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Ping and Facebook?

September 2, 2010 8:57:52.767

Now I'm confused. Kara Swisher reports that Apple's new Ping service has no interface to Facebook:

And Facebook is nowhere on Ping too. Currently, there is no linking, sharing or participation of any kind with Facebook or Twitter or MySpace either on Ping, which will work only on the iTunes software on computers, iPhones and iPods.

Except... when I signed up yesterday, I immediately got a Facebook Connect prompt, asking me whether I wanted to share with my existing Facebook friends. Today, I can't find any trace of that in Ping. I know I entered my Facebook credentials in and ok'd sharing; did Apple build the support and then turn it off, due to the "onerous terms" that Swisher says Jobs brought up?

It's just weird. I'm not the only one wondering about this. A sharp eyed reporter at SFGate noticed a facebook reference during yesterday's demo.

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