Love it or hate it, the social news site digg sure does have a passionate user base. This Monday night (February 25th) at 9pm EST/6pm PST, Digg is holding a Continue reading »

We received an interesting email today from Business Wire, a press release wire service that Warren Buffett bought in March 2006. Currently Business Wire is ranked about #32 on the Continue reading »

Current Media, the parent company of Current TV and Current.com, has filed for a $100 Million IPO on NASDEQ. Current was famously co-founded by ex Vice President Al Gore. Continue reading »

Monthly political and cultural editorial magazine, The Atlantic, announced in an editor's note this week that it would be ditching its subscriber registration requirement to view online content. The magazine's Continue reading »

Om Malik reported this evening that Automattic raised a $29.5 million Series B venture round led by Polaris Ventures, and including previous investors True Ventures and Radar Ventures. Perhaps the Continue reading »

It begins with billboards spotted in exotic places like Knoxville, Tennessee and Ames, Iowa and posted online by curious Lost fans. The billboards advertise a URL, "FlyOceanicAir.com." Upon visiting the Continue reading »

After weeks of speculation that Digg or someone else was going to buy Spanish social news site Menéame and social news hosting service coRank - it's been announced that the Continue reading »

The New York Times is planning to begin running "citizen" videos about the US presidential primary elections on the paper's web site later this week, reports Beet.TV. The videos will Continue reading »

This is a guest post by Muhammad Saleem, a social media consultant and a top-ranked community member on multiple social news sites. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Interview_With_Founder_of_Digg_Filter'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = Continue reading »

This is a guest post by Muhammad Saleem, a social media consultant and a top-ranked community member on multiple social news sites. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/The_Economic_Idiocy_of_Blocking_Social_Media_Traffic'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = Continue reading »