R.I.P. iTunes Ping ⇥ arstechnica.com

Apple doesn’t do social networks well. In fact, companies that don’t devote their entire time to social networking tend to fail at it. Look at Google Buzz or Google+—neither of these is used to anywhere near the extent of their competitors. This isn’t a slight against Google, by the way, but a comparison to illustrate that building a social network is hard, and requires a company’s full attention.