<s>
Digg	B-Application
,	O
stylized	O
in	O
lowercase	O
as	O
digg	B-Application
,	O
is	O
an	O
American	O
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
with	O
a	O
curated	O
front	O
page	O
,	O
aiming	O
to	O
select	O
stories	O
specifically	O
for	O
the	O
Internet	O
audience	O
such	O
as	O
science	O
,	O
trending	O
political	O
issues	O
,	O
and	O
viral	O
Internet	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
its	O
current	O
form	O
on	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
sharing	O
content	O
to	O
other	O
social	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Quantcast	B-Protocol
estimated	O
Digg	B-Application
's	O
monthly	O
U.S.	O
unique	O
visits	O
at	O
3.8	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
's	O
popularity	O
prompted	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
similar	O
sites	O
such	O
as	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
company	O
took	O
part	O
in	O
advanced	O
acquisition	O
talks	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
for	O
a	O
reported	O
$200	O
million	O
price	O
tag	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
deal	O
ultimately	O
fell	O
through	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
controversial	O
2010	O
redesign	O
and	O
the	O
departure	O
of	O
co-founders	O
Jay	O
Adelson	O
and	O
Kevin	O
Rose	O
,	O
in	O
July	O
2012	O
Digg	B-Application
was	O
sold	O
in	O
three	O
parts	O
:	O
the	O
Digg	B-Application
brand	O
,	O
website	O
,	O
and	O
technology	O
were	O
sold	O
to	O
Betaworks	O
for	O
an	O
estimated	O
$	O
500,000	O
;	O
15	O
staff	O
were	O
transferred	O
to	O
The	O
Washington	O
Post	O
Companys	O
"	O
SocialCode	O
"	O
for	O
a	O
reported	O
$12	O
million	O
;	O
and	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
patents	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
for	O
about	O
$4	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
BuySellAds	O
,	O
an	O
advertising	O
company	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
in	O
April	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
started	O
as	O
an	O
experiment	O
in	O
November	O
2004	O
by	O
collaborators	O
Kevin	O
Rose	O
,	O
Owen	O
Byrne	O
,	O
Ron	B-Application
Gorodetzky	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Jay	O
Adelson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
added	O
Google	B-Application
AdSense	O
early	O
in	O
the	O
project	O
but	O
switched	O
to	O
MSN	B-Application
adCenter	I-Application
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
members	O
could	O
vote	O
that	O
page	O
up	O
(	O
"	O
digg	B-Application
"	O
)	O
or	O
down	O
(	O
"	O
bury	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
voting	O
took	O
place	O
on	O
digg.com,	O
many	O
websites	O
added	O
"	O
digg	B-Application
"	O
buttons	O
to	O
their	O
pages	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
vote	O
as	O
they	O
browsed	O
the	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
v2	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2005	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
interface	O
by	O
web	O
design	O
company	O
silverorange	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
included	O
a	O
friends	O
list	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
"	O
digg	B-Application
"	O
a	O
story	O
without	O
being	O
redirected	O
to	O
a	O
success	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Digg	B-Application
v3	O
,	O
the	O
website	O
added	O
specific	O
categories	O
for	O
technology	O
,	O
science	O
,	O
world	O
and	O
business	O
,	O
videos	O
,	O
entertainment	O
,	O
and	O
gaming	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
view	O
all	O
"	O
section	O
that	O
merged	O
all	O
categories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2008	O
,	O
Digg	B-Application
