Monday, September 6, 2010

Apple's Ping recorded over 1 million users in first 48 hours!!!

Apple said Friday that its Ping network for music has reached more than 1 million users in its first 48 hours after launch.

One-third of the people who have downloaded iTunes 10 have joined Ping, said Eddy Cue who is  Apple's vice president of Internet Services. He expects the network continue growing in coming weeks as more people download iTunes 10.  Apple's CEO Steve Jobs had said  Ping is similar to Facebook and Twitter and its users can follow artists and friends, and know what others are listening and purchasing.
Now with 160 million iTunes users in 23 countries, Ping has a ready traffic, even though users will have to opt-in to the service after downloading the latest version of iTunes. Initially people could connect to Facebook users but that feature is disabled. However Hours after launch, spammers had already started posting links related to scams.Fake celebrity accounts have been created as well.

Apple had added vibration to the fourth-generation iPod touch

The new iPod touch device includes a motor for vibration, similar to the one found in the iPhone. The vibrate feature can be used to alert a user of a call when the phone is placed on silent; it has also become an important feature in games. Apple's website notes that the new device has the ability to vibrate, but notes only that it is used for an alert for Face Time calls.

Therefore if somebody starts a video call, we will receive an invitation along with a vibrating alert on our iPod touch asking us to join. However the iPad along with the iPhone and iPod touch cannot display Flash content