Steve Jobs: Facebook to Blame for Being Left Out of iTunes Ping
You may have noticed the absence of any link to Facebook from Ping, the new social network for music that Steve Jobs introduced on Tuesday. But not for lack of trying, according to Apple's CEO.
In comments made to Kara Swisher of the AllThingsDigital website, Jobs acknowledged that the two companies had held talks about possible partnerships but that Facebook wanted "onerous terms that we could not agree to."
With Ping, users can sign up and find friends, acquaintances and public figures to "follow." As with Facebook and Twitter, Ping will deliver a stream of updates, showing friends' iTunes purchases and other information. Ping will also generate a personalized top-10 music chart based on what friends buy or listen to.
You can read Kara's full story here.