's	O
homepage	O
was	O
attracting	O
over	O
236	O
million	O
visitors	O
annually	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
a	O
Compete.com	O
survey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
had	O
grown	O
large	O
enough	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
thought	O
to	O
affect	O
the	O
traffic	O
of	O
submitted	O
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
pages	O
experienced	O
a	O
sudden	O
increase	O
in	O
traffic	O
shortly	O
after	O
being	O
submitted	O
;	O
some	O
Digg	B-Application
users	O
refer	O
to	O
this	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Digg	B-General_Concept
effect	I-General_Concept
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
switched	O
from	O
MySQL	B-Application
to	O
Cassandra	B-Application
,	O
a	O
distributed	O
database	O
system	O
;	O
in	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
,	O
VP	O
Engineering	O
John	O
Quinn	O
described	O
the	O
move	O
as	O
"	O
bold	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adelson	O
summed	O
up	O
the	O
new	O
Digg	B-Application
by	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
We	O
've	O
got	O
a	O
new	O
backend	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
infrastructure	O
layer	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
services	O
layer	O
,	O
new	O
machines	O
—	O
everything.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Adelson	O
stepped	O
down	O
as	O
CEO	O
on	O
April	O
5	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
to	O
explore	O
entrepreneurial	O
opportunities	O
,	O
months	O
before	O
the	O
launch	O
date	O
of	O
Digg	B-Application
v4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
's	O
v4	O
release	O
on	O
August	O
25	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
was	O
marred	O
by	O
site-wide	O
bugs	O
and	O
glitches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
users	O
reacted	O
with	O
hostile	O
verbal	O
opposition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beyond	O
the	O
release	O
,	O
Digg	B-Application
faced	O
problems	O
due	O
to	O
so-called	O
"	O
power	O
users	O
"	O
who	O
would	O
manipulate	O
the	O
article	O
recommendation	O
features	O
to	O
only	O
support	O
one	O
another	O
's	O
postings	O
,	O
flooding	O
the	O
site	O
with	O
articles	O
only	O
from	O
these	O
users	O
and	O
making	O
it	O
impossible	O
to	O
have	O
genuine	O
content	O
from	O
non-power	O
users	O
appear	O
on	O
the	O
front	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frustrations	O
with	O
the	O
system	O
led	O
to	O
dwindling	O
web	O
traffic	O
,	O
exacerbated	O
by	O
heavy	O
competition	O
from	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
whose	O
like	O
buttons	O
started	O
to	O
appear	O
on	O
websites	O
next	O
to	O
Digg	B-Application
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Andrew	O
McLaughlin	O
took	O
over	O
as	O
CEO	O
after	O
Digg	B-Application
was	O
sold	O
to	O
BetaWorks	O
and	O
re-launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Gary	O
Liu	O
took	O
over	O
as	O
Digg	B-Application
CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
Digg	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
begin	O
a	O
data	O
partnership	O
with	O
Gannett	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
seven	O
figure	O
"	O
investment	O
would	O
give	O
Gannett	O
access	O
to	O
real-time	O
trend	O
analysis	O
of	O
Digg	B-Application
's	O
7.5	O
million	O
pieces	O
of	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2012	O
,	O
Digg	B-Application
was	O
sold	O
in	O
three	O
parts	O
:	O
the	O
Digg	B-Application
brand	O
,	O
website	O
,	O
and	O
technology	O
were	O
sold	O
to	O
Betaworks	O
for	O
$	O
500,000	O
;	O
15	O
staff	O
were	O
transferred	O
to	O
The	O
Washington	O
Posts	O
SocialCode	O
project	O
for	O
$12	O
