Digg, the Web 2.0-The Era Aggregator Link now given a second chance in life is open to buying the Mozilla’s Read-It-Later, Pocket Reading Application.
On Thursday, Mozilla announced that it would close the pocket on July 8, saying that the way people use the web has evolved and had to focus on new areas of growth. Shortly afterwards, Kevin Rose, the original owner of Digg, now co -founder of The New Digg along with co -founder Reddit Alexis Ohanian, Posted on x That his company would be interested in getting a pocket from Mozilla.
With the mark of both Mozilla and the pocket in the post, Rose wrote: “We love the pocket in @digg, I am glad I did it and continues to support your users for the coming years!” The post with the founder of BetWorks himself, Peter Rojas, who is previously the founder of Gizmodo and Engadget, now SVP new products in Mozilla.
Neither Digg nor Mozilla have yet responded to a request for news commentary. However, the deal could be interesting if it was passed, as Digg could take advantage of the existing Pocket users base to power the interest in restarting. Digg could potentially incorporate Pocket reading list with Digg, facilitating users to find and share the content directly on the news battery. This could provide an initial pipeline for the diet of news and articles in DIGG while working to develop its users’ base.
Digg’s return has attracted attention as it mates the original founder of Digg, Rose, with Ohanian, who has helped to create the long -standing Digg competitor, Reddit, now one of his own. Digg recently announced that he has also brought Christian Selig, the founder of the Reddit Apollo Apollo Apollo, as a consultant. Selig’s Apollo application was one of the best ways of interacting with Reddit, but the company cut access to the app by increasing the API pricing to the point where it would put Selig off.
Digg is not the only one who has gone after the pocket. Medium CEO Tony Stubbleine says he also investigated the pocket market in 2023, but never heard from Mozilla before announcing that he was closing the app.
“I’m not sure what Mozilla is doing, but it’s somewhat outrageous,” Stubbleine told TechCrunch. “Pocket software is easy to rebuild, but some of the infrastructure and integration around the web would be difficult to replace. So I’m sure someone would have taken it.”
Updated after publishing with comments from Stubbleine.
