Network tools are essential for solving issues with a computer network that is not performing as it should. There are quite a few things can do to aid in returning a network to its rightful state, and ...

The useful program ping can be used to quickly test connections on your computer network. sends a signal from your computer to a specified network address. If the computer at that address responds, ...

As worldwide attention focuses on Apple’s problem-riddled Maps app, another Apple miscue is about to be quietly put to rest. This month, Apple’s iTunes music social network -- Ping -- began displaying ...

Apple’s new social network for music fans, Ping, has had a rough start. People didn’t expect it to be a Facebook for music right away but they did expect more from Apple. After years of social media ...

As usual there was a flurry of rumors surrounding Apple's surprise product launch today in San Francisco. The event was live streamed across the web for Mac users only (though there was a work around ...

We’ve all been online from home a bit more than usual lately, in ways that often stretch the limits of what our ISP can muster. You know the signs — audio that drops out, video sessions that make you ...

The next version of iTunes, available today, includes Ping, a social music discovery tool that allows users to follow friends and artists, helping customers to discover and share new music. "It's sort ...

Ping was scheduled for unceremonious termination at the end of September, and now it’s definitely gone dark. Clicking on the Ping link in the iTunes sidebar now returns an error, if it even still ...

Chalk this up for another indication that iOS 4.2 is on its way: late last week, Apple activated its Ping social networking features in the iPad’s iTunes app. On the iPad, Ping appears as a button in ...