million	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
patents	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
for	O
around	O
$4	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
reports	O
that	O
Digg	B-Application
had	O
been	O
trying	O
to	O
sell	O
itself	O
to	O
a	O
larger	O
company	O
since	O
early	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
notable	O
attempt	O
took	O
place	O
in	O
July	O
2008	O
,	O
when	O
Google	B-Application
entered	O
talks	O
to	O
buy	O
Digg	B-Application
for	O
around	O
$200	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
walked	O
away	O
from	O
negotiations	O
during	O
the	O
deal	O
's	O
due	O
diligence	O
phase	O
,	O
informing	O
Digg	B-Application
on	O
July	O
25	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
interested	O
in	O
the	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
subsequently	O
went	O
into	O
further	O
venture	O
capital	O
funding	O
,	O
receiving	O
$28.7	O
million	O
from	O
investors	O
such	O
as	O
Highland	O
Capital	O
Partners	O
to	O
move	O
headquarters	O
and	O
add	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
CEO	O
Jay	O
Adelson	O
said	O
Digg	B-Application
was	O
no	O
longer	O
for	O
sale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
new	O
owners	O
Betaworks	O
announced	O
via	O
Twitter	B-Application
that	O
they	O
were	O
rebuilding	O
Digg	B-Application
from	O
scratch	O
,	O
"	O
turning	O
 [ Digg ] 	O
back	O
into	O
a	O
start-up	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
tried	O
rebooting	O
itself	O
by	O
resetting	O
its	O
version	O
number	O
and	O
launching	O
Digg	B-Application
v1	O
a	O
day	O
early	O
on	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
increased	O
support	O
for	O
sharing	O
content	O
to	O
other	O
social	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
's	O
front	O
page	O
content	O
is	O
selected	O
by	O
editors	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
users	O
on	O
other	O
communities	O
like	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
Digg	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
shut	O
down	O
its	O
RSS	B-Application
reader	I-Application
,	O
Digg	B-Application
Reader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
announced	O
shutdown	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
,	O
Digg	B-Application
announced	O
on	O
March	O
14	O
,	O
2013	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
RSS	B-Application
reader	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
Reader	O
launched	O
on	O
June	O
28	O
,	O
2013	O
as	O
a	O
web	O
and	O
iOS	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
shut	O
down	O
Digg	B-Application
Reader	O
on	O
March	O
26	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
possible	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
have	O
disproportionate	O
influence	O
on	O
Digg	B-Application
,	O
either	O
by	O
themselves	O
or	O
in	O
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
top	O
user	O
was	O
banned	O
after	O
agreeing	O
to	O
promote	O
a	O
story	O
for	O
cash	O
to	O
an	O
undercover	O
Digg	B-Application
sting	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
group	O
of	O
users	O
openly	O
formed	O
a	O
'	O
Bury	O
Brigade	O
 '	O
to	O
remove	O
"	O
spam	O
"	O
articles	O
about	O
US	O
politician	O
Ron	O
Paul	O
;	O
critics	O
accused	O
the	O
group	O
of	O
attempting	O
to	O
stifle	O
any	O
mention	O
of	O
Ron	O
Paul	O
on	O
Digg	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
hired	O
computer	O
scientist	O
Anton	O
Kast	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
diversity	O
algorithm	O
that	O
would	O
prevent	O
special	O
interest	O
groups	O
from	O
dominating	O
Digg	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
a	O
town	O
hall	O
meeting	O
,	O
Digg	B-Application
executives	O
