company name	Digg, Inc.
company logo
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foundation	San Francisco, California, United States
founder	Kevin Rose
area served	Worldwide
location city	San Francisco, California
location country	United States
key people	Matt Williams (CEO)Kevin Rose (Founder) (ex-CEO)Jay Adelson (ex-CEO)John Moffett (CFO)Owen Byrne (Co-Founder)Ron Gorodetzky (Co-Founder)
homepage	Digg.com
num employees	40
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launch date
current status	Active
language	Multilingual
advertising	Banner ads, referral marketing
alexa	142 ()
website type	Social news
revenue	US$8.5 million (2008 est.) }}

Digg is a social news website. Prior to Digg v4, its cornerstone function consisted of letting people vote stories up or down, called ''digging'' and ''burying'', respectively. Digg's popularity prompted the creation of copycat social networking sites with story submission and voting systems. The website traffic ranked 143rd, behind its long-time competitor Reddit, by Alexa.com as of June 11th, 2011. Quantcast estimates Digg's monthly U.S. unique visits at 7.2 million.

History and description

Digg started out as an experiment in November 2004 by Kevin Rose, Owen Byrne, Ron Gorodetzky, and Jay Adelson. The original design was free of advertisements, and was designed by Dan Ries. As Digg became more popular, Google AdSense was added to the website. In July 2005, the site was updated to Version 2.0. The new version featured a friends list, the ability to "digg" a story without being redirected to a success page, and a new interface designed by web design company silverorange. The site developers have stated that in future versions a more minimalist design will likely be employed. On Monday June 26, 2006 version 3 of Digg was released with specific categories for Technology, Science, World & Business, Videos, Entertainment and Gaming as well as a View All section where all categories are merged. Digg has grown large enough that submissions sometimes create a sudden increase of traffic to the "dugg" website. This is referred to by some Digg users as the "Digg effect" and by some others as the site being "dugg to death." However, in many cases stories are linked simultaneously on several popular bookmarking sites. In such cases, the impact of the "digg effect" is difficult to isolate and assess. On August 27, 2007, Digg altered its main interface, mostly in the profile area. The domain "digg.com" attracted at least 236 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com survey.

Digg CEO Jay Adelson explained at the 2010 "Bigg Digg Shindigg," which is part of the South by Southwest Interactive Conference, that Digg is getting a major overhaul and redesign. In an interview with Wired magazine, Adelson explained that "Every single thing has changed" and that "the entire website has been rewritten." Adelson explains that the new Digg will essentially eliminate the duplication problem. It will also help prevent so called 'power users' from dominating the site with their submissions. The new Digg will also offer users a personalized homepage, based on their diggs, that is tailored to their specific interests. The commenting system will be updated to "help fight bad behavior like trolling or group-burying." The entire look of the site will also change. Adelson summed up the new Digg by saying, "We've got a new backend, a new infrastructure layer, a new services layer, new machines — everything." John Quinn wrote in a Digg blog post that the company was going to stop using MySQL and begin using Cassandra, a distributed database system.

On April 5, 2010, Kevin Rose announced that he would be assuming the position of CEO as Jay Adelson had stepped down. Although, some time later he has disclosed that he is actively seeking a replacement CEO as the role takes up too much of his time that he would rather spend doing other things, such as angel investing.

On August 25, 2010, Digg released v4. The site experienced a number of bugs and glitches that has resulted in a backlash from Digg users in the form of verbal opposition and, initially, heavy posting of articles from Reddit - a competitor of Digg's. Digg's business development director Matt Van Horn left Digg after the official update of version 4.

On September 1, 2010, Matt Williams took over as CEO, ending Rose's troubled tenure as interim chief executive.

Potential sale

Several reports have come forward claiming Digg has been trying to sell itself to a larger company since early 2006. While Adelson claims that Digg will meet with any potential buyers, he denies that they will actively begin talks for a sale. The most recent sale talks were with Google in July 2008 for approximately $200 million. On July 25, during the due diligence part of the potential sale, Google informed Digg that they were not interested in the purchase. As a result of Google's decision, Digg entered into a third round of funding, receiving $28.7 million from investors such as Highland Capital Partners. With this funding, the company plans to move from their current offices to accommodate a bigger staff base. On December 2, 2008, ''BusinessWeek'' reported "Digg Chief Executive Officer Jay Adelson says the popular news aggregation Web site is no longer for sale, and the focus of the company is to build an independent business that reaches profitability as quickly as possible. That means the four-year-old startup will dial back some of its expansion plans, instead prioritizing projects that generate revenue and profit." On December 18, 2008, ''BusinessWeek'' analyzed Digg's financial statements. They reported that Digg lost $4 million on $6.4 million of revenue in the first three quarters of 2008.

Features

Facebook Connect

In May 2009, Digg launched a new feature integrating Facebook Connect with Digg. The Digg integration with Facebook connect allows users of Digg and Facebook to connect their accounts. When a Facebook account is connected to a Digg account, Digg articles can then be shared on the user's Facebook page. Facebook Connect also allows Facebook users to log into Digg with their Facebook account, thus bypassing the normally required Digg registration.

Digg Dialogg

Digg Dialogg allows Digg users to submit questions to a preselected famous individual who agrees to do an interview with a reporter chosen by Digg.

Digg Bar

On April 2, 2009, Digg released the Digg Bar, which provides a toolbar above the top of a site allowing the user to produce shortened urls, or access digg comments and analytics without leaving the page. On April 5, 2010, Kevin Rose announced on the official Digg blog that the controversial DiggBar would be eliminated with the implementation of the 4th version of the website. This was Rose's first major announcement since succeeding Jay Adelson as CEO.

Digg API

On April 19, 2007, Digg opened their API (Application Programing Interface) to the public. This allowed software developers to write tools and applications based on queries of Digg's public data, dating back to 2004. Since then, many blogs have sought to keep up with all of the ongoing Digg API projects.

