Tag: DIGG

The trick to spurring online conversations, increasing your followers on Twitter and generally drawing attention to yourself online: be a jerk. British and Slovenian researchers have found that provocative, negative comments, or "flames," constitute the engine that drives successful social networking. The researchers monitored comments and conversations on both the BBC and Digg, using algorithms ...

Even if you don't use Digg or Reddit yourself, you may understand that these massive, online communities of news junkies have just as much influence as, if not more than, the major news outlets when it comes to promoting the stories you find in your daily e-mail digests and blogs. The link-happy users have constituted the Long Tail of news, bringing local and fringe stories to the mainstream with ...

If you're part of the Digg community, you've noticed that the site has slowed to a crawl relaunched lately with a complete redesign and a heavier emphasis on all things social. We've got a profile up and running, so check us out, and share your accounts in the comments. Don't forget, we've also staked our claims on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. ...

After months of testing, the dramatically redesigned Digg has finally been opened to the public. Upon visiting the site, things immediately look different, but, hopefully, are sufficiently familiar to keep the social news site's user base from abandoning it. The once-king of viral news has increasingly suffered at the hands of more convenient sharing platforms like Twitter and Facebook, so, in ...

Where many men have disappointed their girlfriends by offering casual, lackluster proposals, Digg's Matt Van Horn secured a definite "yes" from his girlfriend, Lauren, on Saturday by streaming his surprise proposal online so that their friends and family could watch. Fearing that Lauren would expect the proposal if he took her to their favorite spot overlooking San Francisco, Van Horn ...

Digg is like the Roman Colosseum of public opinion, a place where Web content jostles for votes in the hopes of becoming "popular," and making the vaunted front page. In theory, it's a pretty democratic system. Occasionally, though, one group of like-minded users may stuff the ballots, and push an otherwise obscure article into the spotlight. Or, in some cases, they may even kill stories with ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. DownloadSquad got a look at the next version of Digg, which resembles a Facebook and Twitter hybrid and emphasizes everything your friends are digging. [From: ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... According to an official press release and new illustrated video, Google's joint operation with Sony, Intel and Logitech "seamlessly integrates your TV, DVR recordings and the entire Internet" by way of either a special television or a separate box. Google also boasts that, with various search functions, customizable home screen ...

Share As part of its ongoing effort to sharpen its advertising acumen, Facebook will soon unveil a new advertising system that expands behavioral targeting well beyond the borders of its own social networking site. The feature, which is expected to be revealed at this week's F8 developer conference, reportedly gathers information from a user's Web history and uses it to place targeted ads ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Apple's press conference tomorrow will reportedly focus on iPhone OS 4.0, but the company may also make another announcement concerning its recent acquisition of Quattro Wireless. According to various reports, Apple plans to reveal its development of a personalized mobile advertising system known as iAd. [From: Engadget] It's not ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... At last month's SXSW extravaganza, Digg CEO Jay Adelson outlined a dramatic, upcoming site redesign that, he said, would represent the culmination of five years' work. Now that the project is almost complete, Adelson is apparently feeling some wanderlust, as he has announced his imminent departure from the site. In a blog statement, ...

Share In what could be the next big trend in online marketing, Burger King has launched a '404 error page' campaign on the social news site Digg to promote its latest cheeseburger deal. According to Brand Freak, when a user visits Digg and enters an incorrect search, this error message will appear on the screen: "Looks like your search had a typo. Maybe you've got tiny hands?" If that ...

Share Facebook is getting ready to blanket the entire Web with its "like" functionality. According to TechCrunch, The Good Book will soon introduce tools for Web publishers to add deeper integration with Facebook. Though it may be the largest social network to spread across the Web, Twitter announced earlier this month at SXSW @anywhere, a similar idea that radically simplifies sharing Web ...

Share Yesterday at SXSW's "Bigg Digg Shindigg" event at Stubb's BBQ, Digg announced that it had been working on a complete redesign of its popular social recommendation site. Digg CEO Jay Adelson told attendees that the project (involving more customizable and relevant home pages, faster site, and new user features) has been five years in the making. The next version of Digg promises a ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... A new concern may have reared its slippery head for game developers. GeoHot, the hacker that cracked the iPhone, has now managed to hack a PlayStation 3. Bragging to the BBC, he remarked, "I can now do whatever I want with the system. It's like I've got an awesome new power - I'm just not sure how to wield it." Two words from us: ...