Apple’s music social-network Ping gets Twitter integration

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It looks like Apple’s musical social network — Ping — is getting integrated with an actual social network, Twitter (burn). Via a post on the company’s blog, Twitter announced that users of Ping and Twitter would be able to link their respective accounts from within iTunes. Once linked, users have the ability to alert their followers of songs, artists, or albums they like or review. As Twitter explains, activity on Ping will “be tweeted to your Twitter followers” and include “playable song previews and links to purchase and download music from iTunes.” The new feature is available in all 23 countries where Apple’s iTunes Music Store is offered.

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7 Comments
  • Len

    When I read Ping. I think of the Ping! from BBM, not Apple.. Shows how relevant this social network is…

    • http://www.bgr.com Andrew Munchbach

      I think of the golf clubs.

      • Len

        I even think of Bing when I hear Ping, before actually thinking about Apple’s Ping… But then again, I don’t even have a Twitter account so I must have no life and my opinion must not count lol…

  • http://twitter.com/travisdennie Travis Dennie

    From seeing the Twitter screenshot, wouldn’t “Twitter Gets Ping Integration” be a better article title?

  • Anonymous

    maybe this might make Ping fun to use if it tweets what you are listening to like Blipfm

  • Bullyboy

    Looks like wp7 has started the heavy intergration revolution. He hr

  • Bryan

    The reason ping will fail eventually is IMHO most people who like to social network the most….all download music illegally the most. They pretty much just use iTunes to sync everything but thats about it.

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