Kevin Rose

DailyBooth Gets $1 Million for Photo Blog Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 19, 2009 - 8:50am.

New York - DailyBooth, a photo-based blogging service with similar features to Twitter, has raised $1 million in venture capital financing, The Wall Street Journal Online reported.

Digg Acquires Founder Rose's WeFollow Twitter Ranking Site

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 16, 2009 - 7:50am.

San Francisco - Digg, the user-generated Web content ranking service, has acquired WeFollow, a Twitter directory service launched by Digg founder Kevin Rose earlier this year, TechCrunch reports.

Kevin Rose, Ashton Kutcher Plan Web Reality Show at Sundance

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 15, 2009 - 1:55pm.

Los Angeles - Digg founder Kevin Rose and actor Ashton Kutcher have teamed up to co-host a Web-based reality show that will be shot on location at the Sundance Film Festival this month. "24 Hours at Sundance" will see four social media personalities compete to accomplish various scavenger hunt-styled missions in Park City, all the while streaming their progress live via the Qik mobile video streaming service.

Microblogging Firm Pownce Acquired by Six Apart, Shut Down

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 1, 2008 - 9:51am.

San Francisco - Pownce, a microblogging and file-sharing service created by Digg founder Kevin Rose, announced on Monday that it has been acquired by Six Apart, developers of blogging tools including Vox, Movable Type and TypePad, for an undisclosed sum.

Buzz Watch: Kevin Rose Demos Qik for the iPhone

Authored by Jay Baage on October 21, 2008 - 9:12am.

Kevin Rose, founder of Digg and Revision3, demos Qik live streaming video app for the iPhone on his blog (video embedded above). These new streaming services, including uStream, are very cool. Not long ago you needed a ton of equipment and a satellite-upload truck to achieve what you can basically do now with a cell phone and a Qik account. For free! But to put this in perspective, the promise of streaming video from mobile phones is nothing new. I remember video-calling being the much-hyped new "killer-app" for 3G-phones back in Europe many years ago. It flopped. The difference now is that the market is ready for these services and it’s about one-to-many and not one-to-one. The devices are also better, video-sharing websites widely used and the combination of video streaming and running a text-chat seem to be a winning combo.

Pownce Introduces Social Network and File-Sharing Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 29, 2007 - 11:04am.

San Francisco - Pownce, a social network and file-sharing application start-up created by Digg founder Kevin Rose, this week announced the launch of a private beta test of its service, Wired News reported. The service lets users send messages, links, files of various types, and events to one another for free; an ad-free version that increases file upload limits will also be available for $20 per year.

Buzz Watch: Digg Founder Kevin Rose Lets Users Win in UGC Test Case

Authored by Jay Baage on May 3, 2007 - 9:36am.

Digg, the popular site where users determine the placement of new stories by voting, was recently hit with a user revolt. On Wednesday Digg founder Kevin Rose found himself in the center of what some are calling a test case for the power of user-generated content on social networking sites.

Digg Users Revolt Over Deleted Posts of HD DVD Security Hack

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 2, 2007 - 3:53pm.

Los Angeles - The user-edited news aggregation site Digg.com has seen a revolt by its users over the past 24 hours, after administrators first tried to delete mentions of a key that can unlock the security on HD DVD discs, later capitulating to the community and in the process opening itself to potential litigation from owners of the technology.