Criticism

Mob mentality

Unlike the present Digg algorithm, which works on user diversity, in 2006 it was much more dependent on flocking behavior among users to determine the promotion of content. During this period an anonymous user posted a blog accusing an O'Reilly writer of stealing Digg's CSS. The Digg mob flocked to the story and it was promoted with nearly 3000 votes. Digg founders Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson and Daniel Burka expressed dissatisfaction on finding Digg's code on Mallett's sites. Mallett responded and clarified that the theft of code was committed by the contributors to the open source Digg clone, Pligg, which he was using. Kevin acknowledged the misunderstanding and notified Pligg developers of the issue. Adelson contacted Mallett thanking him for clearing the issue and expressed support for his claims. Another O'Reilly blogger in defense of Mallett posted a criticism of Digg's mob mentality. Digg mob's failure to the Mallett story has also been attributed to 'groupthink' which is different from the wisdom of the crowds which requires independence among the nodes.

Moderation and algorithms

The purpose of Digg was to give editorial powers back to the masses. However, the second version of Digg began using a secret algorithm that blurs the transparency that was expected by the users. In 2006, the site began to be gamed by their top users. Supernova17 was banned after agreeing to promote a story for cash to an undercover Digg sting operation. Another group of users openly formed a niche 'bury brigade' . The users defended themselves claiming their actions were in accordance with the wishes of Digg users. Digg tried to offset criticism by hiring computer scientist Anton Kast to develop a diversity algorithm to prevent special interest groups from dominating Digg. A townhall was organized and the users demanded the shouts feature be discontinued. By 2008, Google increased their page rank for Digg and many 'pay for Diggs' startups were created to profit from the opportunity. According to a popular blog a single front-page story was sold for $500 at that time. Usocial and Diggfront were given cease and desist notices from Digg which they ignored. After the release of Digg v4, there had been more questions with the algorithm.

AACS encryption key controversy

On May 1, 2007, an article appeared on Digg's homepage that contained the encryption key for the AACS digital rights management protection of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Then Digg, "acting on the advice of its lawyers," removed posting submissions about the secret number from its database and banned several users for submitting it. The removals were seen by many Digg users as a capitulation to corporate interests and an assault on free speech. A statement by Jay Adelson attributed the article's take-down to an attempt to comply with cease and desist letters from the Advanced Access Content System consortium and cited Digg's Terms of Use as justification for taking down the article. Although some users defended Digg's actions, as a whole the community staged a widespread revolt with numerous articles and comments being made using the encryption key. The scope of the user response was so great that one of the Digg users referred to it as a "digital Boston Tea Party". The response was also directly responsible for Digg reversing the policy and stating: "But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you've made it clear. You'd rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won't delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be."

Organized ideologically motivated censorship

On August 5, 2010, "progressive" blogger Ole Ole Olson (aka "Novenator") posted a report to AlterNet about a year-long effort of organized burying of seemingly liberal articles from the Upcoming module of Digg by a conservative Yahoo! Groups mailing list known as ''DiggPatriots'' and an associated page on coRank; he also accused leading members of the mailing list of participating in behavior which violated the Digg Terms of Usage, such as creating "sleeper" accounts in the event of administrators banning their main accounts for terms-violating behavior as well as vexatious "reporting" of seemingly liberal users for banning. The post was immediately followed by the disbanding and closure of the DiggPatriots list, and an investigation into the matter by Digg.

Digg v4

On August 25, 2010, when Digg updated to version 4, the site was unreachable or unstable during the launch day and the weeks following. A large number of the site's members have complained about the new design and removed features (such as bury, favorites, friends submissions, upcoming pages, subcategories, and history search). Kevin Rose replied to complaints on his blog where he promised to restore upcoming pages and fix the algorithm.

In an open letter to Rose, Alexis Ohanian, founder of rival site Reddit, said : }}

Ian Eure, former Digg engineer, explained on his blog why the update cannot be reverted, but the old features can still be ported to the new architecture.

Disgruntled Digg users declared August 30, 2010 as the 'quit Digg day' and began digging up stories submitted by Reddit's auto submitting publisher account filling up the front page. Reddit also temporarily added the Digg shovel to their logo to welcome fleeing Digg users.

Digg's traffic dropped significantly after the launch of version 4, and publishers reported a drop in direct referrals from stories on Digg's front page. Recently hired CEO Matt Williams attempted to address some of the users' concerns in a blog post on October 12, 2010, promising to reinstate many of the features that had been removed. Digg banned RSS Submissions. Digg said "The simple act of forcing a manual submission helps to combat spam and ensures that quality content appears on Digg."

