U-Michal Ždanský Kusukela ngo-Okthoba 1, 2012, i-Apple yavala ngokusemthethweni inkundla yezokuxhumana yomculo i-Ping, uSteve Jobs ayethule ngoSepthemba 2010 njengengxenye ye-iTunes 10. Ukuhlolwa komphakathi kwehlulekile ukuthola umusa wabasebenzisi, abaculi, noma ozakwethu ababalulekile ababengathatha i-Ping. ezixukwini.
I-Ping kwakuyisivivinyo esinesibindi kakhulu kusukela ekuqaleni. I-Apple, enesipiliyoni esicishe sibe yiziro, iqale ukwenza inkundla yokuxhumana ethize kakhulu, ecabanga ukuthi abasebenzisi banentshisekelo enkulu kukho konke okuhlobene nomculo. Lapho uSteve Jobs ethula i-Ping enkulumweni eyisihluthulelo, kubonakale kuwumbono othokozisayo. Inethiwekhi yokuxhumana nabantu ehlanganiswe ngqo ku-iTunes, lapho ongakwazi khona ukulandela abaculi ngabanye, ufunde izimo zabo, ugade ukukhishwa kwama-albhamu amasha noma ubone ukuthi amakhonsathi azobanjwa kuphi futhi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ungakwazi ukuxhumana nabangani bakho futhi nilandele umculo owuthandayo.
Ukwehluleka kwe-Ping kuvela emikhawulweni eminingana. Mhlawumbe isici esibaluleke kakhulu ukushintsha komphakathi kanye nombono wawo ngomculo. Akushintshile kuphela imboni yomculo nokusatshalaliswa komculo, kodwa nendlela abantu abaxhumana ngayo nomculo ishintshile. Nakuba umculo wawuyimpilo, namuhla usuphenduke ingemuva. Bambalwa abantu abaya emakhonsathini, kuthengwa ama-DVD omdlalo ambalwa. Abantu abasaphili ngomculo ngendlela abebephila ngayo, nokuyinto ebonakala nasekwehleni kokuthengwa kwama-iPod. Ingabe ikhona inkundla yokuxhumana yomculo engaphumelela nhlobo kulesi sikhathi samanje?
Enye inkinga kwakuyifilosofi yenethiwekhi mayelana nokuxhumana nabangane. Kufana nokuthi uthatha ngokuthi abangani bakho bazoba nokunambitheka okufanayo nokwakho, ngakho-ke uzoba nesithakazelo kulokho abanye abantu abakulalelayo. Ukuthi nje eqinisweni awubakhethi abangani bakho ngokusekelwe kulokho owuthandayo. Futhi uma umsebenzisi ebengafaka emibuthanweni yakhe ye-Ping kuphela labo avumelana nabo ngomculo okungenani ingxenye enkulu, umugqa wakhe wesikhathi ngeke ucebe kakhulu ngokuqukethwe. Futhi mayelana nokuqukethwe, i-Ping yayinesici esicasulayo sokukhombisa inketho yokuthenga ingoma ngokushesha kukho konke okushiwo ngomculo, abasebenzisi abaningi babona yonke inethiwekhi njengebhodi lokukhangisa le-iTunes.
[su_pullquote align="right"]Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, yonke inkundla yezokuxhumana yafa ngokuncipha, ngoba ekugcineni akekho owayenendaba nayo.[/su_pullquote]
Isipikili sokugcina ebhokisini sasibuye sisekele ingxenye yezinye izinkundla zokuxhumana. Ngenkathi i-Twitter iqala ukusebenzisana ne-Apple kusenesikhathi futhi yanikeza ukuhlanganiswa okucebile emakhasini ayo, kwakuhluke kakhulu nge-Facebook. Ngisho nomxoxisi onolwazi nonekhono uSteve Jobs, owakwazi ukukholisa izinkampani zamarekhodi ezinenkani mayelana nokusabalalisa kwedijithali, akakwazanga ukwenza uMark Zuckerberg abambisane. Futhi ngaphandle kokusekelwa yinkundla yezokuxhumana enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, amathuba ka-Ping okuthola ukuduma phakathi kwabasebenzisi ayemancane nakakhulu.
Ngaphezu kwakho konke, i-Ping ibingahloselwe bonke abasebenzisi be-iTunes, ukutholakala kwayo bekukhawulelwe emazweni angama-22 kuphela, angazange afake iCzech Republic noma iSlovakia (uma ungenayo i-akhawunti yangaphandle). Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, yonke inkundla yezokuxhumana yafa ngokuncipha, ngoba ekugcineni akekho owayenendaba nayo. Ukwehluleka kwe-Ping kuphinde kwavunywa yi-CEO ye-Apple u-Tim Cook engqungqutheleni kaMeyi D10 ihlelwe yiphephabhuku Zonke Izinto D. Ngokusho kwakhe, amakhasimende awazange abe nesasasa nge-Ping njengoba ayelindele i-Apple, kodwa wengeza ngokuthi i-Apple kufanele ibe nokuxhumana nabantu, ngisho noma ingenayo inethiwekhi yayo yokuxhumana. Okunye okuhlobene ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Twitter ne-Facebook ku-OS X ne-iOS, kuyilapho ezinye izici ze-Ping seziyingxenye evamile ye-iTunes.
Ngakho-ke u-Ping wangcwatshwa ngemva kweminyaka emibili enezinkinga, efana namanye amaphrojekthi ahlulekile, okuyi-Pippin noma i-iCards. Sengathi angaphumula ngokuthula kodwa ngeke simkhumbule, phela bambalwa abantu ababona ukuphela kwenkundla yokuxhumana.
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