Yahoo announces the death of Buzz on April 21, but nobody cares
As part of Yahoo’s plans to shutter several major services, the company has announced that it will shut down Yahoo Buzz, its social news Digg competitor, on April 21.
But perhaps more interesting than Buzz’s imminent death is the fact that Yahoo announced the service’s closing several weeks ago on April 4, but nobody seems to have noticed. It wasn’t until this morning that TechCrunch reported on the shutdown, and other than a few scattered … Continue Reading
Condé Nast's $500M Web shopping spree
‘Tis the season, right?
Condé Nast, the owner of publications like tech magazine Wired and social news aggregation site Reddit, announced today it has raised a $500 million fund and brought in Andrew Siegel, a former Yahoo mergers and acquisitions expert, to help the publisher go on a shopping spree.
Condé Nast isn’t much of a stranger to trying out new forms of media. The publisher has been on the prowl for some new, defining … Continue Reading
Are there any developers left who care about Digg's new 'Streaming API?'
News aggregator site Digg has announced it unveiled a new “streaming API” (Application Programming Interface) that the company hopes will save it from declining traffic and community involvement.
“Today we’re releasing a new API feature which we hope will ease the process of using Digg’s data, and also freeing developers to model and store the data however they want,” said Digg software developer Will Larson.
Larson invited outside developers to create their own applications that … Continue Reading
New Digg CEO apologizes to site's fans
Some six weeks after he was hired to be the new chief executive of news aggregator Digg.com, Matt Williams greeted community members for the first time today, apologized for the site’s botched attempt at a redesign, and announced officially that several old features would be returning.
Williams sounded candid in his first ever post on Digg’s official blog.
“As many of you know, the launch of Digg v4 didn’t go smoothly, and we’re deeply sorry … Continue Reading
Sad news hits the airwaves: Layoffs at NPR
Some six weeks after he was hired to be the new chief executive of news aggregator Digg.com, Matt Williams greeted community members for the first time today, apologized for the site’s botched attempt at a redesign, and announced officially that several old features would be returning.
Williams sounded candid in his first ever post on Digg’s official blog.
“As many of you know, the launch of Digg v4 didn’t go smoothly, and we’re deeply sorry … Continue Reading
Digg revamps profiles — introduces feeds, copies Facebook
Some six weeks after he was hired to be the new chief executive of news aggregator Digg.com, Matt Williams greeted community members for the first time today, apologized for the site’s botched attempt at a redesign, and announced officially that several old features would be returning.
Williams sounded candid in his first ever post on Digg’s official blog.
“As many of you know, the launch of Digg v4 didn’t go smoothly, and we’re deeply sorry … Continue Reading