Timeline

October 2004	Development on digg.com begins
December 1, 2004	Kevin Rose creates the first profile
December 3, 2004	The first story is submitted to Digg
December 5, 2004	Digg is open to public
December 13, 2004	Kevin Rose shows off Digg on The Screen Savers
January 2, 2005	Comment section introduced for stories
February 28, 2005	Digg 1.6: duplicate story detection
March 19, 2005	Profile page now includes comment histories and sort by category
May 9, 2005	Digg spy is released
May 27, 2005	Digg 2.0 is released. Friends feature, ajax buttons for Digg/bury, and a non-linear promotion algorithm are implemented.
July 2, 2005	Diggnation podcast begins with Alex and Kevin
October 2005	Raises $2.8 million in venture capital
December 2005	Digg Spy 2.0 released
December 2005	KoolAidGuy saga results in anti-spam tools being introduced
January 17, 2006	Top user Albertpacino resigns after accusations of him being on Digg payroll
January 18, 2006	Digg Clouds is introduced, Search is improved
January 25, 2006	Acquisition rumors begins
February 2, 2006	Report stories as 'inaccurate' and Profanity filters are introduced
February 15, 2006	Digg widget for blogs and share by email is released
March 1, 2006	New Digg Comment System Released, threaded and Diggable comments.
April 20, 2006	Digg Army Saga: after an exposé by forevergeek.com Kevin bans dozens of top users.
June 26, 2006	Digg v3 rolled out, site redesign, shouts, new categories: politics and sports.
July 24, 2006	Digg Labs Launches
August 15, 2006	Thumbnails added
August 27, 2006	Digg begins enforcing trademark rights
September 6, 2006	User rebellion against Friends System and vote rigging results in promises about the diversity algorithms and other tools that were never implemented. Top user p9 resigns.
September 8, 2006	diggriver.com is launched for mobile devices
September 12, 2006	#1 Story feature added later renamed as favorites
December 18, 2006	New features: Podcast, Videos, Top 10 sidebar, wide-screen support and friends page
February 2, 2007	Top Diggers list removed after user complaints
February 2, 2007	Big Spy Launched
February 26, 2007	The new US Elections 2008 section creates lots of buzz
March 1, 2007	Blog post leads to concern about 'bury brigades'. Digg investigates and find no evidence for these allegations
April 19, 2007	Digg API is made public, Contest launched for best app using the API
May 1, 2007	HD-DVD saga regarding the censorship of the leaked encryption key, Kevin sides with the users and ends the censorship
June 4, 2007	Facebook app is launched
June 21, 2007	New Comment System - Joe Stump edition. Instant backlash from community after slow loading.
July 10, 2007	iPhone App beta launched
July 25, 2007	Ad partnership with Microsoft
August 27, 2007	Customizable homepage options. Images and videos now back to homepage.
	New Digg profiles, story suggestion, email alerts
November 20, 2007	Digg the Candidates: Presidential candidates get their Digg accounts
February 1, 2008	Digg Town Halls
May 15, 2008	New comments system is released
June 30, 2008	Recommendation engine is released
July 23, 2008	Facebook minifeeds of digg stories
July 31, 2008	m.digg.com - Mobile site is released
August 6, 2008	Firefox Extension released
August 25, 2008	Digg Dialogg
September 8, 2008	Digg warns users against script for auto digging friends stories.
September 24, 2008	$28.7 million capital raised with Highland Capital Partners.
October 3, 2008	Many power users banned after they fail to follow guidelines against script digging.
October 9, 2008	Digg Spy and podcasts discontinued
December 18, 2008	Related stories and "People who Dugg this also Dugg" boxes added to individual stories
April 2, 2009	DiggBar and short url launched
April 9, 2009	New Search
May 6, 2009	Facebook Connect
May 26, 2009	Shouts feature is removed
August 6, 2009	Diggable ads implemented
October 16, 2009	Partners with WeFollow for categorizing user in the upcoming version 4 release
November 4, 2009	Digg Trends launched
January 17, 2010	Chrome extension launched
March 23, 2010	iPhone app is launched
April 1, 2010	Android app is launched
April 5, 2010	Jay Adelson Steps Down as CEO, Kevin Rose becomes interim CEO
July 2, 2010	Digg version 4 alpha testing begins
August 3, 2010	Digg takes down new user registration in preparation for Digg 4.0
August 25, 2010	Digg v4 is released: My News and Publisher Streams launched
September 1, 2010	Matt Williams replaces Kevin Rose as CEO
October 27, 2010	Digg lays off 37% of its staff along with refocusing the service
March 18, 2011	Kevin Rose resigns from his role in the company

See also

diggnation

Delicious

Fark

Mixx

Propeller.com

Reddit

Slashdot

Social bookmarking

Facebook

StumbleUpon

Web 2.0

References

External links

Official site

Inc. Magazine profile of Kevin Rose

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Name	Julia Mancuso
Country	United States
Disciplines	Downhill, Super G,Giant Slalom, Slalom,Combined
Club	Squaw Valley Ski Team
Skis	Völkl
Boots	Lange
Bindings	Marker
Birth date
Birth place	Reno, Nevada,United States
Height
Wcdebut	November 20, 1999 - (age 15)
Website	juliamancuso.com
Olympicteams	3 - ''(2002-10)''
Olympicmedals	3
Olympicgolds	1
Worldsteams	5 - ''(2003-11)''
Worldsmedals	4
Worldsgolds	0
Wcseasons	12th - ''(2000-11)''
Wcwins	5 - (3 DH, 1 SG, 1 SC)
Wcpodiums	25 - (10 DH, 8 SG, 4 GS, 3 SC)
Wcoveralls	0 - ''(3rd in 2007)''
Wctitles	0 - ''(2nd in DH & K, 2007)''
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Julia Mancuso (born March 9, 1984 in Reno, Nevada) is an alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team. She was the gold medalist in the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the silver medalist in both downhill and combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She has also won four medals (two silver and two bronzes) at the World Championships and five races in regular World Cup competition. Her three Olympic medals are the most ever for a female American alpine skier.

Skiing career

Mancuso made her World Cup debut at Copper Mountain, Colorado, on November 20, 1999, at the age of 15. She scored her first World Cup points (top-30 finish in a race) during the 2001 season. While she often struggled in World Cup races over the next few seasons, she enjoyed exceptional success at the Junior World Championships, winning a record eight medals, including five golds in 2002, 2003, and 2004.

Her World Cup results improved dramatically during the 2005 season, as she climbed to ninth place overall from 55th place in 2004. At the 2005 World Championships, she won bronze medals in both the super G and the giant slalom competitions. Her unexpected gold medal at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics was unexpected, as she had just three podiums, though all were within weeks of the Olympics. Only one of those podiums was in giant slalom, a third place in the final GS race before the Olympics.

She won the race despite ongoing pain in her right knee, which was finally traced to hip dysplasia. She would finish the 2006 season in eighth place, including podium (top three) finishes in three races, although she could sometimes barely walk by season's end.

At the start of the off-season, Mancuso endured arthroscopic surgery on her right hip to remove an inch-long bone spur on the ball of the joint. After several months off skis, she resumed training with the U.S. team in August, at their summer ski camp in South America. By the start of the 2007 season, she was almost fully recovered.

