Archive for: SXSW

Digg Announces New Site and Mashable Partnership at SXSW

The leading social news site Digg has announced a big overhauled site which will go public in the next few weeks. You can signup to the new site at new.digg.com.

The new site is currently collecting email addresses of people who wish to be notified when it’s ready for user testing.

Digg CEO Jay Adelson described the site’s changes to attendees at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas on Sunday. Adelson said the site has been under development for five years.

He said the new Digg would be able to handle millions of submissions per day, rather than the thousands for which the site had originally been architected. Besides normal Internet audience growth, Digg, which launched six years ago in 2004, must today deal with automated submissions made through Internet APIs. These computer-powered systems can easily submit a thousand URLs to Digg in the time it takes a human to enter just one.

Social media news site Mashable is collaborating with Digg to test the new site’s revamped Digg buttons for submitting or voting on Internet links.

Blellow, Social Network for Freelancers

Blellow burst onto the scene a few months ago, and after winning a few awards paired with an explosive launch at SXSW, the social networking site is experiencing explosive growth. For any self starters, entrepreneur, freelancer, or contract worker, this network has been the hub for meeting new people, finding job leads, and joining project teams seeking specific talents. Companies are welcome to also post their job listings for a reduced nominal fee to attract some highly talented professionals.

The unique name is an extension of its unique community. Putting together some of the best aspects of popular social networking sites, it fosters creativity, innovation, and looks to be the dominant force in finding work for the self starters around the world. While Elance and Odesk serve as bidding job boards, Blellow looks to use its extensive network to rely on recommendations and friendly introductions to new people to pair people with the right project.

If you’re looking to expand your contacts, find unique job postings, and converse with people in a specific industry or topic, then Blellow is the place to network!