Digg is sold by parties

 

Digg was one of the major social sites at the time, on that site were shared a lot of news. Currently Betaworks has decided to buy Digg for $ 500,000 a very small figure taking into account the importance of this popular news aggregator.

So now, you will know more about the real dimensions of the amount paid by Digg. Digg it happens that not only was sold to U.S. $ 500.000 Betaworks, as calculated, but was also sold in the Washington Pos t parts, and LinkedIn, which would total 16 million for Digg.

As indicating the reports, the Washington Post paid $ 12 million by the team of Digg a few days ago, whereas LinkedIn paid disbursed U.S. $ 3.75 million and $ 4 million for an average of 15 patents Digg, among which is included a very particular: click a button to vote for a story
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And as you know, Betaworks paid for the remainder of Digg between $ 500,000 and $ 725,000. It is also known that LinkedIn will grant the necessary licenses to run Betaworks what you have in mind with its recent acquisition.

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Google buys Sparrow, e-mail client for IOS and Mac

Sparrow, premiered in October 2011, had become in record time in one of those programs that do not need advertising, but popularized by word of mouth among friends. The e-mail program, which initially only worked on Macs, has just been acquired by Google, although neither party has made ​​public the amount.

So, Sparrow, that service for managing and controlling Gmail accounts in the iPhone or the Mac, now past the ranks of Google, according to recent reports that have on the subject.

'We care about how people communicate, and have always done our best to provide the email experience more intuitive and enjoyable as possible,' says the CEO of Sparrow, Dom Leca, in a post published this morning on the company blog. 'Now we are joining the Gmail team to achieve a larger vision, one that we think we can get better with Google'.

Sparrow applications have managed to become the most popular with users of Apple devices thanks to its clean design and smart functionality. And service users will know what I mean and would certainly not have shown signs of surprise at this news, since the acquisition by Google Sparrow is something we saw coming a long time, since the application was integrated well with Gmail, even surpassing in many respects to the Gmail application itself in IOS.

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Weather Flow, a great app for Android on time

Weather Flow is a great app for Android devices that will give them a touch of grace. The application not only has a great designed inspired by ICS combining great visuals and customizable options, but also provides information on weather conditions and forecasts expected. Depending on the current weather conditions, we will see a different background.
Weather Flow has become quite popular these days and costs $ 2 in the Google store Play.

 

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More than 61,000 people ask for the resignation of Andrea online Fabra

 

In just 18 hours (At 1420 hours on Friday, July 13), more than 61,000 people have signed a petition on Change.org initiated by a citizen who asks the People's Party lawmaker to resign Andrea Fabra.
Fabra has been put in the spotlight of the public and politicians after shouting at the Congress of Deputies "Fuck that" while the Prime Minister announced cuts in unemployment benefit.
According to the petition initiated by Rocío Barragán, Andrea Fabra "is not worthy of his position" and therefore calls for his resignation. Every time someone signs the petition, send an email with the text of the letter to Andrea Fabra.
The petition is experiencing tremendous growth, adding more than 3,400 signatures per hour. The hashtag "# quesejodan" referring to the findings of Fabra, has been Trending Topic on Twitter.
Deputy Secretary of Organization and Elections PP, Carlos Floriano, has said that his controversial words Fabra answered "insulting gestures Socialist Group"
Floriano has accused the PSOE of launching an "insidious and manipulative campaign" against the deputy of the Popular Party for the fact that the secretary general of the PSOE, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, "lost" the debate in Congress about the new settings .
Related links:
- Petition on Change.org

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