Although she started off slowly, with a number of disappointing results in the first few weeks as she worked back into race shape, the 2007 season would turn out to be Mancuso's breakout year on the World Cup circuit. She won her first World Cup race on December 19, 2006, a downhill in Val-d'Isère, France, and then took second in another downhill the next day. She went on to win three more races during the season; a Super G, a super combined, and another downhill. At the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, she won a silver medal in the super combined. After finishing on the podium in three consecutive races (2nd, 1st, 3rd) in Tarvisio, Italy, on March 2–4, 2007, she was tied for the overall World Cup lead. She eventually finished the season in third place overall, the best finish by an American woman since Tamara McKinney in 1984, until Lindsey Vonn won the overall title in 2008. Mancuso finished in second place in the 2007 season standings for both downhill and combined.

Following the 2008 season, Mancuso did not achieve a top-three finish in World Cup events for nearly two years due to back problems, so her silver medal in the women's downhill at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics was another surprise. The very next day, she won another silver in the Women's Super Combined, an event that incorporates both a downhill and a slalom run. However, while Mancuso was trying to defend her title in giant slalom, Lindsey Vonn crashed after Mancuso, the next skier, had started, forcing Mancuso's run to be stopped just before she reached Vonn's crash. Forced to re-start from the back of the pack, Mancuso only managed an 18th-place first run, and her strong second run only brought her up to eighth overall. On the first competition day at the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch, Germany, she once again proved her strength at big events by winning the silver medal in the Super-G.

A month later she won her first World Cup race in over four years, a victory in the downhill at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Since this was a few days after a terrible earthquake and tsunami in Japan, she launched a fundraiser by pledging half her race earnings of the World Cup finals to the www.skiershelpingjapan.com campaign website.

Lifestyle and endorsements

Mancuso's nickname among her U.S. Ski Team teammates and fans is "Super Jules". Following her Olympic gold medal in 2006, a ski run at Squaw Valley Ski Resort was renamed "Julia's Gold".

After her coach gave her a plastic tiara as a good-luck token in 2005, she wore it over her racing helmet during several slalom races. She wore her tiara following her Silver Medal run in the Women's Downhill and again at the medal ceremony at the 2010 Winter Olympics. In 2010, Mancuso launched her own lingerie line named Kiss My Tiara. Mancuso also models lingerie and has been memorably quoted as saying, "I think underwear is my calling. You can be feminine and fast."

Mancuso competes using Völkl skis, Lange boots and POC helmets and armor. In December 2006, Lange announced that Mancuso would be the first-ever "Lange Girl Athlete", and be the subject of posters, images, and an "ongoing effort to showcase exceptional women ski athletes who are also attractive and inspiring".

During the 2010 Winter Olympics, VISA featured Mancuso in an animated story describing how as a child she had drawn a picture of herself as a gold medalist, and closing with a photograph of her after winning the gold medal in 2006. She also starred in a commercial for 24 Hour Fitness called 'Reach Your Potential', directed by Emmy nominee Brent Roske.

Personal life

Mancuso was born in Reno, Nevada, and grew up in the Lake Tahoe area as the middle of three sisters, between older sister April and younger sister Sara. Her father, Ciro Mancuso, was arrested and convicted of running a $140 million marijuana smuggling operation when Julia was five years old. Her parents divorced in 1992, and her mother said that Julia "took everything out on the slopes." After his release from prison, Julia and her father became close.

She graduated from The Winter Sports School in Park City, Utah, in 2000 and resides in Olympic Valley, California.

Her boyfriend is Aksel Lund Svindal, a champion alpine ski racer from Norway.

World Cup podiums

rowspan=2 align=centerOfterschwang, Germany December 19, 2006 align=center rowspan=2 align=center rowspan=3 align=center align=center rowspan=3 align=center align=center October 27, 2007 rowspan=2 align=centerLienz, Austria Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Whistler Blackcomb March 7, 2010 December 5, 2010 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Åre Ski Area Tarvisio, Italy Lenzerheide, Switzerland

Season	! Date	! Location	! Discipline	! Place
rowspan=3 align=center	2006	January 27, 2006	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	>align=center|Super-G||align=center|2nd
January 28, 2006	Downhill||align=center|2nd
February 14, 2006	|align=center| Giant Slalom||align=center|3rd
rowspan=10 align=center	2007	|	Val-d'Isère, France	Downhill	1st
December 20, 2006	Downhill || align=center|2nd
January 13, 2007	Altenmarkt, Austria ||	Downhill	3rd
January 14, 2007	Super-Combined||align=center|1st
January 19, 2007	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy ||	Super-G	1st
January 20, 2007	Downhill||align=center|2nd
January 21, 2007	Giant Slalom||align=center|2nd
March 2, 2007	Tarvisio, Italy ||	Super-Combined	2nd
March 3, 2007	Downhill||align=center|1st
March 4, 2007	Super G||align=center|3rd
rowspan=6 align=center	2008	|	Sölden, Austria	Giant Slalom	2nd
December 21, 2007	St. Anton, Austria ||	Downhill	3rd
December 22, 2007	Super-Combined || align=center|3rd
December 28, 2007	|	Giant Slalom	2nd
January 20, 2008	|	Super-G	2nd
February 22, 2008	Whistler, Canada ||	Downhill	3rd
rowspan=1 align=center	2010	|	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	Super G	3rd
rowspan=5 align=center	2011	|	Lake Louise Ski Area>Lake Louise, Canada	Super G	3rd
January 22, 2011	|	Downhill	2nd
February 27, 2011	Åre, Sweden ||	Super G	3rd
March 6, 2011	|	Super G	2nd
March 16, 2011	|	Downhill	1st

References

== External links ==

FIS-Ski.com - World Cup season standings - Julia Mancuso

Ski-db.com - results - Julia Mancuso

Julia Mancuso.net - personal website

U.S. Ski Team.com - profile - Julia Mancuso

vancouver2010.com - profile - Julia Mancuso - USA - alpine skiing

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name	Kevin Rose
nationality	American
birth date	February 21, 1977
birth place	Redding, California, United States
website	kevinrose.com }}

Kevin Rose (born Robert Kevin Rose, February 21, 1977) is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk. He also served as production assistant and temporary co-host at TechTV's ''The Screen Savers''.

