Ding-dong, Ping is dead: Apple kills its social music service

Apple’s Ping, that social music service in iTunes that most people didn’t use, is finally kicking the bucket. In the next version of iTunes, Ping will be gone, sources told All Things D.

Ping is a social network for music, …

WTFast promises to destroy lag in online games; we’re skeptical

The WTFast service is supposedly an accelerator of the connection between clients and servers which potentially increases the responsiveness of online games. I was skeptical, so I went in search of more data.

Apple roundup: Steve's big media push

So Apple made some news today. Specifically, chief executive Steve Jobs took the stage in San Francisco, where he showed off major upgrades to the company’s music and TV services.

As happens on anytime Apple holds a press event, there …