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A New Culture of Thievery?

On his blog page Man in a Womb, Mark Zorro is writing very introspectively about his life and the culture around him. I find it a very fascinating read. The latest post is on people being reduced to their digital interactions and ...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»

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Revision3 Continues Social Strategy with Digg Reel

Say what you will about the wisdom of the crowd, it sure makes for a great site. I find myself visiting Digg.com twice a day, where I'm led toward interesting corners of the Web. Because of Digg I read more science news and political ...READ»

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Digg's CEO, on the Redesign: "Every Single Thing Has Changed"

Confused on what Digg was and will soon be? The aggregator in chief helps us understand how he plans to make his all-new site a must-have for social Web surfers.READ»

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Most Innovated Companies - Web

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Selling Skills are Never Out of Fashion

Face-to-face selling skills and prospecting skills will never be replaced by online social media. Don't get me wrong. I'm a fan of social media and online networking with LinkedIn, Digg, Twitter, and all the rest, but these are ...READ»

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Infographic of the Day: Visualizing Digg.com's Commenters

Manuel Tan has created an intriguing way to browse the avalanche of comments on DiggREAD»

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Crib Sheet: Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook f8 Keynote

Facebook is invading the rest of the Internet, foisting its social manifest on your online life. Documents, toolbars, new search options, recommendations, plug-ins, and 30 new partners--this is what you need to know.READ»

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How Digg's Toolbar and Search Engine Could Double Your Traffic, or Ruin It

Using Digg to share a favorite web page has always been a slightly clunky affair. But not any more: Digg has just launched the DiggBar, an intelligent tool to simplify the whole event of Digging a story. Even though this type of ...READ»

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Infographic of the Day: The Year's Top Stories on Digg.com

A superb tool for surfing the year that was.READ»

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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 Getting a Real-Time and Social Sharing Refresh

Digg's founding father Kevin Rose has just revealed that Digg is soon to get a "drastic" makeover that'll make users go "wow." Rose says the site's redesign will have more emphasis on imagery and social sharing. Will it boost its fortunes?READ»

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We Digg It!

The story is already running rampant through the blogosphere -- News ranking site, Digg.com will not let the man bring it down! Last night, thousands of Digg users revolted when a code that unlocked copyrighted DVDs was taken off ...READ»

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Can WIkio Make Digg S*** Its Pants?

Wikio is the next well-financed social media tool that relies on the wisdom of the crowd to generate content in similar fashion as both Digg and Netscape. The Luxembourg-based media search company, recently secured $5.3 million in ...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»

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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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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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Social Bookmarking Buttons Help with Search Engine Marketing

Sharing buttons help build links.READ»

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The Digg Election

As all of the intricate twists and turns of primary season, convention season, and now the main stage of the election have happened, there has been one site that I have relied on: Digg.com. The social news site where people submit ...READ»

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Digg Bans 20-30 Users for Hate Speech In Response to Fast Company's Women in Web 2.0

After Fast Company's Women in Web 2.0 article elicited a controversial reaction from Digg, we interviewed Beth Murhpy, the site's Marketing Director, about Digg's culture, problems, and policies.READ»

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A small city in Israel sues Google for false information

see the story on Digg.com  http://digg.com/tech_news/A_small_city_in_Israel_sues_Google_for_false_informationREAD»

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Why Sexist/Offensive Comments Online Should Not Be Tolerated

Fast Company's Women in Web 2.0 article caused a minor uproar in the Digg community when I called out several commenters who posted comments that I, and many of the women I interviewed for the piece, found overtly sexist and/or ...READ»

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New Media News

Digg Receives Additional $8.5 Million "Digg, Inc., a web community that enables the mass internet audience to prioritize news and content, has closed an additional round of funding in the amount of $8.5 million led by Greylock ...READ»

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Corporate Social Media - Intermec Reviewed

Monitoring the huge trend in corporate social media, executives around the world are testing new ways of sharing information and trying to discard some old school stumbling blocks. Many corporate decision makers are left looking at ...READ»

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The Most Influential Women in Technology

Women who have succeeded in technology deserve recognition: They are an inspiration for everyone, demonstrating what can be achieved through creativity and hard work.READ»