The new version of Digg is here . After months of testing and a change in CEO , Digg version 4 has been unleashed on the masses. Digg’s new interface boasts not only quicker load times, but a personalized approach to social news.
Ever since the new version of Digg was announced three months ago, it has undergone a lot of revisions and caused a lot of turmoil. In that time, Kevin Rose replaced Jay Adelson as CEO , reportedly unhappy with the direction Adelson was taking the company and the product
Social news site Digg is set to launch a large overhaul of its service very soon.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting on what could be a major scandal brewing for Facebook, MySpace and other social networks: despite assurances to the contrary, the sites have apparently been sending personal and identifiable information about users to their advertisers without consent. Large advertising companies including Google’s DoubleClick and Yahoo’s Right Media were identified as having received information including usernames or ID numbers that could be traced back to individual profiles as users clicked on ads. The data could potentially be used to look up personal information about the user, including real name, age, occupation, location, and anything else made public on the profile.
Recently, Lady Gaga surpassed Barack Obama in the number of Twitter followers.
Social news site Digg has just laid off 10% of its staff according to a representative from the company. The move comes a month after Jay Adelson’s sudden departure as CEO , in which he was replaced by company founder Kevin Rose. Rose writes in an e-mail to employees: “This is one of the hardest decisions we’ve had to make recently but we strongly believe that it is the right decision for the long-term health of the company.
Burger King –- no stranger to clever social media marketing campaigns –- is taking over Digg’s empty search results pages. Specifically, the fast food chain is placing ads promoting its $1 double cheeseburgers when you conduct a search on Digg that yields no results. The “error” message reads: “Looks like your search had a typo
On Wednesday, Digg finally launched its iPhone app , and within about 24 hours, it’s shot to the top of the app store’s “news” category in many countries around the world, including the US (where Mashable’s app [iTunes link] currently sits at #16). Now that the app’s live [ iTunes link ], there are a few notable features to mention that we didn’t know about when we obtained some exclusive screenshots earlier in the week. In addition to the ability to browse, search, and Digg/bury stories, there’s also options to save stories for later viewing, an in-app browser, and a “preview” feature for each story
As we’ve announced yesterday , Digg’s official iPhone app is now available for free in Apple’s App Store. The app lists Top, Recent and Upcoming stories in various categories, giving Digg users the ability to vote and view comments on stories. You can also share articles via Twitter, Facebook and Email.
Digg’s much anticipated native application for iPhone is set to make its debut tomorrow, Mashable has learned. We’ve obtained a few screenshots, which you can check out below.
