Five ways Apple could make Ping much better

Apple launched its new Ping social network for music last week, as part of its iTunes 10 software, and it went on to sign up one million users in its first two days.CEO Steve Jobs was noticeably un-brash in his language when announcing it, describing it as “a social network for music – sort of like Facebook and Twitter meet iTunes. It's not Facebook, it's not Twitter, it's something else we've come up with. It's a social network for music.”I've been using Ping since the morning it went live, getting to grips with how it works and what it's capable of. Right now, it's an underwhelming experience, but there is clearly scope for Apple to add more features and functionality in the months ahead. With that in mind, here's five ways Ping could be made a richer experience both for users and for artists.1. Get Facebook Connect working as soon as possibleWe now know why you can't log in to Facebook to find friends who are on Ping, despite that feature being shown off at Apple's launch event. Apple balked at Facebook's service agreement but tried to use Facebook Connect anyway, so Facebook blocked it. Twitter and Facebook had a [...]