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Digg Just Got Sold To Betaworks For Something North Of $500,000
Current CEO of Digg, Matt Williams, has told All Things D that Digg was sold for an amount more than $500,000 including cash and equity. The approximate number is unknown, but it is known that Digg has been declining rapidly in the last few years due to the unpopular 2010 redesign, which forced Kevin Rose, founder of Digg to resign from the company in March of 2011. Currently Digg sees something between 4.5 to 7 million unique visitors each month. Betaworks, the company that has purchased Betaworks will integrate the social networking service into News.me, another service that compiles content for the user in the form of an app. Via: Wall Street Journal
Clearly, there has been a lack of white, large smartphones with dual-core processors and HD screens, paired with the latest of 4G LTE data speed technology in the United States, so it’s the perfect spot for the HTC One X on AT&T to cover (even though it’s also available in gray). Being a manufacturer like HTC, known for some of the greatest smartphone designs, it takes a great deal to understand what is necessarily to knock back a very powerful and positively reviewed smartphone
Tweetbot, one of the best looking iOS apps for Twitter ever released, just emerged on Mac as an alpha release available to the public. Everything is pretty much the same as it was on the iOS version, except now it’s oriented towards a mouse and a larger screen. You can get notifications and respond to tweets as well as RT them any way you like, just as you can on the iOS app. Now the only drawback: Mountain Lion or iCloud notifications aren’t ready yet; they will be when Tweetbot hits its official release.
The Google Nexus 7 is a 7-inch Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tablet. And now it has Google Wallet support, thus becoming one of the biggest wallets around, right? Moving on, Android 4.1.1 brings some performance tweaks, “app optimizations”, and adds Google Wallet support to the Nexus 7. And that’s a wrap on the matter. Via: 
For developers and Android DIYers, having a locked bootloader can be troublesome. While other Android smartphones are easier to unlock than other, the Galaxy S III on Verizon is one of those where it just is plain annoying. So, Samsung has “addressed” the problem be launching an unlocked bootloader version of the Galaxy S III on VZW — for $599.99 on their own developer site. Till then, the $199 locked bootloader version on Verizon seems like the more compelling offer, also considering that all other carriers offer the Galaxy S III with an unlocked bootloader, without the premium charge..
The Ouya, a home games console powered by Google’s Android OS with an NVIDIA Tegra 3 SoC, 1GB of RAM, and 8GB of storage, all designed by Yves Behar, has already surpassed the $950,000 fundraising goal on Kickstarter. In 8 hours and 14 minutes. Yes, it is a roflcopter situation. Apparently the Ouya’s goal is to bring mobile game developers to the TV screen, so that it would push the innovation and power behind the idea of creating richer, games that are — just awesome. Via: 
With just a couple of few Internet hours passed, Twitter published refreshed versions of Twitter for iOS and Android. The updates add expanded tweets for major companies like C-SPAN, Kickstarter, and news organizations. Better notifications (for example, for a specific user) has been added, 
A press release just sent out details the launch date and price for the Atrix HD, another one of Motorola’s creations. The Atrix HD will launch on July 15th at AT&T for $99 on a new, 2-year contract. Besides launching with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the Atrix HD has a pretty thin 8.4-millimeter profile, Kevlar casing, a 4.5-inch ColorBoost 720p HD display with scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass, a coating that protects internal components from water, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, an 8-megapixel camera with 1080p HD video recording, a 720p front-facing camera, 4G LTE data connectivity, and Motorola’s new take on interface design for Android. The press release is below.
In the very slow upgrade process to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the Galaxy Note, a brilliant fusion between phone and tablet (read: phablet) will start receiving notifications today for an Android 4.0 over-the-air (OTA) upgrade. This particular upgrade comes with Samsung’s Premium Suite, a set of apps built to take advantage of the S Pen and the Galaxy Note’s massive 5.3-inch screen with 1.5GHz dual-core processor. Keep in mind this update is not only good news