You'd think that getting a million people to sign up for a social networking site within 48 hours of going live would be unqualified success. But if the company is Apple (AAPL) and the service is Ping ...

The attempt at a social network by the tech-giant-turned-music-distributor debuted in September 2010, but the service fell flat and the company has since changed its social-music strategy. By William ...

It was only a matter of time before Ping, Apple’s failed iTunes music discovery tool, was sent to its grave. Following the released of iTunes 10.7 earlier today, Apple has revealed that Ping will be ...

The social network for music officially closes up shop today. Its users have had about a month to save anything important. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh ...

Some details about Apple products are still trickling out after all the hoopla earlier today, and one late-afternoon announcement revealed that Ping, Apple’s erstwhile social network, has been marked ...

Apple is going to include features salvaged from its dead social network Ping in its new streaming service, 9to5Mac reports. The new beta version of iOS, Apple's mobile operating system, accidentally ...