Early life

Rose was born in Redding, California and lived in Oregon before his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he spent most of his childhood. He became an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America. Rose transferred to Vo-Tech High School in Las Vegas in 1992. He then attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas, majoring in computer science but dropped out in 1998. He worked for two dot-com startups through CMGI.

Career

Television

Rose was hired as a production assistant for ''The Screen Savers''. He began appearing on-air, most notably in "Dark Tip" segments, and on ''Unscrewed with Martin Sargent'' where he provided information on developing computing activities. He became a regular co-host when Leo Laporte left TechTV on March 31, 2004. On March 25, 2004, Comcast's G4 gaming channel announced a merger with TechTV which resulted in a round of layoffs. Rose moved to Los Angeles to stay with G4. On May 22, 2005, Rose reached an agreement with G4 that released him from his contract and went on to create Systm and later, Revision3.

Podcasting

Rose began podcasting on July 24, 2003, with the release of the first episode of ''thebroken'' while he was still working on ''The Screen Savers'' at TechTV. Rose founded Revision3 in Los Angeles, California with Jay Adelson and David Prager in April 2005. On July 1, 2005, Rose and Alex Albrecht started the weekly podcast, ''Diggnation'', which summarizes top stories submitted by Digg users.

Digg

In 2004, Rose, Owen Byrne, Ron Gorodetzky, and Jay Adelson formed Digg, a technology link website. The website was publicly launched on December 5, 2004. In 2007, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35. On September 1, 2010, Rose was replaced as CEO by Matt Williams, a former general manager of consumer payments at Amazon. On March 18, 2011, Rose resigned from his position at Digg.

Pownce

On June 27, 2007, Rose launched a micro-blogging site named Pownce which was closed down in less than a year.

Milk

In April 2011, the technology blog TechCrunch reported on the funding of "Milk".

Investments

Rose invested in Gowalla, Twitter, Foursquare, Dailybooth, NGMOCO, SimpleGeo, 3crowd, OMGPOP, Square, Facebook, Chomp and Formspring.

Guest appearances

Kevin Rose appeared on the first episode of R&D; TV alongside ''Diggnation'' co-host Alex Albrecht. On November 14, 2007, he was a contestant on a game show at NewTeeVee Live. On March 11, 2009 and April 16, 2010, Rose was a guest on ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' along with fellow ''Diggnation'' host Alex Albrecht.

References

External links

Kevin Rose's Official Site

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name	Marissa Ann Mayer
birth date	May 30, 1975
birth place	Wausau, WisconsinUnited StatesNorth America
residence	San Francisco, Palo Alto
nationality	American
alma mater	Stanford University
employer	GoogleStanford University
occupation	Vice President of Location and Local Services, GoogleComputer programming instructor, Stanford University
spouse	Zachary Bogue (2009–present) }}

Marissa Ann Mayer (born on May 30,1975) is Vice President of Location and Local Services at the search engine company Google. She has become one of the public faces of Google, providing a number of press interviews and appearing at events frequently to speak on behalf of the company.

Education and career

After graduating from Wausau West High School in 1993, Mayer was one of two delegates from Wisconsin selected by the Governor of that state to attend the National Youth Science Camp in West Virginia. The NYSC is funded by the NYSF

Mayer received her B.S. in Symbolic systems, graduating with honors, and M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University. For both degrees, she specialized in artificial intelligence. In 2009, the Illinois Institute of Technology granted Mayer an honoris causa doctorate degree honoring her pathfinding work in the field of search.

Mayer was the first female engineer hired at Google and one of their first 20 employees, joining the company in June 1999. Prior to joining Google, Mayer worked at the UBS research lab (Ubilab) in Zurich, Switzerland, and at SRI International in Menlo Park, California.

UI & design work

Mayer has notable public involvement with Google Search and Gmail, and can be considered significantly responsible for the success of these UIs. ''Fortune'' magazine lists her as one of the 50 most powerful women in the world and the youngest woman ever to make the list.

Recognition

Mayer has been named as one of Glamour Magazine’s 2009 Women of the Year.

References

External links

"The adventures of Marissa" February 27, 2008 in San Francisco Magazine.

Video-Interview February 2007 (English, German intro, German subtitles)

"Inside Google's New-Product Process" June 30, 2006 in Business Week Online.

"Managing Google's Idea Factory" October 3, 2005 in Business Week Online.

Good Experience interview October 15, 2002

Marissa Mayer At Le Web: The (Almost) Complete Interview December 10, 2008 at techcrunch.com

Digg Dialogg: Marissa Mayer July 30, 2009 at digg.com

Marissa Mayer On 'Twitchy' Google, Her Cell Phone Number, And Maps May 25, 2011 in HuffPost Tech

Cyberposium 12: Marissa Mayer Keynote Video

Innovation, Sharing and Dreams, Marissa speaking at Stanford

Google I/O '08 Keynote by Marissa Mayer

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Name	Adrian Peterson
Width	200
Currentteam	Minnesota Vikings
Currentnumber	28
Currentposition	Running back
Birth date	March 21, 1985
Birth place	Palestine, Texas
Heightft	6
Heightin	1
Weight	217
College	Oklahoma
Draftyear	2007
Draftround	1
Draftpick	7
Debutyear	2007
Debutteam	Minnesota Vikings
Pastteams	Minnesota Vikings (–present)
Status	Active
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Statweek	17
Statseason	2010
Statlabel1	Rushing yards
Statvalue1	5,782
Statlabel2	Average rushing yards
Statvalue2	4.8
Statlabel3	Rushing TDs
Statvalue3	52
Statlabel4	Receptions
Statvalue4	119
Statlabel5	Receiving yards
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Adrian Lewis Peterson (born March 21, 1985 in Palestine, Texas), nicknamed "A. D." (for "All Day") and "Purple Jesus", is an American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). Peterson was selected by the Vikings with the seventh overall pick in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Oklahoma.

