The Problem With Ping...

With the launch of Ping this week in the latest update for iTunes, Apple is finally adding social elements to its software. Ping is essentially a social music discovery feature in iTunes. You can friend, follow, or lurk to see what music other people on iTunes—people you know, people...

Project Dance Party: Fa...

Yesterday, news broke about a new feature Facebook is testing out called “Subscribe.” For a second, I thought it might be the equivalent of Twitter’s “follow” ability — that is, a feature which would let you follow the updates of someone that...

WhereMark Launches Loca...

Okay, here’s the deal, if you are a startup unveiling a new location-based service in a market saturated with location-based services please tell us what is unique about you vs. the 800 or so other services out there and please please whatever you do don’t copy the RULE.fm...

The Tweeting Wifi Body ...

Withings , the Paris-based company behind the famous tweeting wifi body scale , has just scored 3 million euros from French VC firm, Ventech . It’s the company’s first round of funding and will be used primarily for the development of 2 new products, which should come out...

Twitter Just Killed Som...

Are you addicted to Twitter? Do you have an iPad? Even if the answer to both is “no” right now, after you see Twitter for iPad, those answers are going to change — quickly. Yes, the wait is over. Launching tonight in the App Store is Twitter for iPad — the first...

Preview: Apple’s Ping...

One of the big announcements at Apple’s event today was Ping , the music social network that Apple has baked into iTunes. But it’s not just on iTunes for the computer, it’s also a part of iTunes on the iPhone and iPod touch. This will be a part of the new iOS 4.1...

Apple’s Ping Music So...

During their event today in San Francisco, Apple announced iTunes 10, the latest version of their music software. But they also introduced a big new feature in the app — Ping: a social network for music. It’s like “ Facebook and Twitter meet iTunes ,” Jobs says....

iTunes 10 Features New ...

Like Siamese twins, the iPod and iTunes go hand-in-hand. This week’s iPod update, then brought a whole new version of iTunes, v10, with a new logo and a few new features. Read the original: iTunes 10 Features New Logo And Social Media Sharing Service,...

PlacePop Gives Facebook...

Facebook Places appears to be off to a strong start, with integration into services like Gowalla, Yelp, and SCVNGR. But it also has some pretty glaring omissions, namely the fact there’s not really a good way to do much with Places data from the browser. Now PlacePop , a startup...

Udemy Scores $1M In See...

Udemy , which aims to democratize learning on the Web by basically letting anyone teach and school themselves through online courses, has raised $1 million in seed funding from a host of top notch investors to ramp up hiring efforts. The Founder Institute -incubated startup received...