A Bad Week for Social Media Giants

• July 20th, 2009 by Ann Smarty

Social Media took some major hits to its collective credibility over the last week as industry giants Digg, Twitter and Facebook all suffered their own separate scandals. At the forefront of public backlash was the blogosphere, with each company’s own users chief amongst plaintiffs.… Read more

Kevin Rose on the Digg “State of the Union”

• May 6th, 2009 by Ann Smarty

TechCrunch recently sat down with Digg founder Kevin Rose to discuss the meteoric rise of the ubiquitous social-media hub.  Along with teasing us with hints, topics touched on include where it’s been, where it’s going, old rumors and new truths.  The surprisingly humble Rose opens up about previous failures as well as successes, and explains just what happened all those… Read more