Digg Re-Emerges as a Single Source of "What the Internet is Talking About"

Digg made its mark by turning Internet news aggregation into a social experience. Now people share links and talk about them…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: July 30, 2012 Interaction count: 0

Betaworks Buys Digg's Corpse

On Thursday, Digg, the once-hugely popular social news site, sold to startup incubator Betaworks for $500,000, according to The Wall…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: July 12, 2012 Interaction count: 0

The other evening, I got into a conversation with an older gentleman whose name I have since forgotten. His main complaint is that writing…

Section: Web Author: Alicia Eler Publish date: March 13, 2012 Interaction count: 0

"how do you feel" tweeted @horse_ebooks yesterday, quietly. Punctuation, capitalization and context were not necessary. @horse_ebooks - I…

Section: Social Author: Alicia Eler Publish date: March 9, 2012 Interaction count: 0

When Facebook launched frictionless sharing last year, users flipped out. These days, it seems like they're starting to come around. At…

Section: Web Author: Alicia Eler Publish date: January 18, 2012 Interaction count: 0

Today Digg and Facebook are getting close. Real close. Digg is unleashing its new social reader on Facebook. When users turn on social…

Section: Social Author: Alicia Eler Publish date: December 21, 2011 Interaction count: 0

Digg has made the beta of Digg Newsrooms available to the public. Newsrooms are topical channels (like Technology, Politics or…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: October 5, 2011 Interaction count: 0

Digg, the social news site that was once the darling of tech-loving web users everywhere, has faced a rapid decline in interest as the…

Section: Web Author: Marshall Kirkpatrick Publish date: August 8, 2011 Interaction count: 0

Digg is expanding the way in which its notifications work, in order to help users keep better track of what's happening on the site. The…

Section: Web Author: Audrey Watters Publish date: December 3, 2010 Interaction count: 0

One of the issues Digg has always struggled with is that it can take quite a while before a breaking news story hits the front page. Waiting…

Section: Web Author: Frederic Lardinois Publish date: November 11, 2010 Interaction count: 0

Guest author Donald Draper is an occasional contributor to ReadWriteWeb. Recently, I ended a long relationship with Digg.com. And I'm…

Section: Web Author: Seamus Condron Publish date: October 14, 2010 Interaction count: 0