[crafter]

Ping is a flop of biblical proportions. It was almost painful to see Apple try and marry off such hideous offspring to all it's iTunes users. We all just laughed.

Now Apple wants to go exclusive with Twitter, the sexy "it" girl that everybody wants to court. It makes sense to me. It's the only thing that could possibly atone for Ping.

[Steko]

You're overreaching. Once FB pulled the rug out from Ping -- which happened before launch -- no one really expected much of it.

Apple doesn't want exclusive with Twitter, they just signed a huge deal with FB for the same integration they've gave Twitter. Applen just wants to make sure they don't get locked out of things many of their customers see as vital.