Digg Ads beta to arrive soon

Digg Ads beta to arrive soon
Digg has revealed on their blog that they are all set to beta test their new advertising platform.
This new platform would make ads similar to posts on Digg.
Users would be able to Digg up and down these ads.
Ads which are booed by the users would be removed [...]

Digg messes up with its link shortening service (Update: Kevin Rose responds)

Digg messes up with its link shortening service
Update 2: Digg has now confirmed that this is what they wanted to do and this is here to stay. So, in other words… Digg is no longer providing a link shortening service. Stop using Digg.com short URLs if you do not want to bother your readers…
Here is [...]

Digg to discard complete support for Internet Explorer 6

Digg to discard complete support for Internet Explorer 6
Social bookmarking service Digg has revealed that they have decided to stop worrying about Internet Explorer 6 users in the future updates.
Internet Explorer 6 users would still be able to access the Digg service but they would not get access to all the features.
Support for [...]

Digg improves duplicated detection system

Digg improves duplicated detection system
Digg might not be the hottest property on the web right now (Twitter takes that title) but they are still an important online destination.
The developers behind the social bookmarking service revealed that they have updated the system to better detect duplicate content submitted by their users.
Digg said in a [...]

Digg Ads: Digg or Bury Ads to express your opinion

Digg Ads: Digg or Bury Ads to express your opinion
If you are a fan of Digg, you would know that the company has been working on their own advertising mechanism to improve revenue generation.
The company has finally announced the launch of Digg Ads.
This new concept would enable Digg users to vote on the ads [...]

DestroyTwitter 1.6.3 Beta released

DestroyTwitter 1.6.3 Beta released
Jonnie Hallman has released a new beta version of his Adobe Air technology powered Twitter client DestroyTwitter.
DestroyTwitter 1.6.3 beta is now available as a free download.
This latest version looks like a bug fix release.
Changelog:
- Restore and Clear actions in Compose
- Added yFrog and TinyURL support
- Fixed “=” URL linking issue
- [...]

Chas Edwards is the new Chief Revenue Officer of Digg

Chas Edwards is the new Chief Revenue Officer of Digg
Digg is one of the most popular social bookmarking services on the web.
The company has now announced the appointment of Chas Edwards as their new Chief Revenue Officer.
Edwards comes to Digg from Federated Media. Federated Media has been one of the partners of Digg providing [...]

Digg now has options to share links on Facebook and Twitter

Digg now has options to share links on Facebook and Twitter
Digg has now removed their shout feature to go social with support for other services.
The company has now added sharing links for Facebook and Twitter.
So, you can now easily share the Digg stories you like on your accounts on these networks.
Digg has already integrated Facebook [...]

DestroyTwitter 1.6.1 Beta released

DestroyTwitter 1.6.1 Beta released
Jonnie Hallman has released a new beta of his Twitter application DestroyTwitter.
DestroyTwitter is one of the best looking Adobe Air powered apps for accessing Twitter.
It works on all the major platforms (credit to Adobe Air technology).
The latest beta comes with some new features like:
- Improved Groups UI
- Extended [...]

Digg adds support for Facebook Connect

Digg adds support for Facebook Connect
Digg is one of the most popular social bookmarking web services on the web.
They have just implemented Facebook Connect on their network which has been a much awaited feature addition.
This would enable Facebook users to log into the website without creating a brand new account.
Facebook users also get [...]

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