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Comment on Ping: Advertising Shill by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:38:00 +0000

As far as Lady GaGa posting to Ping or a staff member. Don't be so sure about a staff member. There are a lot of artists/actors/celeb's posting to Twitter these days. If it's quick and easy and they have easy access... Ping being in iTunes on an iPhone possibly makes posting pretty easy.

Now, the program here is that there are more and more social networking sites popping up all the time. Will Lady GaGa post to both Twitter and Ping and Facebook and etc... Probably not.

Its very likely that Apple approached the artists they are currently recommending asking them to participate. They updated the artists iPhones with the iOS 4.1 and their computers with iTunes 10 to get them started.

Since iTunes is pretty much the biggest music store in the world, its very likely that every artist will hop on to Ping as time progresses. They would be very foolish not to. It's like Best Buy and/or WalMart saying that they will whisper into all their customers ears what the artists want for free. All the artists have to do is sell their music at their stores.

Comment on Ping: Advertising Shill by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:06:00 +0000

I understand what you’re saying and it makes sense, but it’s far more likely that someone on Lady GaGa’s staff is updating her Ping activity. I don’t see Alice Cooper sitting around doing that. He’s more interested in touring and making music than updating his Ping profile.

And what about people such as Leadbelly, Gram Parsons, and Buck Owens? You know, dead people? There has to be (or needs to be) a way to follow updates for these artists.

It seems like Apple would’ve had more artists on board before rolling this out and, given the artists who are on board, it strikes me as more promotional than social.

Comment on Ping: Advertising Shill by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:47:00 +0000

To be fair, the artists have to join the network just like us users. Just like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc… If that artist isn’t on the social media site, you can’t follow them or be a fan.

I suspect over the next few months, more and more groups will add themselves to Ping so that they can start promoting their content just like Lady GaGa.

At any rate, I’m way more interested in following friends that I know have similar taste in music as myself. Once I am sure that it’s safe to use with Jailbroken iPhones, I’ll join and hook up with those folks. I’m sure at least one of them has an iPod. Whether they use iTunes or some other music organization software is yet to be seen.

Comment on Of Mice and Magic by Podcast Episode #029 — MyAppleAnd.Me

Podcast Episode #029 — MyAppleAnd.Me — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:35:34 +0000

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Comment on Apple looking into iOS 4 and iPhone 3G issues by Dave_Metzener

Dave_Metzener — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:07:57 +0000

Updated! Thanks for catching that!

Comment on Apple looking into iOS 4 and iPhone 3G issues by spiritofnine

spiritofnine — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:00:09 +0000

The 16GB iPhone 4 is $199. The 32GB is $299.

Comment on Android app steals data by Dave_Metzener

Dave_Metzener — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:41:03 +0000

Yep, that was pretty much the point of the article. The concern I have is that the "dealt with" part for Android is posts in forums.

The applications can still be installed, they may not be highlighted in Google's App Marketplace, but (I may be totally mistaken here) they can be downloaded and installed from other sites that highlight Android apps.

There needs to be a centralized website that lets Android users know if an app is safe to install. There may actually be one, or at least an app that you can install that lists applications and helps you keep installed apps up-to-date.

I have heard Leo Laporte talking about such things, but I can't find any websites myself. He highlighted an app on his Droid X, but I can't say for sure if it vets apps to be sure they are safe before listing them in that app.

Comment on Android app steals data by spiritofnine

spiritofnine — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:32:49 +0000

Apple has a broken, infuriating, and embarrassing approval process that still allows data-stealing apps to get through, even though those apps are eventually identified and dealt with accordingly.

Android has an open system that allows data-stealing apps to get through, even though those apps are eventually identified and dealt with accordingly.

Comment on Of Mice and Magic by Dave_Metzener

Dave_Metzener — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:18:03 +0000

This is an excellent point. It seems very likely that Apple is grooming us for a change in using Mac's with Touch control as opposed to Mouse control.

Since pretty much all of their “computer” products support multi-touch now.

Still, OS X will have to be radically different in order for it to be “touch friendly”. If you have ever played with Windows either via stylus or touch, you know that current OS UI's just are not will designed for touch.

Comment on Jailbreaking is Legal by Dave_Metzener

Dave_Metzener — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:55:37 +0000

I wonder if this will change Motorola's hardware check for “rooting” the Droid X so that it won't “brick” the phone after rooting it. Mind you, it's a temporary brick status since you can factory restore the phone and get it back. Still, I'm sure that there are quite a few Android users that would like to root the Droid X to make it better.