It became known that Digg is going to release a completely new version of its service that is considered to be faster, it also comes with Instant Digging as well as instant submission.
The company announced its intentions at its annual South by Southwest Interactive part that was held last Saturday.
CEO Jay Adelson introduced the popular [...]
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Digg to Launch a New Version of its Service
Digg, Google Wave Seize Spotlight at Web 2.0 Expo
NEW YORK The Web 2.0 Expo was not quite the news frenzy that its San Francisco-based brother Web 2.0 Summit was in 2009. But the show’s creator, high-tech publishing guru Tim O’Reilly, provided some zing Nov. 17 by arguing that arms races between Google and Apple as well as Facebook and Twitter threaten to stifle the Internet as we know it. O’Reilly also said Microsoft would emerge as a major player in the open Web ecosystem. Digg founder Kevin Rose and Digg CEO Jay Adelson discussed the past, present and future of Digg, while Hunch Chief Product Officer Caterina Fake and Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd held forth on the social Web. Lifehacker founder Gina Trapani discussed some Google Wave use cases.
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Facebook Becomes Erstwhile Digg Destroyer with Live Share Counter
Facebook took a page from social sharing site Digg by launching a live counter for its content Share button to display how many times a piece of content has been shared on the Web. Content on Digg became glorified based on how much it was dug. But the sheer size of the Facebook network has made the social site the new go-to place for sharing content. Facebook also opened up the analytics associated with sharing habits on Facebook to further help Website publishers measure the value of the Share content.
– Facebook is going after social sharing site Digg, launching a
live counter for its content Share button to display how many times a piece of
content has been shared on the Web.
Launched three years ago, the Share button is one of the site’s older
Facebook Connect features. Website publishers ins…



