Apple (more info) is reportedly working to integrate some social feature with iTunes (more info). This has come from an anonymous source at BoyGeniusReport also have a look at the screen shots of iTunes 9. Consider this a rumour and only rumour for the time being. It broadly says 3 things
1). The application will allow you to broadcast your “music status” i.e. title of the songs you are listening to as status update to various social networks.
2). Will consolidate your social networking activity to a single place.
3). It is could be something very similar to Yahoo’s OneConnect.
It is still not clear whether this going to be an iPhone App or a desktop app (or both).
What could this mean? This social networking app if at all coming can be used as a launch pad for almost all major social networks. User might also be able to casually monitor other social networks and options like Facebook connect, Sign-In With Twitter, OpenID etc could be an obvious addition. You will be able to update you status (+ status of the songs you are listening to) and see your online friends and their messages from a single place. Too much of speculation now! Rest.
Follow-Up
TechCrunch : Apple Planning Some Super Secret Social App? by MG Siegler
AppleInsider : Apple rumored to create social media consolidation client by Sam Oliver
Mashable! : Apple’s Social Media Strategy = iTunes? by Adam Ostrow
BusinessWeek : Rumors About iTunes 9 Heat Up by Arik Hesseldahl
MacRumors : More Details on iTunes 9’s Social Media Integration? [Updated] by Eric Slivka
August 12th, 2009 at 3:19 am
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August 13th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
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August 14th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
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August 14th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
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September 9th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
[...] what can we expect? death of classic ipods, launch of iTunes9 with a music sharing feature with twitter/facebook and Iphone 3.1 OS [...]
September 9th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
[...] Agarwal : Biggest News of the day : iTunes connects with facebook Twitter!!! As we said earlier. right on target…. Wow ksantani: The show is over. Norah Jones is performing at the [...]
September 10th, 2009 at 12:58 am
[...] on this one in next keynote. I must mention here… we were right on target when we said thatApple might come out with a Social Networking app and it will roll out iTunes 9 also No Camera in iPods and the info about the surprise keynote in September (though we goofed up [...]
February 15th, 2010 at 3:46 am
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