Topic: Digg Inc.

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

• Sexist, Sexist and More Sexist: Digg Responds to Fast Company's Women in Web 2.0
• Why Sexist/Offensive Comments Online Should Not Be Tolerated

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»

• Women in Tech: The Executives
• Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs
• Women in Tech: The Gamers

Social Bookmarking Buttons Help with Search Engine Marketing

Sharing buttons help build links.READ»

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

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

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»

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»

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»

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»

Sexist, Sexist and More Sexist: Digg Responds to Fast Company's Women in Web 2.0

"Insert female porn star name here," "You can probably fit a bus in her vag," "There are no women on the Internet." The responses elicited by Fast Company's Women in Web 2.0 article on Digg prove that sexism in Silicon Valley is alive and kicking.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0

25 Ways to Promote and Market Your Blog

A blog might be the most powerful tool in your marketing toolbox, but it needs to be promoted as well. Here are 25 proven methods to driving more qualified leads to your blog.READ»

How To Fix Olympic Spoilers

I participated in an somewhat-obscure Olympic sport in college:  rowing. It's only on TV during the Olympics, and during that time you can't pry me away from the TV with a 30-pound crowbar. But for most people rowing is one of those ...READ»

Government 2.0: Can President-Elect Obama Take What He's Learned On The Road to The Beltway?

We thought this day would never come. I cried in the voting booth yesterday. Like so many others, I had barely let myself believe that this could really happen– a woman and an African American, serious contenders on a ...READ»

The Death of Us

Who's editing your online news? Increasingly, not an editor.READ»

Welcome to the New, Agile FastCompany.com

The brand new FastCompany.com homepage design that debuted today is sure to change quite a lot over the coming months. Not because we don't love it -- we do -- but because we're adopting a business strategy based on agile ...READ»

Most creative mind?

I see Kevin Rose was offered as an answer to the "most creative mind" question. With regard to my constant quest to get Kiva.org variations cloned, I note that Digg has been cloned to death, but there is no real ...READ»

Guerilla Marketing On The Web: The StartupToons.com Case Study

Exactly 7 days have passed since my wife and I launched StartupToons.com, our comics website that pokes fun at entrepreneurship, the web, angel investing and venture capital. We have spent a total of $50 of our money to launch ...READ»

Building a Better Blog with Denise Wakeman

Expert blogger Denise Wakeman talks about the benefits of blogging, how to make time for blogging, how to promote your blog, and how blogging has changed over the years.READ»

Who's to Blame for Creating the Digital Ceiling?

Let's be honest, no industry is immune from sexism, racism, or ageism for that matter. The tech industry is no different. Moving past the reputation of Digg as a boys club where SOME members use it as their personal platform to bash ...READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Technology