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Kevin Rose's Work Flow: How The Cofounder Of Digg Organizes From A Treadmill Desk

The founder of Milk has come a long way since his days as the "Dark Tipper" on Tech TV. As a well-known entrepreneur, Kevin Rose helped change the way we share news (Digg) and how we get tech video content online (Revision3). Today, ...READ»

StumbleUpon's Mobile Growth Rockets 800%; Company Unveils Major Redesign With 250 Brand Partners

More than 250 brand partners from Audi to ESPN have signed on for StumbleUpon's redesign, in part inspired by the service's 800% growth in mobile. With the addition of brand channels, StumbleUpon hopes to drive more user engagement and attract more advertising partners.READ»

Do Social Networks Really Compete? Google+ Vs. LinkedIn, Round One

Eric Schmidt maintains Google Plus isn't in competition with other social networks; LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner isn't convinced the two can coexist. Who's right?READ»

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iFive: Facebook's Green Servers, Intel Invests in Kno, Google Checkin Offers, StumbleUpon's Billion "Finds," Google Gives

As the saying goes: "Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself." Note: A dose of iFive, our early news summary, will more or less do the same thing.READ»

Christopher "moot" Poole's Canvas Brings the Fun of 4Chan Mainstream

The founder of 4Chan took the stage at SXSW to explain how his new project, Canvas, could far exceed the hilariously filthy meme-factory 4Chan's 12-million-user popularity with Facebook-friendly appeal. READ»

Last Call for Relevance: Why Digg May Never Find Its Way Back

As once-mighty social news site Digg makes major overhauls, cuts expenses, and reaches out to the users to fix the site, one has to wonder: is it too little, too late?READ»

Google Instant Scores 98% Adoption Rate, 2% Opt-Out

There was plenty of virtual hand-wringing when the results-as-you-type search feature launched. Now? Not so much. What changed? READ»

Hey Mint.com, Digg Chiefs, Who Is Your Favorite Fictional Executive?

Mint.com founder Aaron Patzer and Digg CEO Matt Williams kick off our inaugural edition of The Cold Call.READ»

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Digg Fan's Evidence Shows System Was Gamed to Favor Publishing Partners

Just 24 hours after Digg announced it was slashing the workforce by 37%, more damaging revelations about the site are unearthed by Digg user LtGenPanda.READ»

Gap, Digg.com: How to Respond to Critics

Recent redesigns by Digg.com and Gap stress the importance of humility in the social media age.READ»

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Digg Redesigns, Loses More Than a Quarter of Audience

Last night, social news aggregator Digg.com sent a message to its publisher community confessing that its recent site redesign had got off to a "bumpy start." That's a pleasant way of describing the huge backlash the service has ...READ»

Chutes and Ladders: A Tale of Digg and Twitter

Twitter's traffic skyrocketed 33% over the summer, according to one survey. Meanwhile Digg's influence was fading even before its controversial makeover.READ»

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13 Business Books That Will Blow Your Mind

There are business books that teach you how to balance your ledger, hire the right people, and manage your cash flow. These aren't those books. These are the books that open your mind to new ways of doing business. Take a look at these 13 mind-blowing business books and add your own suggestions on what was left out.READ»

Digg, WikiLeaks, and Censorship, American Style

Anti-free-speech/user-privacy articles are all over the news this week. And though the fuss over U.S. net neutrality may have been wrong, censorship is alive and well in America--it just takes a slightly different form.READ»

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Fflick Tracks Movie Buzz Among Your Twitter Friends (Hope They Have Good Taste!)

Fflick (sic, awkwardly) tracks positive and negative feelings about movies by taking a close look at your friends' movie-related tweets. Of course, that assumes your friends know what they're talking about.READ»

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Is Email the True Social Media Killer App?

Email digests of social media activity can help marketers dodge company firewalls, manage their time more effectively, and more easily keep tabs of what's being said about them and their company in the social media space.READ»

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uSocial: Celebs Faking Number of Twitter Followers

Brace yourself for some bad news. Justin Bieber doesn’t actually have 3.6 million Twitter followers—he’s faking it. At least, that’s the claim from social media marketing company uSocial. The Australian firm says it has ...READ»

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Rumor: Google to Launch Facebook Competitor, "Google Me"

Is Google jumping back into social networking?READ»

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First Look: Digg Version 4

A not-so-confidential email was sent around earlier today showing off the new, redesigned Digg version 4--and we've got a first look at it.READ»

SEO Advertising Is the Direct Route of Paid SEO Marketing

Paid SEO Marketing is best known as pay-per-click (PPC) or pay-per-lead (PPL), and SEO Advertising often takes the form of Google's adwords.google, Bing's advertising.microsoft and Yahoo's advertising.yahoo. While Yahoo and Bing have ...READ»