responded	O
to	O
criticism	O
by	O
removing	O
some	O
features	O
that	O
gave	O
superusers	O
extra	O
weight	O
,	O
but	O
declined	O
to	O
make	O
"	O
buries	O
"	O
transparent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
Google	B-Application
increased	O
its	O
page	O
rank	O
for	O
Digg	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
afterwards	O
,	O
many	O
'	O
pay	O
for	O
Diggs	B-Application
 '	O
startups	O
were	O
created	O
to	O
profit	O
from	O
the	O
opportunity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
Patriots	O
was	O
a	O
conservative	O
Yahoo	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Groups	O
mailing	O
list	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
associated	O
page	O
on	O
coRank	O
,	O
accused	O
of	O
coordinated	O
,	O
politically	O
motivated	O
behavior	O
on	O
Digg	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Progressive	O
blogger	O
Ole	O
Ole	O
Olson	O
wrote	O
in	O
August	O
2010	O
that	O
Digg	B-Application
Patriots	O
undertook	O
a	O
year-long	O
effort	O
of	O
organized	O
burying	O
of	O
seemingly	O
liberal	O
articles	O
from	O
Digg	B-Application
's	O
Upcoming	O
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
and	O
other	O
actions	O
would	O
violate	O
Digg	B-Application
's	O
terms	O
of	O
usage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Olson	O
's	O
post	O
was	O
immediately	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
disbanding	O
and	O
closure	O
of	O
the	O
DiggPatriots	O
list	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
investigation	O
into	O
the	O
matter	O
by	O
Digg	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
1	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
an	O
article	O
appeared	O
on	O
Digg	B-Application
's	O
homepage	O
that	O
contained	O
the	O
encryption	O
key	O
for	O
the	O
AACS	O
digital	O
rights	O
management	O
protection	O
of	O
HD	B-Operating_System
DVD	I-Operating_System
and	O
Blu-ray	O
Disc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
Digg	B-Application
,	O
"	O
acting	O
on	O
the	O
advice	O
of	O
its	O
lawyers	O
"	O
,	O
removed	O
posting	O
submissions	O
about	O
the	O
secret	O
number	O
from	O
its	O
database	O
and	O
banned	O
several	O
users	O
for	O
submitting	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
removals	O
were	O
seen	O
by	O
many	O
Digg	B-Application
users	O
as	O
a	O
capitulation	O
to	O
corporate	O
interests	O
and	O
an	O
assault	O
on	O
free	O
speech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
statement	O
by	O
Jay	O
Adelson	O
attributed	O
the	O
article	O
's	O
take-down	O
to	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
comply	O
with	O
cease	O
and	O
desist	O
letters	O
from	O
the	O
Advanced	O
Access	O
Content	O
System	O
consortium	O
and	O
cited	O
Digg	B-Application
's	O
Terms	O
of	O
Use	O
as	O
justification	O
for	O
taking	O
down	O
the	O
article	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
some	O
users	O
defended	O
Digg	B-Application
's	O
actions	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
the	O
community	O
staged	O
a	O
widespread	O
revolt	O
with	O
numerous	O
articles	O
and	O
comments	O
made	O
using	O
the	O
encryption	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scope	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
response	O
was	O
so	O
great	O
that	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Digg	B-Application
users	O
referred	O
to	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
digital	O
Boston	O
Tea	O
Party	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
response	O
was	O
also	O
directly	O
responsible	O
for	O
Digg	B-Application
reversing	O
the	O
policy	O
and	O
stating	O
:	O
"	O
But	O
now	O
,	O
after	O
seeing	O
hundreds	O
of	O
stories	O
and	O
reading	O
thousands	O
of	O
comments	O
,	O
you	O
