News just in that Apple has launched Ping – a social media service that works with iTunes and lets users follow musicians and friends.
Ping will be included in Apple’s next update for iTunes and will allow users to follow musicians and friends to receive information such as what music they’re listening to or what concerts they’re attending. This will appear in a stream - similar to Facebook or Twitter.
The service, available immediately, can also be accessed via the iPhone and iPod Touch.
The news will come as a blow to rival social music services, such as MySpace, which had planned a fresh assault on the social music market later this year with a major relaunch.
Apple have also announced the release of a new iPod Touch 4G, iPod Nano 6th Gen, and a version of Apple TV that can stream movies and television shows directly from the internet.
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