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Digg Is Probably Going to Charge for Its Google Reader Replacement

Digg Is Probably Going to Charge for Its Google Reader Replacement

By Josh Wolford April 30, 2013 | 3 Comments

Digg has just published the results of part 2 of their user survey into what makes a good RSS reader. It’s all part of their quest to build a Google Reader replacement, which they announced on the same day Google …

Digg This: Digg Gets De-Indexed From Google Digg This: Digg Gets De-Indexed From Google

Apparently Google doesn’t think Digg is worth much more than a few kilos of panda poop tea these days. Digg.com is currently MIA in Google’s index. While we’ve yet to hear comment on the matter from either Google or Digg, …

Digg: We're Building a Reader to Replace Google's Digg: We're Building a Reader to Replace Google's
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If you were wondering which RSS reader is going to step up and fill the void left when Google yanks Google Reader out from under us on July 1st, Digg has your answer. It’s Digg. The answer is Digg. On …

Digg Has Doubled Its Users Since It Changed Hands Digg Has Doubled Its Users Since It Changed Hands

Last summer, Betaworks bought Digg for a rather underwhelming price (though there was a little more to it than that). The company put out a new blog post today to let everyone know how well the site is doing since …

Digg Founder Kevin Rose Abandons Reddit AMA Digg Founder Kevin Rose Abandons Reddit AMA
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Redditors happy to talk to Digg founder Kevin Rose were left hanging Tuesday evening when he failed to answer a single question in his verified AMA session. At around 10 pm EST Tuesday night, Kevin Rose (thekevin on reddit) posted …

New Digg Is Going To Be Seriously Image-Heavy New Digg Is Going To Be Seriously Image-Heavy
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“The final version is close to complete, and when you visit Digg.com later this week, you’ll find a beautiful, image-friendly, and ad-free experience.” And with that, Digg v1 is born. Today, the company is giving us a hint of what …

Betaworks Is Rebuilding Digg From The Ground Up Betaworks Is Rebuilding Digg From The Ground Up
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We brought you the news last week that Digg was bought for a paltry $500,000. Granted, that wasn’t the full story as Digg was split apart and sold to numerous buyers. Betaworks bought the domain and copyright for reasons that …

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Digg Parted Out, Sold For More Than $500,000 Digg Parted Out, Sold For More Than $500,000
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Late yesterday, we told you that once-popular link aggregation site Digg had been sold to Betaworks, the company behind bit.ly, news.me, and Chartbeat. Considering Digg’s massive decline over the past few years, news of it selling wasn’t too shocking. But …

Digg Sold For Less Than 7 Kilos Of Panda Poop Tea Digg Sold For Less Than 7 Kilos Of Panda Poop Tea
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Digg is being sold to Betaworks, the company behind Bitly, News.me, Chartbeat, Findings, SocialFlow, and BlogLovin’. It’s no secret that Digg is not the shining star of the tech world that it once was, but according to the Wall Street …

Are Slashdot and SourceForge For Sale? Are Slashdot and SourceForge For Sale?

Thanks to announcement from Geeknet, there’s speculation that the company could be selling some incredibly notable web properties in an effort to “maximize shareholder value,” meaning stalwart sites like SourceForge, Slashdot, and Freecode may soon be for sale. While we …

Digg Engineers Join Washington Post and SocialCode Digg Engineers Join Washington Post and SocialCode

At the beginning of the month we reported that there was some type of deal going on with Digg’s tech and engineering team and the Washington Post. If you remember there was some debate about what exactly the deal was, …

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Some thought it was going to be an acquisition, others thought it would just be talent acquisition, but it turns out, the Washington Post is just hiring some members of Digg’s technology team. The Next Web initially reported that the …

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Google Hires Digg Founder, Kevin Rose Google Hires Digg Founder, Kevin Rose

It was only yesterday that Kevin Rose and his company Milk were already on the down and out after shutting down Oink. Well, Rose is back on the upswing again with Google hiring him. AllThingsD got the exclusive that had …

Oink Over Says Milk's Kevin Rose Oink Over Says Milk's Kevin Rose

Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, has decided to shut down Oink, the first app from his new company, Milk. On March 31st, the app will be closed down after just over four months. Oink was downloaded over 100,000 times in …

Digg Mobile Joins Forces With Digg Social Reader Digg Mobile Joins Forces With Digg Social Reader

Digg Mobile is up 24 percent since the company made improvements in September. Now 12 percent of all users access Digg through their mobile app. Digg Social Reader, the Facebook app version, has quadrupled in membership since it’s December inception. …