Will Apple resurrect some Ping features for its new streaming music service?

Apple’s upcoming streaming music service, based on Beats, will reportedly dig up an old technology from the past. Remember Ping, the defunct iTunes social network? 9-to5 Mac is reporting that the new service will be called ‘Apple Music’ and offer a Ping-like social component targeted to recording artists. According to the report, musicians will get their own pages within the service that they can use to share ancillary materials such as tracks, photos, videos and concert dates. In addition, artists will be able to cross promote each other with the service. The current Beats Music app now incorporates basic functionality for artists, such as a…

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