Digg launches Digg Shoe!

Digg launches Digg Shoe!
No, It is not a joke. Social Bookmarking service Digg has launched their own branded Shoe in collaboration with TOMS Shoes.
It has been designed by one of the designers at Digg and features the official Digg branding.
Two models are available, one for guys and the other one for gals. [...]

Digg launches DiggTV for Digg Shows

Digg launches DiggTV for Digg Shows
Social Bookmarking service Digg has announced the launch of DiggTV which would showcase all of their shows.
It include all the episodes from Diggnation and The Digg Reel and more.

Digg said in a blog posting:
Here’s what’s playing:
Diggnation: This weekly tech/web culture show features Kevin Rose & Alex Albrecht discussing this [...]

Digg to soon feature improved searching

Digg to soon feature improved searching
Searching is hot. Twitter is working hard on making their search more useful and now Digg has revealed that they are working on an improved search for the popular online destination.
Popular technology blog TechCrunch has posted a screenshot of one such demo search which shows a much improved layout [...]

Digg gets more investments

Digg gets more investments
Social news discussion service Digg has received another round of fresh investments worth $28.7 million.
This news could be a hint that the company aims to stay independent for the time being.
Jay Adelson, Digg’s chief executive said in a statement on the new developments: “That’s part of the message. We want to be [...]

TechCrunch: Google to acquire Digg for USD 200 million

TechCrunch: Google to acquire Digg for USD 200 million
Popular blog TechCrunch has reported that the search engine giant Google is closing in on signing an acquisition deal with Digg.
The value of the deal could be around USD 200 million.
Of course, no confirmations are out yet from either of the two companies involved in this [...]

Yahoo Buzz to take on Digg

Yahoo Buzz to take on Digg
Yahoo has announced their latest web based service named Yahoo Buzz.
It has been designed to enable their users to highlight the most popular content from sites across the Internet.
These stories would then be promoted on Yahoo’s web sites which is one of the most visited online destinations.
From the sound of [...]

Digg now joins DataPortability Project

Digg now joins DataPortability Project
The developers behind the popular social networking service Digg have revealed that they have now joined the DataPortability Project.
This project is designed to allow web users to securely use their data as per their own wishes.
The aim is to make it easier for the web users to move their data hosted [...]

Instapaper: Remember sites you want to check out later

Instapaper: Remember sites you want to check out later
If you are a regular Digg user, you would realize that a lot of websites that get popular on the service go down due to excessive traffic.
Instapaper is a web service that can come handy at that time. You have to save a simple bookmarklet on [...]

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