. Even if that feature was still there, it's not enough. The status updates, etc. should be fully integrated into Facebook. If iTunes Ping remains a separate social network, it will fail.
Here's some of the things I think are wrong or missing as of now:
1. Another "walled garden" that's separate from other social networks, especially facebook. I think this is the biggest failing - searching for friends who participate in the service by their names or email addresses one-by-one SUCKS. Period.
2. The artists that are participating are relatively sparse at this point, and I suspect Apple recruited those who are there. Also, independent artists can't setup an "Artist" profile on their own - currently they've got to setup a personal account profile.
3. The "following" of specific artists isn't integrated properly with their iTunes store listing. If a particular artist is for sale on the iTunes, you should be able to follow them from there, regardless of whether they have setup an artist profile in Ping.
When Steve Jobs demoed the new iTunes "Ping" social networking service, it had Facebook friend finding. Apparently the feature was pulled last minute because Apple used a Facebook API without approval. Even if that feature was still there, it's not enough. The status updates, etc. should be fully integrated into Facebook. If iTunes Ping remains a separate social network, it will fail.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Pedophilia in Afghanistan...
Why have I heard nothing about this before?
Apparently pedophilia is a common practice in Pashtun culture in Afghanistan.
And of all the outlets to cover it - The San Francisco Chronicle???
Full article here:
Afghanistan's dirty little secret
Apparently pedophilia is a common practice in Pashtun culture in Afghanistan.
And of all the outlets to cover it - The San Francisco Chronicle???
Full article here:
Afghanistan's dirty little secret
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