've	O
made	O
it	O
clear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
'd	O
rather	O
see	O
Digg	B-Application
go	O
down	O
fighting	O
than	O
bow	O
down	O
to	O
a	O
bigger	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
's	O
version	O
4	O
release	O
was	O
initially	O
unstable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alexis	O
Ohanian	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
rival	O
site	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
said	O
in	O
an	O
open	O
letter	O
to	O
Rose	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Disgruntled	O
users	O
declared	O
a	O
"	O
quit	O
Digg	B-Application
day	O
"	O
on	O
August	O
30	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
used	O
Digg	B-Application
's	O
own	O
auto-submit	O
feature	O
to	O
fill	O
the	O
front	O
page	O
with	O
content	O
from	O
Reddit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reddit	B-Application
also	O
temporarily	O
added	O
the	O
Digg	B-Application
shovel	O
to	O
their	O
logo	O
to	O
welcome	O
fleeing	O
Digg	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
's	O
traffic	O
dropped	O
significantly	O
after	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
version	O
4	O
,	O
and	O
publishers	O
reported	O
a	O
drop	O
in	O
direct	O
referrals	O
from	O
stories	O
on	O
Digg	B-Application
's	O
front	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+Timeline	O
of	O
Digg	B-Application
history	O
Date	O
EventOctober	O
2004	O
Development	O
on	O
digg.com	B-Application
beginsDecember	O
1	O
,	O
2004	O
Kevin	O
Rose	O
creates	O
the	O
first	O
profileDecember	O
3	O
,	O
2004	O
The	O
first	O
story	O
is	O
submitted	O
to	O
DiggDecember	O
5	O
,	O
2004	O
Digg	B-Application
is	O
open	O
to	O
publicDecember	O
13	O
,	O
2004	O
Kevin	O
Rose	O
shows	O
off	O
Digg	B-Application
on	O
The	O
Screen	O
SaversJanuary	O
2	O
,	O
2005	O
Comment	O
section	O
introduced	O
for	O
storiesFebruary	O
28	O
,	O
2005	O
Digg	B-Application
1.6	O
:	O
duplicate	O
story	O
detectionMarch	O
19	O
,	O
2005	O
Profile	O
page	O
now	O
includes	O
comment	O
histories	O
and	O
sort	O
by	O
categoryMay	O
9	O
,	O
2005	O
Digg	B-Application
spy	O
is	O
releasedMay	O
27	O
,	O
2005	O
Digg	B-Application
2.0	O
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Friends	O
feature	O
,	O
ajax	O
buttons	O
for	O
Digg/bury	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
non-linear	O
promotion	O
algorithm	O
are	O
implemented.July	O
2	O
,	O
2005	O
Diggnation	O
podcast	O
begins	O
with	O
Alex	O
and	O
KevinOctober	O
2005	O
Raises	O
$2.8	O
million	O
in	O
venture	O
capitalDecember	O
2005	O
Digg	B-Application
Spy	O
2.0	O
releasedDecember	O
2005	O
KoolAidGuy	O
saga	O
results	O
in	O
anti-spam	O
tools	O
being	O
introducedJanuary	O
17	O
,	O
2006	O
Top	O
user	O
Albertpacino	O
resigns	O
after	O
accusations	O
of	O
him	O
being	O
on	O
Digg	B-Application
payrollJanuary	O
18	O
,	O
2006	O
Digg	B-Application
Clouds	O
is	O
introduced	O
,	O
search	O
is	O
improvedJanuary	O
25	O
,	O
2006	O
Acquisition	O
rumors	O
beginsFebruary	O
2	O
,	O
2006	O
Report	O
stories	O
as	O
'	O
inaccurate	O
 '	O
and	O
profanity	O
filters	O
are	O
introducedFebruary	O
15	O
,	O
2006	O
Digg	B-Application
widget	O
for	O
blogs	O
and	O
share	O
by	O
email	O
is	O
releasedMarch	O
1	O
,	O
2006	O
New	O
Digg	B-Application
comment	O
system	O
released	O
,	O
threaded	O
and	O
Diggable	O
commentsApril	O
20	O
,	O
2006	O
Digg	B-Application
Army	I-Application
Saga	O
:	O
after	O
an	O
exposé	O
by	O
forevergeek.com	O
Kevin	O
bans	O
dozens	O
of	O
top	O
usersJune	O
26	O
,	O
2006	O
Digg	B-Application
v3	O
rolled	O
out	O
,	O
site	O
redesign	O
,	O
shouts	O
,	O
new	O
categories	O
:	O
politics	O
and	O
sportsJuly	O
24	O
,	O
2006	O
Digg	B-Application
Labs	O
launchesAugust	O
15	O
,	O
2006	O
Thumbnails	O
addedAugust	O
27	O
,	O
