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Windows Phone's "slow" multitasking debunked

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:06:27 +0100

People have often complained that Windows Phone's multitasking is slow compared to other platforms, although diving into the reason why reveals that it's actually the app's fault and not the OS Read more...

From rags to riches: the story of Imgur

Max Slater-Robins — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:00:00 +0100

Neowin sat down with Alan Schaaf, CEO and Founder of Imgur, to talk about a wide range of subjects such as where he got the idea for Imgur from, how Imgur is doing and where it's going in the future. Read more...

Reddit will allow users to up/down vote ads

Max Slater-Robins — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:26:13 +0000

Reddit are introducing the ability to up vote, or down vote ads depending on their relevancy to you. If an advert is unsuitable, Reddit will hide it if you down vote the ad. Read more...

Fusion, the Android SMS app designed by Redditors, goes live

Paul Ferson — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:23:32 +0000

Fusion has been released on the Play Store for Android, after several months of design and code work. The app was designed by the community and built by one guy, making it quite a remarkable addition. Read more...

Bill Gates takes to Reddit for an AMA, we have compiled his answers

Brad Sams — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:03:00 +0000

Bill Gates took to Reddit today and we know that digging through Reddit's comments can be a bit of a chore, so we compiled all of his answers in an easy to read format. Read more...

Cute animated version of Bill Gates answers Reddit AMA questions

John Callaham — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:15:46 +0000

Bill Gates is holding his first ever Reddit AMA session today, but an animated version of Gates has already answered a few questions ahead of time in a new video. Read more...

Microsoft Surface head man Panos Panay to hold Reddit AMA session Wednesday

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:01:41 +0000

Microsoft has announced that Surface general manager Panos Panay will be hosting a "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit on Wednesday starting at 12:30 pm Eastern time. Read more...

Aaron Swartz's family blame US attorneys and MIT for his suicide

John Callaham — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:35:08 +0000

The family of the late Internet activist and Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz have released an official statement, blaming US attorneys and MIT for contributing to Swartz's suicide this weekend. Read more...

Aaron Swartz commits suicide

Andrew Stevenson — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:16:21 +0000

It is with great sadness that Aaron Swartz, the co-author of the RSS 1.0 specification and one of the three Reddit co-owners, has taken his own life at the age of relatively young 26. Read more...

Reddit app Baconit updated to version 2.5 for Windows Phone

Stephen Robinson — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:12:11 +0000

Reddit app Baconit for Windows Phone has been updated to version 2.5 adding some useful new features including Windows Phone 8 support, lock screen notifications and new live tiles. Read more...

Reddit mines for gold to pay for 3.8 billion monthly page views

John Callaham — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:56:54 +0000

Reddit announced today that it is expanding its Reddit gold program to help pay for its server costs, which now include paying for 3.8 billion (with a b) page views a month. Read more...

Amazon cloud outage makes the Internet suck

John Callaham — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:39:23 +0100

Reddit and other major websites experienced outages thanks to a problem at one of Amazon's cloud-based server operations located in its Northern Virginia center. Read more...

Facebook adds new recommendations bar for websites

John Callaham — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:17:57 +0100

Facebook has just added a new recommendations bar feature for external websites, allowing its users to find articles that their Facebook friends like and want to share with others. Read more...

Internet Defense League has real world "cat signals"

John Callaham — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:21:35 +0100

The previously revealed Internet Defense League has formally launched today with plans to place real world "cat signals" around the world as part of its launch plans. Read more...

Facebook engineer accidentally blocks Imgur, apologizes on Reddit

Nathan Tsui — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:18:51 +0100

Links to Imgur were blocked by Facebook for a period of time on Monday, because the site was accidentally deemed "spammy." The engineer responsible for the error apologized on Reddit. Read more...

Digg gets acquired for a whopping $500,000 [Update]

Tyler Holman — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:31:43 +0100

Digg, the long lost darling of the internet, has reportedly been acquired by Betaworks, the company behind Bitly, for a mere $500,000, a far cry from the $200 million Google offered them back in 2008. Read more...

Reddit and other sites hit with "leap second" bug

John Callaham — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 20:10:24 +0100

Reddit and many other major websites went down on Saturday afternoon and evening due to a bug that didn't take into account the "leap second" that was added to the world's clocks. Read more...

The secret to reddit's early growth? Fake accounts

Tyler Holman — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:20:50 +0100

reddit has grown at a phenomenal rate, but co-founder Steve Huffman says there's a dirty little secret behind the site's earliest growth: hundreds of fake accounts and links set up by the founders. Read more...

Reddit restricts links from some high profile websites

John Callaham — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:54:26 +0100

Reddit has revealed it has restricted its users from posting links from high profile websites, including The Atlantic and BusinessWeek, due to those sites using artificial means to promote their links Read more...

Cadence introduces Reddit watch

Tyler Holman — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 02:09:47 +0100

If you've ever found yourself wishing that you had an officially licensed reddit branded watch? If so, Cadence Watch Company has just the thing for you, and all in all it looks pretty cool, too. Read more...