Cupertino, Calif. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) said that more than one million iTunes users joined its new Ping music-focused social network in the 48 hours following its launch last Wednesday.read more

Apple's entry into social media has created bumps in its relationship with Facebook.

Los Angeles - Having failed to reach an agreement with Apple over access, Facebook blocked a link to Apple's (NASD: AAPL) new Ping music-focused social network that would let users automatically add Facebook friends to their Ping contacts, sources told All Things D. As TechCrunch and others reported, Facebook Connect was indeed connected with Ping for a brief while before and even after the service was officially launched yesterday.read more

Inflection, the start-up behind genealogy site Archives.com, is introducing a people search engine.

Cupertino, Calif. - At a media event on Wednesday, Apple (NASD: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs unveiled new designs for all of its iPods, a new version of iTunes with a music social network called Ping, the second generation of its Apple TV streaming video device, and a new iTunes Store movie and TV show rentals service. The new $99 Apple TV is one-fourth the size of the first model, and now exclusively supports a new rental model for movies and TV shows.read more