Digg

Digg is a rapidly growing website that emphasizes technology news, and combines social bookmarking, blogging, syndication, with a form of non-hierarchical, democratic editorial control. News stories and websites are submitted by users, then promoted to the front page through a user-based ranking system. This differs from the hierarchical editorial system that many other news sites employ (such as Slashdot).

Diggnation Podcast

Diggnation is a podcast hosted by Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht that serves as a week-in-review of the most popular stories on Digg. The podcast is available in two formats; as a videocast or as a normal audio-only podcast. Within a day of its release, Diggnation took the #1 spot on podcasting site, Podcast Alley, and has appeared several times in the 'Top 10' section of the iTunes Podcast Directory.

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Podcast - Kevin Rose - Alex Albrecht - Videocast - ITunes

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For a brief time Diggnation was taken off Apple's iTunes. Originally, it was thought that this was because of a simple exploit that propelled Diggnation to the top of the charts by clicking the subscribe button rigorously. However, it has since been announced that it was because someone pretended to be Kevin Rose and asked Apple to remove it. The show has since been re-added.

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Apple's - ITunes

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Episode #14 of Diggnation marked a new milestone for podcasting. The Diggnation team collaborated with Dolby Laboratories to introduce a full 5.1 surround sound technology for podcasting. The show was the first podcast ever to be encoded in full Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound.

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Dolby Laboratories - Surround sound

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