Digg
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Digg this: Deal or no deal?
News Digg CEO Jay Adelson discusses rumors that the thriving content-sharing site is up for sale and its plans for 2008.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Internet advertising
Digg chooses Microsoft as new ad partner
News Redmond will serve up display, contextual ads on news aggregator site, replacing Google as Digg's main advertising partner.
Tags: Internet advertising
Finjan offers free SecureTwitter browser plug-in
News New SecureTwitter plug-in can protect people from worms, Trojans, and other malware attacks spread through Twitter, Gmail, MySpace, and other sites.
Tags: Security applications/tools, Twitter, Site, Finjan Software Inc., Plug-in, Web Browser, Social Media, question mark, Web browser plug-in, Facebook
Digg tweaks search, dupe detection
News Social site now better at collecting Diggs under canonical URLs, and tracking them too.
Tags: Market research, Web sites, RSS, Google Inc., Search Engine, Digg, job, monitor, Web Site, window
Digg's diggable ads coming this week
News New ads that let users vote them up or down to determine how much the advertisers pay are expected to debut this week.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Advertiser, Digg, pilot program, blog, Web 2.0, Web sites
Rival Twitter aggregator apps square off
News Third-party site, TweetMeme, claims that yet-to-launch competitor called ReTweet isn't just similar--it's accusing ReTweet of ripping off its code.
Tags: Digital media, Mobile applications, Twitter, COO, Digg, Digital media, JavaScript, TechCrunch, blog, manufacturer
Hackers hit MacRumors keynote coverage
News Some nasty pranksters, likely associated with Web forum 4Chan, have hacked into Apple gossip mainstay MacRumors' live-blog coverage of Tuesday's Macworld keynote.
Tags: Hacking, Web sites, Apple Inc., Twitter, Prankster, Scientology, Digg, Server, e-mail, CEO
Google-Digg acquisition talks fall through
News With talks of an acquisition in the final stage, Google reportedly decides not to buy the social-news site.
Tags: Acquisitions, Mergers, Legal, Corporate law, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Digg, RFC, Google News, TechCrunch
Google may be close to sealing Digg purchase
News The search giant is close to acquiring the U.S.-based social news aggregator for around US$200 million, according to reports.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Google Inc., Digg, Advertisement, Reddit, Google News, TechCrunch, entrepreneur, Internet
LinkedIn looking for a suitor, maybe
News There is speculation that a big name prospective buyer is looking to acquire business social network LinkedIn.
Tags: Networking, Acquisitions, Plaxo Inc., Digg, social networking, Newsday, co-founder, board meeting, network, LinkedIn
MySpace announces 'Data Availability' project
News Social network teams with Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket, and Twitter in initiative that lets members share their profile data with other sites.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, Multimedia, MySpace, Google Inc., Plaxo Inc., Digg, social networking, Facebook, partnership
New Firefox extension turns Amazon.com into illegal free-for-all
News A new Firefox extension adds Pirate Bay BitTorrent links to product pages on Amazon.com, putting the retailer in a tough position.
Tags: Piracy, BitTorrent, Digg, Extension Developer, Amazon.com Inc., movie, News.com, blog, MP3, Firefox Extension
Microsoft, Google sparring over Twitter?
News Twitter's search feature is red-hot. According to AllThingsD, Microsoft and Google are both hoping to grab their piece of the pie by serving search ads.
Tags: Internet advertising, Search, Twitter, Microsoft Corp., Blogger, Google Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Digg, Messaging, Advertisement
Malicious Flash ads attack, spread via clipboard
News Flash ads on legitimate sites are inserting malicious links into people's clipboards and spreading as people unwittingly paste them into e-mail messages, blogs, and IMs.
Tags: Security, Viruses and worms, Network security, Web sites, Attack, Apple Macintosh, Digg, Advertisement, Mozilla Firefox, Newsweek
Facebook to open the gates with 'Facebook Connect'
News Hot off the heels of rival MySpace announcing it will connect profile content with other sites, Facebook reveals its own plan for exporting data to other Web sites.
Tags: Networking technology, Data Management, Security, Plaxo Inc., Digg, Advertisement, social networking, Facebook, network, marketing
