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Steve Jobs’s Biggest Apple Flops

7:30AM August 26, 2011 | Adrian Covert

In Steve Jobs’s two stints at Apple, the company made some great products. Their most amazing products. But no one’s perfect. Not even Steve Jobs. And Apple produced a few pieces of total crap during his reign. Here’re the worst. More »

Geek Out

These Tools Help Firefighters Start Fires

1:20PM June 1, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Firefighters have the coolest job. They get to play with fire each day and don’t get in any trouble for doing so. Of all the firefighting jobs out there, the position of burn boss is by far the best. More »

Mobile

Disable Ping To Save Battery On Your iOS Device

5:15AM March 29, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

If you’ve noticed that your iPhone or iPod touch’s battery life has declined since the iOS 4.3 update, you may find that disabling a few services – namely the Ping social network – will help your battery last longer. More »

Michael Jackson’s Latest Song Can Only Be Heard On Apple’s Ping

10:40PM December 2, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

While the jury’s still out on the authenticity of MJ’s other single Breaking News from his posthumous album, the latest song has been released – and this time, Apple’s Ping has the exclusive offering. More »

Twitter And Ping Now Sharing A Bed

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10:43AM November 15, 2010 | Nick Broughall

When Apple launched Ping earlier this year, the internet bemoaned the lack of Twitter and Facebook integration in the music social networking service. It seems they’ve kinda fixed half of that now… More »

You Can Use Ping On Your iPad Now

10:14AM November 14, 2010 | Casey Chan

Apple just updated the iTunes app on the iPad and it adds…Ping! It was a backend update so there’s no new download necessary. Just hit up the new Ping tab on the iTunes app to get your social music-ing on. *cricket* More »

Steve Jobs And Mark Zuckerberg Break Bread, Talk Ping?

2:45AM October 18, 2010 | Jack Loftus

Holy dinner date! Two of tech’s heaviest heavyweights, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, had supper together two weeks ago and talked about—well, we don’t exactly know, but you can be sure it was probably more about Ping than poking. More »

Apple Throws The Rule Book At Music Stars

10:00AM October 13, 2010 | Austin Carr - FastCompany

Rockstars are notoriously hard to control. Think of Axl Rose or Kanye West. Legendary artists play by their own rules: showing up late to gigs, mouthing off to fans or fighting record-label execs for getting in the way of music. Which makes it especially odd that Apple, for its new music social network Ping, would release a nine-page book of guidelines for artists planning to join the service. More »

Software

Here’s How You Get Rid Of That Annoying Ping Drop-Down In ITunes

5:19AM October 1, 2010 | Brian Barrett

iTunes 10.0.1 brought with it a Ping drop-down menu. Which some people liked! But if Ping’s not your thing, here’s how you get rid of that drop-down menu altogether. More »

Software

ITunes 10.0.1 Update Finally Makes Ping Social Network Into A Social Network

1:00AM September 27, 2010 | Jack Loftus

Like many people, I activated Ping when Apple revealed it earlier this month, and then like many people I stopped using it. Where’s the, um, social? Why is it saying I like all these Britney Spears remixes? Et cetera. More »