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Ping App Aims to Turn Personal Emails Into Chat Threads
Ping, an iPhone app that treats emails like mobile message streams, launches today. In addition to importing regular email from various cloud services and sorting out bulk messages, the app includes voice recording, video chat and doodling — as well as custom notifications for individual senders and groups. Co-founder Erez Pilosof had previously co-founded the influential Israeli Internet portal Walla, which had been an early competitor with Gmail.
Apple’s Next Battleground Isn’t TV; It’s Web Services
Great Web services are as critical to Apple’s success as great hardware.Viral Video: The Scott-Also-Isn’t-Sorry-for-Posting-These iPad Mini Spoofs
Let’s also lay the whole Ping debacle on the former software head.Apple’s iRadio: The Case Against Pandora Panic
Pandora investors flipped out yesterday after a new report about Apple’s music plans. Consider this post a digital Xanax.Yes, Apple’s Chomp Has Bitten the Dust
Apple confirms it has fully discontinued the app-finding service it acquired. Some of the service’s technology will live on in the App Store.R.I.P. Ping (September 2010-September 2012)
It won’t be missed.Apple’s Ping to End With a Thud in Next Release of iTunes
Apple plans to abandon Ping, its failed social networking service for music.Man, Smartphones Just Don’t Shut Up
It’s not just that modern smartphones are gobbling up tons of data. Another part of their challenge to wireless networks is that they are constantly pinging the network.What’s In Store for Technology in 2011
Walt looks at the products and competitive positions of key contenders as they enter a new year.News Byte