Apple will reportedly kill off its languishing social network for music, Ping. All Things D's John Paczkowski, whose prior Apple leaks have proven accurate, says Apple will pull the plug in the next ...

As worldwide attention focuses on Apple’s problem-riddled Maps app, another Apple miscue is about to be quietly put to rest. This month, Apple’s iTunes music social network -- Ping -- began displaying ...

Ping, Apple's largely ignored attempt at a music-focused social network, is officially shutting down Sept. 30. During Apple's media event Wednesday, Apple introduced a redesigned iTunes interface for ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

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 chief Steve Jobs's trumpeting of the 160 million credit card holders on iTunes was a siren call to spammers. As if they needed any invitation. The most common incidence of scamming on Apple's ...

Wondering why you can’t use Facebook to find your friends on Ping–Apple’s new iTunes-based social network that supposedly connects to the social networking site? Turns out Apple and Facebook were ...