Jun 17
Digg’s RSS reader begins rolling out next week. Everyone should have access by June 26, which is great timing in light of Google Reader shutting down July 1
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Jun 17
Digg’s Google Reader replacement beta opens on June 26th, friends and family get access on the 19th
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Digg — yes, that Digg — has a replacement in the works for Google Reader, and it looks like it’ll arrive just ahead of the final days of Google’s RSS aggregation service. The service, which uses the same API as Reader, is planning a public beta starting on June 26th; a “friends and family” beta will open this Wednesday, the 19th, with limited access.
During beta, the Digg RSS reader is free. In a survey Digg published last month on its blog, however, the company found that over 40 percent of respondents are “willing to pay for a Google Reader replacement.” The company noted alongside the finding that, “Free products on the Internet don’t have a great track record. They tend to disappear, leaving users in a lurch. We need to build a product that people can rely on and trust will always be there for them. We’re not sure how pricing might work, but we do know that we’d like our users to be our customers, not our product.”
That said, Digg’s latest blog post seemingly assuages our worry. “We mentioned in a prior post that Digg Reader will ultimately be a ‘freemium’ product,” the post reads. “But we’re not going to bait-and-switch. All of the features introduced next week, as well as many others yet to come, will be part of the free experience.” Those features include the standard RSS reader experience, “easy migration and onboarding from Google Reader,” “useful mobile apps that sync with the web experience” (there’s an iOS one pictured, and Android is promised in the 60 days post-launch) and “support for … subscribing, sharing, saving and organizing.”
Filed under: Internet, Software
Source: Digg Blog
May 24
Apr 30
Google Reader will unfortunately be shutting down in July, despite the fact that it still maintains a loyal following. When the news broke out, Reader users started looking for alternatives. There were many, and the once mighty Digg threw its hat in the ring as well. The folks at Digg said that they want to rebuild the best Reader features, which includes its API. Digg then unveiled several key points that they will be keeping in mind while developing their own RSS solution, and today they finally revealed that the beta version of this new service will be available in June albeit in beta mode.
Digg also conducted a research in which 8,600 participants took part, 40% of all participants said that they would pay for a Google Reader alternative if it offered the proper functionality. Since Digg also found out through its research that most Reader users weren’t fans of its social features, its own service wouldn’t be launching with mighty social features at first, but it hasn’t ruled them out for the future. Since the beta version goes live in June, we can only hope Digg will launch its new service soon after Reader shuts down on the 1st of July. Impeccably timing the release might provide a boost to new sign ups.
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Apr 25
Betaworks, the parent company of the all-new (and pretty amazing) Digg.com, just bought a majority stake in Instapaper, the popular read-it-later service from Marco Arment. It’s yet another puzzle piece in what is rapidly becoming one of the more interesting …
Apr 25
Betaworks, the company that rescued Digg from the toilet, has just bought a majority stake in Instapaper from its founder Marco Arment. More »
Apr 25
Betaworks, the company that rescued Digg from the toilet, has just bought a majority stake in Instapaper from its founder Marco Arment. More »
Mar 25
Earlier this month, Google announced it would be discontinuing its Google Reader service with a petition on Change.org reaching over 100,000 in hopes Google would change its mind. As a result, a number of companies are scrambling to provide their own Google Reader replacement, with once popular news aggregator website, Digg, gaining the most attention.
Digg didn’t reveal any details at the time as to what it plans to do exactly, but today, they’re lifting the veil of secrecy just a tad to give us a glimpse as to what we should expect from the service. The company went through 800 comments on its announcement post to come up with four important key points for its RSS reader: (more…)
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Mar 14
Digg Wants To Create Own RSS Reader
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The news of Google Reader calling it a day in a few months’ time certainly proved to be quite a shock to those who did not expect such an announcement, and since then, other companies would love to take up the mantle and possibly, mindshare of those soon-to-be orphaned Google Reader users. In fact, the folks over at Digg have stepped forward with belief that Google Reader is worth saving, which is why they intend to come up with an RSS reader of their own sometime in the second half of this year.
Digg hopes that this attempt of theirs will be able to make the Internet a more approachable and digestible place to hang out (virtually speaking, of course), and has clearly placed it at the top of their priority list after Google’s recent announcement. Digg intends to identify and rebuild the best of Google Reader’s features (including its API), bringing them up to speed with Internet trends for this year, and hope to churn out a worthy successor along the way. Hence, they will obviously need help from the masses, including input from their readers, so you can always drop by Digg and share with them your two cents. [Press Release]
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Mar 14
The news of Google Reader’s upcoming demise has put the spotlight on several alternatives that RSS fans can only hope will fill the gap. The latest to vie for our attention doesn’t even exist yet: Digg just announced that it will be creating a reader of its own. According to its blog, the aggregation service was apparently already planning to build such a reader, but upon hearing that Google’s version will bite the dust, the company is kicking into gear to develop a suitable replacement. Digg’s reader will maintain what it calls the best of Google Reader’s features, including its API, while incorporating changes that reflect the relevance of social networks and other popular Internet communities.
Filed under: Internet
Via: TechCrunch
Source: Digg Blog
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