Posts about Digg as of September 23, 2009

09/23/2009
So by now I’m sure you’ve all seen this on Digg or through a viral email or something, but just in case you haven’t, here’s a pleasant beginning to your morning:Well, well, well.I’m going to go on record right now saying I have nothing against the police as a whole. Unfortunately they’re a necessary service in our culture, but the vast majority of them do their often-difficult jobs well.
09/23/2009
News just in that Nokia has agreed to acquire UK based travel social network Dopplr . TechCrunch are  reporting the purchase price is €10 million and €15 million ($15 million – $22 million). Interestingly, Dopplr cofounder and CEO Marko Ahtisaari was previously the Director of Design Strategy at Nokia. Launched in 2007, Dopplr allows users to create itineraries of their travel plans and spot correlations with their contacts’ travel plans in order to arrange meetings at any point on their journey.