While at Oklahoma, Peterson set the NCAA freshman rushing record with 1,925 yards as a true freshman. As a First-team All-American, he also set a freshman record by finishing as the runner-up in the Heisman Trophy balloting (USC's Matt Leinart won the award). Peterson finished as the school's third all-time leading rusher.'''

Following his stellar first pro season in which he set an NFL record for most rushing yards in a single game (296), Peterson was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. Peterson was then awarded the MVP award for his performance in the Pro Bowl and became only the fifth player in NFL history to have more than 3,000 yards through his first two seasons. On October 17, 2010, Peterson became the fifth fastest player to run for 5,000 yards, doing so in his 51st game. Peterson has the third highest average yards per game total in NFL history (min. 50 games) with an average of 97.1, 7 yards behind Jim Brown (104.3) and Barry Sanders (99.8).

Early years

Peterson was interested in football as a child; he began playing at the age of 7 and played in the popular Pop Warner Football program. He continued his interest in athletics into high school, where he competed in track and field, posting a wind-assisted time of 10.33 seconds in the 100 meters, basketball, and football at Palestine High School. Peterson was most notable in football, which he played during his junior and senior years. Peterson's 2002–2003 campaign as a junior ended with 2,051 yards on 246 carries, an average of 8.3 yards per carry, and 22 touchdowns. As a senior in 2003–2004, he rushed for 2,960 yards on 252 attempts, an average of 11.7 yards per carry, and 32 touchdowns. Following Maurice Clarett's unsuccessful attempt to sue the NFL over its age limit in 2004, there was considerable debate over whether any high school football player might be able to make the leap from the preps to the pro game. The player most frequently mentioned was Peterson.

Concluding his high school football career at the annual U.S. Army All-American Bowl, he led the West squad with 95 yards on 9 carries and scored 2 touchdowns, and announced at the game that he would attend college at Oklahoma. Among his other choices of schools were the USC, Texas, Texas A&M;, UCLA, Arkansas, and Miami. Following the season, he was awarded the Hall Trophy as the U.S. Army National Player of the Year. In addition, he was named the top high school player by ''College Football News'' and ''Rivals.com''.

College career

During his freshman season at Oklahoma, Peterson broke many NCAA freshman rushing records, rushing for 1,925 yards and leading the nation in carries with 339. He was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, finishing second to USC quarterback Matt Leinart, which was the highest finish ever for a freshman. Among other honors, he was a finalist for the Doak Walker Award. and the first Oklahoma freshman recognized as a First-Team ''Associated Press'' All-American. Peterson contributed to a perfect regular season for the Oklahoma Sooners and participated in the 2005 BCS National Championship Game with a berth to the FedEx Orange Bowl, where they were defeated by the National Champion USC Trojans.

In 2005, Peterson's playing time was limited by a high ankle sprain. He injured his ankle in the first Big 12 Conference game of the season against Kansas State University. Despite missing time in four games, he rushed for 1,208 yards and 14 touchdowns on 220 carries, finishing second in Big 12 rushing yardage. His 2005 season was also notable for a career-long 84-yard touchdown run against Oklahoma State University. Upon the conclusion of the season, he was named a member of the All-Big 12 Conference team.

Peterson's father, Nelson Peterson, was released from prison during the 2006 college football season and was able to watch his son as a spectator for the first time on October 14, 2006, when Oklahoma played Iowa State University. Oklahoma defeated Iowa State in that game, but Peterson broke his collar bone diving into the end zone on a 53-yard touchdown run. During a press conference on October 18, Peterson said he was told by doctors to expect to be out for 4–6 weeks. At the time of the injury, Peterson needed only to gain 150 yards to pass Billy Sims as the University of Oklahoma's all-time leading rusher. He was unable to return for the rest of the Sooners' regular season, but returned for their last game against Boise State in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, where he rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown. He refused to discuss his plans beyond the end of this season with the press. He concluded his college football career with 1,112 rushing yards his final season, even after missing multiple games due to injury for a total of 4,045 rushing yards (only 3 seasons). He was 73 yards short of passing Billy Sims as Oklahoma's all-time leading rusher.

Awards and honors

Hall Trophy (2004)

First-team ''AP'' All-Freshman (2004)

First-team consensus All-American (2004)

Doak Walker Award finalist (2004)

Heisman Trophy finalist (2004)

Jim Brown Trophy winner (2004)

Sports Illustrated All-Decade Team (2009).

Professional career

Pre-draft

On January 15, 2007, Peterson declared that he would forego his senior year of college and enter the 2007 NFL Draft. Coming into the league, he was known as a tall, upright runner possessing a rare combination of speed, strength, agility, size, and vision, along with a highly aggressive running style. His rare talent as both a great breakaway and power runner has often raised comparisons to past legends, including Eric Dickerson, Walter Payton, Gale Sayers, O. J. Simpson, Franco Harris and Jim Brown. Concerns about his injuries suffered during college were noted by the media and potential NFL teams. He started 22 out of 31 games in his college career and had a dislocated shoulder his first year (although he did not miss any games), a high ankle sprain his sophomore year, and a broken collarbone his final year at Oklahoma. His durability was a consideration for at least two teams in their draft analysis, which impacted selection position. Prior to the 2007 NFL Draft, Peterson was compared by professional football scouts to Eric Dickerson. ESPN NFL Draft analyst Mel Kiper, Jr. said of Peterson, "You can make the argument, [Peterson] is the best player in this draft, if not, certainly one of the top three."

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Minnesota Vikings

On April 28, 2007, Peterson was selected by the Minnesota Vikings with the seventh overall pick in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft. Peterson was the first running back selected in that year's draft. At a press conference during the draft, Peterson announced, "My collarbone, I would say it's 90% healed. A lot of teams know that, and I don't see it stopping me from being prepared for the season."

