There’s no bidding war now?
According to the Digg Blog, there’s no bidding war between Microsoft and Google. What did you expect them to say, really? Then again, it might still be true…
Digg for sale, Google and Microsoft wants it
TechCrunch reports that Digg is for sale, and that Microsoft and Google both wants it. Google is rumored to bid $200-250 million, and Microsoft is said to be below that number. Read more at TechCrunch. Is it worth it?
Digg updates algorithm
Using a group of Diggers to reach the front page of Digg? Those days are over, if Kevin Rose is to be believed:
[...] Digg’s promotional algorithm ensures that the most popular content dugg by a diverse, unique group of diggers reaches the home page.
Sounds like a good idea to me, but others may disagree.
The Crunchies winners
The Crunchies is an Web 2.0-we-love-startups-award with a bunch of categories, hosted by TechCrunch, VentureBeat, GigaOM, and Read/WriteWeb. The winners are announced, with Automattic (Matt’s got a post up), Digg, and Facebook being among the successful ones. Congratulations!
The Digg Reel show, why?
If you take the best videos from Digg and do an America’s Funniest Home Videos, but with a more hip host, you’ve got The Digg Reel show. The question is why? I can watch the videos when I feel like it, and read snarky comments from the Digg community myself, not having to have someone [...]
