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Digg location aware homepage promised

Digg's founder and its CEO have said that they would like to offer location aware homepages, however the technology isn't there to offer that just yet.

Talking at the web 2.0 expo, the duo suggested that users will in the future would be able to see a localised...

Yahoo! launches Buzz in the UK

Yahoo! has brought its social news product, Buzz, over to the UK to coincide with the revamping of its homepage, as previously reported on Pocket-lint.

Buzz launched in the US back in February 2008, and has risen - through virtue of being promoted by Yahoo!...

Windows Live to become "online hub"

Microsoft has announced that its Live properties are getting a revamp to become more of an "online hub" to aggregate content from more popular sites.

Microsoft has said it's making it possible to incorporate activity updates from over 20 web services, including...

Digg u-turns on DiggBar features

Digg, the popular social networking news suggestion site, has responded to concerns about its new DiggBar, which it launched earlier in the month, with a u-turn on some of the features it automatically offers users.

In a statement on the company blog and hoping...

VIDEO: Digg intros DiggBar

Digg has announced the introduction of the "DiggBar" that will let users Digg directly on sites and easily share stories with a shortened Digg URL that's better for sharing on Twitter, as well as via Facebook or through email.

In addition, typing digg.com/...

Digg to cut staff by 10%

Digg has announced it is to lose 10% of its workforce as the social news and bookmarking site makes plans for the next year.

In recent months the 75-strong company, that claims an audience of 35 million, has seen what's described as slowing audience growth...

Twitter traffic grows 974% in a year

Hitwise has announced that the market share of visits to Twitter surpassed Digg for the first time since launch.

In the US, the micro-blogging site was ranked number 84 (above Digg at 85) in the "Computers and Internet" category.

Hitwise partly...

Digg gets $28.7 million in funding

There were rumours at the beginning of the year that it was facing buy out bids from both Google and Microsoft, but Digg has kept on going it alone and just raised $28.7 million in funding.

The cash boost is to be used to help the web company expand internationally...

Microsoft and Google go for Digg

Google and Microsoft are claimed to be going up against each other for the social media site, Digg.

TechCrunch is reporting that Digg is working with influential investment bank Allen & Co. and has been pitching to big tech and media companies on a sale.

Yahoo Buzz to take on Digg

Yahoo might be busy fending off approaching from Microsoft, but that hasn't stopped the company trying to take on social news gathering site Digg with the launch of a new service called Yahoo! Buzz.

According to the struggling search engine, the new site features...

Digg goes with Microsoft not Google for advertising

Microsoft has beaten Google to the punch and signed an agreement to the be exclusive advertising partner for social media site Digg.com.

The news will come as a massive boost to the Microsoft service.

The 3-year agreement between Microsoft and...

Digg's expansion plans revealed

In a surprise video appearance at The NextWeb conference in Amsterdam, Digg's founder Kevin Rose revealed what the next 6 to 12 months has in store for the user driven social content site.

Digg's remit will be expanding from just news, videos, and podcasts...

Digg users revolt on DVD DRM

The technology website Digg collapsed last night due to users revolting against the removal of a crack code for HD DVD.

The body that overseas the digital rights management technology on high-definition DVDs sent a letter to Digg to take the code from the site....

Digg application for mobile phones gives Diggers instant access to the site

Diggers now have no excuse to neglect their Digging duties on the popular news site. B1TE Entertainment has launched a free Java mobile application that lets users browse and interact with Digg on their phones.

The application, called Digg Java Mobile, gives...

Digg.com sets its sights on traditional news stories

Digg.com has changed the way users find technology news on the web, and now it's set to do the same for general news, entertainment and videos.

The website allows users to vote news stories on to the site, and arranges them according to popularity (or number...