Peterson believed he was a player that a franchise could build around. In an interview with IGN following the NFL Draft, he said, "I'm a player who is coming in with the determination to turn a team around. I want to help my team get to the playoffs, win…and run wild. I want to bring people to the stands. I want people to come to the game to see what I can do next. Things like that can change the whole attitude of an organization. I want to win." He later told the ''Star Tribune'' in an interview, "I want to be the best player to ever play this game."

Nearly three months after being drafted, he was signed by the Vikings on July 29, 2007. His contract is worth US$40.5 million over six years, with $17 million guaranteed.

2007 season

Peterson began his outstanding rookie season with high expectations for himself; he announced ambitious goals including being named Offensive Rookie of the Year and rushing for over 1,300 yards during the course of the year. The NFL's rushing record for a rookie is currently held by Eric Dickerson at 1,808 yards. Just 11 weeks into his rookie season with the Vikings, Peterson was well on his way to Dickerson's record and considered one of the elite running backs in the NFL.

On August 10, Peterson made his Minnesota Vikings debut in a preseason game against the St. Louis Rams. Peterson ran for 33 yards on 11 carries with 1 catch for 2 yards. On September 9, 2007, Peterson ran for 103 yards on 19 carries in his first NFL regular season game against the Atlanta Falcons. In addition to his rushing yardage, he scored his first professional football touchdown on a 60-yard pass reception. Over his first three regular season games, his 431 yards (271 rushing & 160 receiving) from scrimmage are a team record. For his performance during the three games, Peterson received the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month award for both September and October 2007.

His breakout game as a professional came on October 14, 2007 against the Chicago Bears, highlighted by a three-touchdown performance and a then-franchise record of 224 yards rushing on 20 carries. Peterson established additional team records for a rookie during this game, which included the most 100-yard games rushing and the longest touchdown run from scrimmage. He also set an NFL rookie record with 361 all-purpose yards in a single game. His 607 rushing yards through the first five games of the season is second in NFL history to Eric Dickerson. Following Peterson's record performance, Deion Sanders, now an NFL Network analyst, said about him: "He has the vision of a Marshall Faulk, the power of an Earl Campbell, and the speed of an Eric Dickerson. Let's pray he has the endurance of an Emmitt Smith." He has also been compared to Walter Payton and Tony Dorsett by ''Star Tribune'' sports journalist Jim Souhan.

Three weeks later, on November 4, 2007, Peterson broke his own franchise record as well as the NFL single game rushing yard record (previously held by Jamal Lewis since 2003) when he rushed for 296 yards on 30 carries and 3 touchdowns against the San Diego Chargers in a home game in Minneapolis. That game was his second game of over 200 yards rushing, a feat no other rookie has ever accomplished in a season. In addition to the NFL rushing record in a single game, it took him past 1,000 yards rushing for the year after just eight games. His 1,036 rushing yards represents the best eight-game performance by a rookie in NFL history.

In honor of Peterson's record-breaking performance against the San Diego Chargers, the jersey he wore that night was sent to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. On November 11, 2007, just a week later, Peterson injured the lateral collateral ligament in his right knee in a game against the Green Bay Packers. The injury occurred in the third quarter of a 34–0 defeat at Lambeau Field on a low tackle by Packers cornerback Al Harris. Almost a month after the injury, Peterson returned to action on December 2, 2007 against the Detroit Lions scoring 2 touchdowns and rushing for 116 yards.

On December 17, Peterson played in his first Monday Night Football game, where he had 78 yards rushing, 17 yards receiving and 2 TDs. The next day he was named as the starting running back for the 2008 NFC Pro Bowl team. On January 2, he was named The Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.

On February 10, 2008, Peterson won the 2008 NFL Pro Bowl MVP award with 16 carries for 129 yards rushing along with 2 touchdowns. The 129 yards rushing was the 2nd most in Pro Bowl history. He was the first rookie since Marshall Faulk in 1994 to win the Pro Bowl MVP award. Peterson and Faulk are currently the only NFL players to win both the NFL Pro Bowl MVP and Rookie of the Year awards in the same year.

Peterson finished in second place in rushing yards (1341) in the 2007 season behind LaDainian Tomlinson, who finished with 1474 rushing yards.

2008 season

Peterson and the Vikings entered the 2008 season with high expectations and as he did during his rookie season, Peterson set high goals for himself including a 2,000-yard campaign and the NFL MVP award. Questions remained as to Peterson's durability and the ability of the Vikings offense to take the focus of opposing defenses off Peterson.

Peterson and the Vikings began the season with a 24–19 loss to the Green Bay Packers. He finished with 103 yards on 19 carries along with a touchdown. In the following loss to the Indianapolis Colts, Peterson rushed for a then season-high 160 yards on 29 carries, and also recorded 4 receptions for 20 yards. However, Peterson was held to 77 yards on 17 carries and no score in their 20–10 win against the Carolina Panthers, partly because of a hamstring injury suffered the previous week. In the next game, a loss to Tennessee, Peterson rushed 18 times for 80 yards and scored 2 touchdowns along with 4 receptions for 21 yards. In the 30–27 win over the New Orleans Saints, Peterson was held to 32 yards on 21 carries, a 1.5 average. Against the Detroit Lions in the following week, Peterson rushed 25 times for 111 yards, but lost 2 fumbles. However, Peterson bounced back from the fumbles the following week against the Bears, totaling 22 carries for 121 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Following a bye week, Peterson rushed 25 times for 139 yards and a touchdown in a victory over Houston. The contest marked the third straight 100-yard rushing game for Peterson and the Vikings. As of week 8, Peterson was second in the NFL in rushing yards with 823 yards, 172 yards behind Clinton Portis.

In week 10, on Sunday, November 9, Peterson played in a victory against the Green Bay Packers 28–27. He had 30 carries for 192 yards. His longest run was 29 yards; the run was the game-winning touchdown. He averaged 6.4 yards per carry and also had 3 receptions. Peterson's stellar performance put him in the top spot for rushing yards this season, with 1015 yards.

