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The appearance then disappearance of Facebook integration on Ping has left many of scratching our heads in bewilderment. It looks like Facebook may have killed it. According to AllthingsD, Facebook disallowed Apple from using their API, as an agreement had not been made between the companies:
According to sources familiar with Facebook’s platform, the social networking giant essentially denied Apple’s Ping access to application programming interfaces that would allow it to search for an iTunes user’s friends on Facebook who also had signed up for Ping.

Normally, this API access is open and does not require permission.

That is, unless some entity wants to access it a lot. In that case, Facebook requires an agreement for reasons primarily centered on protection of Facebook user data and, of course, infrastructure impact.

With 160 million iTunes users, that could potentially mean a lot of impact.

Sources said Apple (AAPL) and Facebook conducted negotiations about an agreement, but could not come to terms.

I really hope some sort of integration is developed, as right now it’s freaking abandoned, and finding your friends en masse is impossible.

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