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The Internet is full of great stories, and Digg helps you find, read, and share the very best ones. It’s simple and it’s everywhere: visit Digg on the web, find it on your iPhone, or get the best of Digg delivered to your inbox with The Daily Digg. </p> <p> </p> <h2>The Team</h2> <p> We are a small team based in New York City, and we've been working on and thinking about news applications for awhile now. Before we acquired Digg, we launched products for email, iPad, and iPhone out of a startup called News.me. Digg was originally founded in 2004, but in the summer of 2012, we rebuilt it from scratch in six weeks. You can read more about that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/http://rethinkdigg.com/post/27628665720/v1">here</a>. </p> <ul id="team-list" class="plain-list"> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/https://twitter.com/kevinbarnett" title="@kevinbarnett" target="_blank"><img width="130" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430im_/http://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/1263059571/image.jpg" alt=""/><br/> <strong>Kevin Barnett</strong></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/https://twitter.com/borthwick" title="@borthwick" target="_blank"><img width="130" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430im_/http://betaworks.com/images/headshots/john.jpg" alt=""/><br/> <strong>John Borthwick</strong></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/https://twitter.com/HeyVeronica" title="@HeyVeronica" target="_blank"><img width="130" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430im_/http://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/2604261714/9a6oef5fpgfvqj0sjz25.jpeg" alt=""/><br> <strong>Veronica de Souza</strong></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/https://twitter.com/annadubenko" title="@annadubenko" target="_blank"><img width="130" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430im_/http://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/2972074103/d17ebd869c45f07bcd18fef96bd7cbcc.jpeg" alt=""/><br> <strong>Anna Dubenko</strong></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/https://twitter.com/jonnyheadphones" title="Master of Karate and Friendship for Everyone™" target="_blank"><img width="130" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430im_/https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/913027488/photo_reasonably_small.jpeg" alt=""/><br> <strong>Jon Ferrer</strong></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/https://twitter.com/tolar" title="@tolar" target="_blank"><img width="130" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430im_/http://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/1581041583/image_reasonably_small.jpg" alt=""/><br/> <strong>Rob Haining</strong></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/https://www.twitter.com/jrlevine" title="@jrlevine" target="_blank"><img width="130" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430im_/http://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/1769592765/image1327102699_reasonably_small.png" alt=""/><br/> <strong>Jake Levine</strong></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/https://www.twitter.com/McAndrew" title="@McAndrew" target="_blank"><img width="130" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430im_/https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/2863351656/9024de7a6a91a01ed3596361a6a74585.jpeg" alt=""/><br/> <strong>Andrew McLaughlin</strong></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/https://twitter.com/rossneumann" title="@rossneumann" target="_blank"><img width="130" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430im_/http://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1877283562/skitched-20120306-121138_reasonably_small.jpg" alt=""/><br/> <strong>Ross Neumann</strong></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/https://twitter.com/gooeyblob" title="@gooeyblob" target="_blank"><img width="130" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430im_/https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1826278561/06851a752f8a01f993fff974f9707065.jpeg" alt=""/><br/> <strong>Kevin O'Connor</strong></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/https://twitter.com/joshpetri" title="@joshpetri" target="_blank"><img width="130" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430im_/http://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1863280382/josh_petri_square_500k_reasonably_small.jpg" alt=""/><br/> <strong>Josh Petri</strong></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/https://twitter.com/shivram_ss" title="@shivram_ss" target="_blank"><img width="130" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430im_/http://static.digg.com/a/static/images/about/shiv-hs.jpg?v=32d65" alt=""/><br/> <strong>Shivram Subramanian</strong></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/https://twitter.com/jvanslem" title="@jvanslem" target="_blank"><img width="130" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430im_/http://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/1535128557/justin_square_reasonably_small.png" alt=""/><br/> <strong>Justin Van Slembrouck</strong></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/https://twitter.com/daweiner" title="@daweiner" target="_blank"><img width="130" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430im_/http://img.skitch.com/20120720-cuq7s5sqa1prhpw5x3yins8ti1.jpg" alt=""/><br/> <strong>David Weiner</strong></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/https://twitter.com/myoung" title="@myoung" target="_blank"><img width="130" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430im_/http://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/1345457769/myoung_profile_reasonably_small.jpg" alt=""/><br/> <strong>Michael Young</strong></a> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <h2>With special thanks to…</h2> We also want to give a very special thanks to our friends at betaworks and the broader NYC community for lending a hand — or several — during the Digg relaunch. A handful of engineers and designers have been with us into the wee hours of the night, working tirelessly (and brilliantly) to ready the applications for launch. They include <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/http://www.twitter.com/samkottler">Sam Kottler</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/http://www.twitter.com/alexlines">Alex Lines</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/http://www.twitter.com/jason_morrow">Jason Morrow</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/http://www.twitter.com/amarnadhir">Amar Nadhir</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/http://twitter.com/neha">Neha Narula</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/http://www.twitter.com/jayridge">Jay Ridgeway</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/http://www.twitter.com/kevinrose">Kevin Rose</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042430/http://www.twitter.com/neilw">Neil Wehrle</a>. </section> </div> <div id="fb-root"></div> <div id="facebook-auth-container" class="tooltip tooltip-grey tooltip-bottom"> <strong>Sign in</strong> <p>Please sign in to 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