Week 11 saw the Minnesota Vikings (5–4) at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6–3). Tampa Bay was coming off a bye week and was a notoriously difficult team to run against. Peterson was limited to 85 yards on just 19 carries, as the Vikings struggled to produce offense. In Week 12 Peterson was benched the first two offensive series vs. the Jaguars for being late to a team meeting, although he did amass 80 rushing yards and a TD. At the end of Week 12, Peterson became the NFL league leader for rushing yards again with 1,311 yards. Following Week 16, Peterson had 1,657 yards which led the league, and it was announced on December 18, Peterson would be the starting running back for the NFC Pro Bowl team. In his final regular season game in 2008, Peterson ran for 103 yards 21 carries, including a 67 yard touchdown run.

Peterson finished the season leading the league in rushing with 1,760 yards, which marks the third-most yards in a sophomore season behind Eric Dickerson's 2,105 yard season, and Chris Johnson's 2,006-yard season one year later.

In Peterson's first 30 games he had 3,101 yards, which marks the 3rd best start to a career for running backs behind Eric Dickerson with 3,600 yards and Jim Brown with 3,144 yards. He became the fourth running back to lead the league in yards per game in his first two seasons along with Jim Brown, Earl Campbell, and Eric Dickerson.

On January 14, 2009, Peterson was named to his second AP All-Pro team in two years.

2009 season

Prior to the start of the 2009 season, analysts of both the NFL Network and ESPN unanimously named Peterson the best running back in the NFL today. However, the arrival of Brett Favre, one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, coming out of retirement brought both expectation and speculation about Peterson's new role in the offense. Head Coach Brad Childress, however, stated that he wanted to continue leaning on Peterson, giving him a large number of carries. Favre worked well into the offense through the first half of the season, re-establishing Peterson's ability with a passing attack. Peterson had 917 rushing yards through week 10, while the Vikings had a record of 8–1.

Peterson opened the season by rushing for 180 yards on 25 carries and 3 touchdowns against the Cleveland Browns, setting a new Vikings franchise record for opening day rushing. He again broke the hundred-yard barrier in week 6 against the Baltimore Ravens, with 143 yards and 22 carries. His next 100-yard effort came against the Lions, with 133 yards on 18 carries, and he was named the FedEx Ground Player of the Week.

In the playoffs, Minnesota won against the Dallas Cowboys 34–3 but then lost to the Saints in an overtime thriller 31–28. Peterson rushed for 122 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Peterson finished the year fifth in rushing and lost Fed-Ex Ground player of the year to Chris Johnson who had over 2,000 yards rushing on the 2009 season. Peterson was voted to the Pro Bowl December 29 as the starting RB for the NFC team.

2010 season

Peterson opened strongly in 2010, with 392 yards and 3 touchdowns through the first 3 weeks. In week 6, he went over the 5,000 yard career rushing mark against the Dallas Cowboys. At week 7, Peterson was second in the league with 684 yards, averaging 114 yards per game, but the Vikings had dropped to a disappointing mark of 2–4. By Week 16, Peterson had rushed for 1,267 yards with 12 touchdowns, as the Vikings improved to a 6–9 record. Peterson, who was infamous for fumbling the ball in previous seasons, had a dramatic change in the 2010 season with only one fumble during the regular season, a remarkable turnaround from his previous performances. While the Vikings missed the playoffs, Peterson represented his team in the Pro Bowl. Peterson thus far has been selected to the Pro Bowl every year he has played in the NFL. During the game, Peterson contributed 80 rushing yards and a touchdown in a 55-41 NFC win.

After the season, Adrian Peterson was voted the # 1 running back and # 3 player overall on NFL Network's list of the Top 100 Players of 2011 as selected exclusively by NFL players.

2011 season

According to NFL.com, Peterson is ranked as the best player in the NFL. ESPN has Peterson ranked as the number one overall fantasy football player.

NFL awards

2007 AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year

2007 Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year

2007 Second-Team All-Pro

2007 Pro Bowl MVP

2007 Pro Bowl

2008 Pro Bowl

2008 Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award

2008 Rushing Title (1760 yards)

2008 First-Team All-Pro

2008 FedEx Ground Player of the Year.

2009 Pro Bowl

2009 First-Team All-Pro

2010 Pro Bowl

2010 Second-Team All-Pro

NFL records

Most 200-yard rushing games for a rookie (2)

Most yards rushing in the first eight games (1,036)

Most yards rushing in a single game (296)

Second rookie ever to win Pro Bowl MVP (Marshall Faulk in 1994)

Pro Bowl record in career rushing touchdowns (4)

Career statistics

''Source: NFL.com'' 14 Min Min Min 1,198

colspan="2"		Rushing							Receiving				Fumbles
! Season !! Team !! GP !! Att !! Yds !! Avg !! Yds/G !! Long !! TD !! Rec !! Yds !! Long !! TD !! Fum !! Lost
2007	Min	|	238	1,341	5.6	95.8	73T	12	19	268	60T	1	4	3
2008	|	16	363	1,760	4.8	110.0	67T	10	21	125	16	0	9	4
2009	|	16	314	1,383	4.4	88.2	64T	18	43	436	63	0	7	6
2010	|	15	283	1,298	4.6	93.6	80T	12	36	341	34	1	1	1
Career total	61	|	5,782	4.8	94.8	80T	52	119	1,170	63	2	21	14

Personal

Peterson was a hyperactive toddler, ramping up his activity while others his age napped. His dad nicknamed him "All Day", which was later shortened to A.D.—his nickname today. Peterson's brother Brian, older by one year, was killed by a drunk driver when Peterson was eight; another half-brother was murdered the night before Peterson participated in the NFL Combine.

In an episode of ''E:60'', ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols states that Peterson has one child, a daughter named Adeja. He currently resides in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his brothers Derrick and Eldon Peterson.

Recently, as the NFL network series Top 100 - NFL players of 2011 concluded, Peterson was voted as the number 3 player in the league, behind only quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.

References

External links

Minnesota Vikings bio

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