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Google Releases Official Buzz Share Widget with Live Counter

April 15, 2010 By 5 Comments
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Google has recently released the beginning of a small API working with Google Buzz. There have been plenty of issues with Google Buzz's widget, and many other sites made their own to fill the gap. However with this newest release even Mashable has updated their Buzz widgets. The new button looks similar to many of the other counter-style widgets we've seen. It's got the Buzz logo with a live count in the main circle, and there's also a smaller more compressed version similar to Facebook's … [Read more...]

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Jay Adelson Steps Down as CEO of Digg.com

April 6, 2010 By 1 Comment
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In a recent blog post entitled simply "Update from Jay", it has been officially announced that Jay Adelson will be stepping down as Digg's CEO after 5 prosperous and amazing years. Jay has done an amazing job as CEO, and I firmly believe Digg wouldn't hold it's current success status today if it wasn't for his ideas and inspiration. Although Jay doesn't state any specific reasons for this choice, he does have virtue and motive to do so. As quoted FTA, "With the new Digg getting ready to … [Read more...]

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Mashable-Style Google Buzz Widget with Counter Available by Njuice

April 4, 2010 By 3 Comments
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As many fans of the popular social media blog Mashable know, over the past month or 2 they have been messing around with a new Google Buzz button. Allowing you to share stories over Google Reader which publish into Google Buzz, this small widget has grown in popularity and it seems like every blogger is looking for one! The problem is, Google hasn't released any official API for Buzz yet and many are struggling to get any widget working properly. Code hasn't been released by Mashable or any … [Read more...]

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The Latest Free Icon Search Engine FindIcons.com

April 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Just a few weeks ago I got a great interview with the creator of IconFinder.net, one of the only free icon search engines online. Recently I've come across another one which has just as many great icons shared, plus the ability to log in and save your favorite sets! FindIcons.com is my latest breakthrough, and from what I can tell the site is growing wildly. They've got a perfectly functioning search bar, which crawls through over 280,000 icons for any tags or keywords you type. You can also … [Read more...]

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Interview with Martin Leblanc Eigtved, Founder of IconFinder.net

March 2, 2010 By 1 Comment
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So many design blogs and showcases today are giving away icons for free. Even in large sets, social media icons and small graphics are making their way into the big time. I'm a huge fan of collecting icons, and all of these free sites are extremely useful and always in my bookmarks. IconFinder is a simple site with a simple premise: provide an easy-to-use icon search engine. Simply typing in keywords like "twitter" or "RSS feed" will bring up pages of icons, all free an available to download! … [Read more...]

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New Digg-Clone Thuhm Updates Design and Added Features

February 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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I had written a Review for Thuhm a while back, and have to say I still love the app. It's a brand new social news website for sharing all kinds of news, and it combines the best features of Reddit and Digg together. Although still just breaking off the ground, Thuhm has a lot to offer it's readers. Recently there had been a post mentioning new updates on the site, including a new front page design and the addition of categories. … [Read more...]

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CypherBox.net – Great Pligg-based PR4 Social Bookmarking Site

February 11, 2010 By 4 Comments
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I just want to say, I absolutely love Pligg. It's an amazing PHP script, free to download which allows you to set up your own social news site similar to Digg. Many micro-niche sites have popped up running on Pligg's backend, and CypherBox is my latest find. CypherBox is a Google PageRank 4, which is huge for social bookmarking sites. Not only that, but every link on the page is DoFollow - this means Google passes on PR4 juice to each link you submit! This can greatly impact a new website or … [Read more...]

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