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In Vietnam, State "Friends" You

in News on October 5, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

The Internet poses a challenge for authoritarian regimes around the world. But Vietnam’s leaders think they have figured out a new way to tame it–by launching their own, Communist-friendly answer to popular social-networking sites like Facebook.

Digg Triples Revenue Forecast, Says Ad-Commenting to Come

in News on October 14, 2009 at 5:15 pm PT

Digg is known for drumming up traffic to the sites that are linked from its popular home page. Can it perform for online advertisers too? According to three of its executives, its recent forays into ads that play along with its vocal, tech-savvy audience are making gains.