Over the last year since the launch of version 4, Digg has faced challenges in regaining its relevance in social media. Traffic is down. Users are less active. It has seemed at times as if Digg may go the way of MySpace, Propeller, and Yahoo Buzz – social sites that were once big news but [...]

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This guest post is by Deb of Science@home. Do you spend enough time looking at your stats? What a statement to start with, given that the mantra seems to be to check once a week and don’t waste too much time on your stats. And I agree with what seems to be the reasoning—if you [...]

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UmeNow.com is positioning itself as the bold new player set to destroy Facebook's lead in the social networking universe. It's the first and only ad-free social communication service in the world that is totally focused on privacy.


Read More: A Mother Decides Facebook Isn’t Private Enough, Starts UmeNow

Frank McPherson covered the LinkedIn app updates for Android and iPhone earlier this week. The major overhaul of the apps' user interfaces (UI) has resulted in what some people think is a much more appearling LinkedIn mobile UI.


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What’s Trending, the CBSNews.com web show that launched earlier this year to explore the hottest online trends, has an exciting new announcement—they’ve partnered with Klout, the standard for measuring online influence, to invite top influencers in the fields of Tech, Media/Entertainment and Social Media to be a part of the show’s live audience.  I had the opportunity to talk to host Shira Lazar, as well as a representative from Klout, to find out more.


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This is one of the hottest summers America has ever seen and YouTuber Jeremiah Warren is taking advantage of the heat wave and doing a little cooking…in his car!


Read More: Watch: It’s Hot Enough Outside To Fry An Egg…Literally