2006	O
Digg	B-Application
begins	O
enforcing	O
trademark	O
rightsSeptember	O
6	O
,	O
2006	O
User	O
rebellion	O
against	O
Friends	O
System	O
and	O
vote	O
rigging	O
results	O
in	O
promises	O
about	O
the	O
diversity	O
algorithms	O
and	O
other	O
tools	O
that	O
were	O
never	O
implemented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
investigates	O
and	O
find	O
no	O
evidence	O
for	O
these	O
allegationsApril	O
19	O
,	O
2007	O
Digg	B-Application
API	O
is	O
made	O
public	O
,	O
contest	O
launched	O
for	O
best	O
app	O
using	O
the	O
APIMay	O
1	O
,	O
2007	O
HD-DVD	B-Operating_System
saga	O
regarding	O
the	O
censorship	O
of	O
the	O
leaked	O
encryption	O
key	O
,	O
Kevin	O
yield	O
to	O
users	O
and	O
ends	O
the	O
censorshipJune	O
4	O
,	O
2007	O
Facebook	B-Application
app	O
is	O
launchedJune	O
21	O
,	O
2007	O
New	O
Comment	O
System	O
–	O
Joe	O
Stump	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
Digg	B-Application
profiles	O
,	O
story	O
suggestion	O
,	O
email	O
alertsNovember	O
20	O
,	O
2007	O
Digg	B-Application
the	O
Candidates	O
:	O
presidential	O
candidates	O
get	O
their	O
Digg	B-Application
accountsFebruary	O
1	O
,	O
2008	O
Digg	B-Application
town	O
hallsMay	O
15	O
,	O
2008	O
New	O
comments	O
system	O
is	O
releasedJune	O
30	O
,	O
2008	O
Recommendation	O
engine	O
is	O
releasedJuly	O
23	O
,	O
2008	O
Facebook	B-Application
minifeeds	O
of	O
Digg	B-Application
storiesJuly	O
31	O
,	O
2008	O
m.digg.com	O
–	O
mobile	O
site	O
is	O
releasedAugust	O
6	O
,	O
2008	O
Firefox	O
extension	O
releasedAugust	O
25	O
,	O
2008	O
Digg	B-Application
DialoggSeptember	O
8	O
,	O
2008	O
Digg	B-Application
warns	O
users	O
against	O
script	O
for	O
auto	O
digging	O
friends	O
stories.September	O
24	O
,	O
2008	O
$28.7	O
million	O
capital	O
raised	O
with	O
Highland	O
Capital	O
Partners.October	O
3	O
,	O
2008	O
A	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
power	O
users	O
are	O
banned	O
after	O
they	O
fail	O
to	O
follow	O
guidelines	O
against	O
script	O
digging.October	O
9	O
,	O
2008	O
Digg	B-Application
Spy	O
and	O
podcasts	O
discontinuedDecember	O
18	O
,	O
2008	O
Related	O
stories	O
and	O
"	O
People	O
who	O
Dugg	B-General_Concept
this	O
also	O
Dugg	B-General_Concept
"	O
boxes	O
added	O
to	O
individual	O
storiesApril	O
2	O
,	O
2009	O
DiggBar	O
and	O
short	O
url	O
launchedApril	O
9	O
,	O
2009	O
New	O
searchMay	O
6	O
,	O
2009	O
Facebook	B-Application
ConnectMay	O
26	O
,	O
2009	O
Shouts	O
feature	O
is	O
removedAugust	O
6	O
,	O
2009	O
Diggable	O
ads	O
implementedOctober	O
16	O
,	O
2009	O
Partners	O
with	O
WeFollow	O
for	O
categorizing	O
user	O
in	O
the	O
upcoming	O
version	O
4	O
releaseNovember	O
4	O
,	O
2009	O
Digg	B-Application
Trends	O
launchedJanuary	O
17	O
,	O
2010	O
Chrome	O
extension	O
launchedMarch	O
23	O
,	O
2010	O
iPhone	O
app	O
is	O
launchedApril	O
1	O
,	O
2010	O
Android	O
app	O
is	O
launchedApril	O
5	O
,	O
2010	O
Jay	O
Adelson	O
steps	O
down	O
as	O
CEO	O
,	O
Kevin	O
Rose	O
becomes	O
interim	O
CEOJuly	O
2	O
,	O
2010	O
Digg	B-Application
version	O
4	O
alpha	O
testing	O
beginsAugust	O
3	O
,	O
2010	O
Digg	B-Application
takes	O
down	O
new	O
user	O
registration	O
in	O
preparation	O
for	O
Digg	B-Application
4.0August	O
25	O
,	O
2010	O
Digg	B-Application
v4	O
is	O
released	O
:	O
My	O
News	O
and	O
Publisher	O
Streams	O
launchedSeptember	O
1	O
,	O
2010	O
Matt	O
Williams	O
replaces	O
Kevin	O
Rose	O
as	O
CEOOctober	O
27	O
,	O
2010	O
Digg	B-Application
lays	O
off	O
37%	O
of	O
its	O
staff	O
along	O
with	O
refocusing	O
the	O
serviceMarch	O
18	O
,	O
2011	O
Kevin	O
Rose	O
resigns	O
from	O
his	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
companyChristina	O
Warren	O
,	O
mashable.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Kevin	O
Rose	O
Resigns	O
from	O
Digg	B-Application
 [ Report ] 	O
 "	O
.	O
</s>
