Topic: Digg Inc.

Websites go dark: Moment of silence honors Sandy Hook victims

Websites go dark one week after the shooting in Newtown, Conn. A group of tech leaders and celebrities interested in tightening gun laws organized for the websites go to dark at 9:30 a.m.

Horizons
Betaworks buys social news site Digg, or what's left of it

Digg, one of the first social media sites, was bought on Thursday by development firm Betaworks for $500,000 – a fraction of its value in the late 2000s. Betaworks has a plan to "take Digg back to its startup roots."

Facebook IPO: Six key dates in its debacle

Facebook's first week as a publicly traded company will go down as a terribly botched corporate launch, perhaps one of the worst in recent history for such a highly visible entity. Eight days ago, it was the tech world's most highly anticipated initial public offering in eight years. Now, the social media company faces mounting legal woes and serves as an embarrassing example of how not to run an IPO. Despite rising insider pessimism about its growth prospects, Facebook kept boosting its asking price and the number of shares it would sell. The result: billions of dollars in losses; investigations by two congressional committees, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), an industry watchdog, and the state of Massachusetts; at least 13 class-action lawsuits; and thousands of resentful shareholders who days later still were unsure how many Facebook shares they had or at what price. Here are six key dates in Facebook's unfolding IPO disaster.

Vox News
2010 election results: media coverage in portions for every appetite

Coverage of the 2010 election results will be provided in more ways than ever before – from centuries-old delivery methods like newspapers to ABC News's iPad application.

Horizons
Digg redesign: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Digg has been redesigned, but the roll-out has not been particularly smooth.

Horizons
Google Me rumor suggests Google is gunning for Facebook

Google Me is the name of a new social network purportedly being developed by Google. Should Facebook be shaking in its boots?

Horizons
Facebook privacy: New questions after bug exposed more user information

For the second time in two months, a Facebook privacy bug compromised profiles. Oops.

Horizons
How long before Facebook users revolt against the latest update?

This week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would introduce a new 'like' functionality. If past revamps are any indication, it won't take long for the Facebook mob to grab their pitchforks, and storm the Facebook gates.

Top five online 'Easter eggs'

Google and others embed 'Easter eggs' for times when web users are in the mood for diversion.

Horizons
At SXSW, Twitter unveils @anywhere

Twitter CEO Evan Williams has taken the wraps off @anywhere, a service which will allow users to access their Twitter feeds from third-party sites. As of SXSW, initial @anywhere launch partners include the New York Times and the Huffington Post.

Deadliest Catch, Dirty Jobs: How real is reality TV?

Do reality TV shows like Deadliest Catch and Dirty Jobs tell it like it really is?

The New Economy
Can Toyota Digg out of its recall hole?

Toyota USA president Jim Lentz appeared on Digg Dialogg to explain how Toyota is addressing its recall problems.

Horizons
Looking for a bargain? Try searching Ask Deals.

Marketing company sells clients Facebook friends

The service from uSocial is mostly meant for businesses, celebrities and other individuals looking to expand on the social network, and Facebook isn’t happy about it.

What is FriendFeed? And why it’s better than ever.

Column: New design reminds web users of the need for an aggregator of social-networking sites.

Horizons
Today's top 5 April Fools gags

The Vote
Going online with Obama: Will he play fair?

Late-night shuffle

New host Jimmy Fallon hopes to attract Net-savvy crowd, but faces stiff competition as comedy field opens up.

Twitter’s secret: the law of unintended consequences

How 'tweet nothings' became a $250 million cultural phenomenon

Ethan Zuckerman on how to engineer serendipity online

A discussion with the Harvard Internet scholar on how to stumble upon the Web’s gems.

The future of search: Do you ask Google or the gaggle?

To improve results, new search engines rely on users instead of computers.

The Vote
Watching the election online - where to go?

New media feels heat after Apple misstep

CNN's citizen reporters sent Apple stocks plunging Friday with a false report on Steve Jobs.

Physical newspapers aren’t dying off – they’re evolving

Column: I may not subscribe for home delivery, but I read the news more than ever.

DailyMe: News tailored to your individual tastes

Column: Custom news websites come and go, but this one gets it right.