Roundup: Google improves mobile spreadsheets, pirates plunder the App Store and more

Roundup: Google improves mobile spreadsheets, pirates plunder the App Store and more

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Google improves mobile access to spreadsheets — Now, instead of just viewing Google Docs spreadsheets on your phone, you can add, edit, sort, and filter.

Pirates run rampant in Apple’s App Store — This article profiles Imagenuity New Media, which released its iPhone app Rocky… Continue Reading

Digg beefs up its funding for major expansion plans

Digg beefs up its funding for major expansion plans

With over 30 million monthly unique users, Digg is a juggernaut of a site. Despite perpetual rumors of an imminent acquisition by major players like Google or Microsoft, the social voting site is now gearing up for a major expansion on its own. And it’s… Continue Reading

Digg to offer sub-Diggs for niche audiences — sounds like a good match with Facebook Connect

Digg to offer sub-Diggs for niche audiences — sounds like a good match with Facebook Connect

News aggregator site Digg plans to introduce “sub-Diggs” that let small groups of users create their own news aggregators, similar to what smaller rivals Reddit and Mixx already offer, according to The Windy Citizen. It’s not clear if this means sub-sites within Digg.com or if… Continue Reading

The Recommendation Engine may well make Digg useful again

The Recommendation Engine may well make Digg useful again

It’s been a long time coming, but Digg is finally rolling out its “Recommendation Engine” to registered users this week. The basic idea is that the service will look at what stories you have dugg (the term for when you give an ‘up’ vote to… Continue Reading

Roundup: Virgin Mobile acquires Helio, Starbucks to stop music sales and more

Roundup: Virgin Mobile acquires Helio, Starbucks to stop music sales and more

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New partnership brings Helio to Virgin Mobile — Virgin Mobile USA will acquire the U.S. arm of South korea-based SK Telecom, namely, a mobile operator called Helio, according to the Financial Times. Both mobile operators have been struggling to make money by piggybacking… Continue Reading

Roundup: MySpace in deals with labels, Tudou raises $53M, and more

Roundup: MySpace in deals with labels, Tudou raises $53M, and more

MySpace nearing deals with music labels — Before long, MySpace may be offering streaming music and ad-supported downloads from Sony BMG and Warner Music Group, according to a report from the NY Post. A deal with the two music giants might challenge the dominance of Imeem,… Continue Reading

Mixx, social news competitor to Digg, raises another $2 million

Mixx, social news competitor to Digg, raises another $2 million

Many startups have tried to take on social news site Digg. Mixx is one of them, but it has a few additional features that lets users fine-tune what stories they see on the site — and it’s made some deals with big newspapers. The company… Continue Reading

LA Times invests in Mixx, integrates social news site

LA Times invests in Mixx, integrates social news site

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The Los Angeles Times has partnered with Mixx, a social news website, to give readers more input in the news they read.

The publication has also said it will start using technology from Aggregrate Knowledge, a Silicon Valley company, to deliver user-driven content suggestions to its… Continue Reading