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Digg app review: keep in touch with the world and show which articles you like

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Introduction

Digg, created by the company of the same name, is a simple news reading and sharing app. Digg has been around for years and before it’s reinvention, Digg was a very popular social news website. Basically people could vote a news story up (by digging) or down (by burying) which would then easily show the world what the actual popular stories were.

Nowadays, Digg is an aggregator of news selected specifically for the Internet audience. It’s has been redesigned to make users share the news via outlets like Twitter and Facebook, although the app doesn’t really mimic that philosophy.

Digg

Free

A Large Collection of News, Unfiltered

Opening up the app you’ll get to a screen with all the latest news. This is already a big gripe for me, as I didn’t have an option to filter stories into different categories. For example, I want all my stories about technology instantly accessible, and not mixed up with news about politics or big global happenings. You can subscribe to your favorite blogs or publishers, but you might as well get their app, or bookmark their website in your browser.

The design of the app is nice, and there are two different reading panes, one of which is a clean, text-only paper format. The other one has a really annoying ad that you actually have to close to read the start of an article.

 

 

Many Other Really Nice Features

I will stop being negative about this app for now. I really think that the developers have added some really cool features. You can save stories to all kinds of other apps for your offline reading pleasure, and the “Paperboy” feature automatically downloads the latest news when you leave the house.

For people with a visual impairment, Digg supports VoiceOver so if you have trouble reading, you don’t have to miss out on Digg. The sharing features, the one think Digg really shouts about, is limited to Twitter and email. On the App Store page it says Facebook is also supported, but I could not find this (having said that, you can like articles on Facebook, but not share them). 

 

 

Digg

Free

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Great design
  • Text-only reading pain
  • Support for the visually impaired
  • A compilation of all kinds of news for this generation

 

Cons

  • No filter settings
  • A really annoying ad blocks the view of the top of an article
  • No Facebook sharing

 

Conclusion

Do I dig Digg? I’m not 100 percent sure yet, but I will give it a chance. The fact that I can’t filter my news is a big letdown, but who nows, I might learn something new. Sharing options are there, except the one that is most important: Facebook. The app works on both iPad and iPhone devices and only takes up a mere 9 MB. If you need a good news reader, you might dig this one.

Digg

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Cherry is a hard-working writer and an aspiring web designer who can't go a day without using her favorite apps. She's always on the lookout for new apps and enjoys discovering ones that others have overlooked.