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A Review of the New Digg Images and Universal Taxonomy.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Are you submitting a news story? If it’s a news story, you can even choose a thumbnail (that will appear on the upcoming list or on the top right corner) if Digg is able to locate one for you. Here are four news stories on Digg’s upcoming list with and without thumbnails. Is it an image? Is it a video?

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Announcing the Newest Social Media Prince

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Hopefully we’ll see little David on social media sites in the upcoming months. Glen x Reply Web 2.0 And in case you are wondering, my good friend Sam has set up a gift drive , a totally unexpected but appreciated gesture. Thanks Sam — and thanks to those who have contributed! It is much appreciated!

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

These are the users who are familiar with networking on Digg (finding friends with similar interests) and checking not only the front page of Digg but the Upcoming page as well (which is far more important). This is not a regular practice on the social news giant, and unfortunately, that is probably the biggest thing causing its downfall.

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How friendfeed Can Teach You About Your Friends

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. You can easily determine if your friends are interested in marketing, photography, books, music, web 2.0

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Techipedia Redesign is Finally Live

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Second, the backend coding, for the most part, was handled by web developer Cesar Serna , who also did a fantastic job. I know there will still be some tweaks that will be made in the upcoming days, but I’d love your feedback on the new design. Thank you so much for your hard work!

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Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. In fact, most of them had already left.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

That is the value to me of Web 2.0 That is the value to me of Web 2.0 That is the value to me of Web 2.0 j Deborah L Maue Social media = Web 2.0. is about the tools, social media is about the strategy. Deborah L Maue Social media = Web 2.0.