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After a month of testing the new alpha version to invite-only users, Diggs redesigned site is live for everyone. The new interface and functionality of the social news network focuses on the personalized news stream, My News, which shows stories dugg by users you choose to follow (similar to Twitter), rather than the most popular news (note: at press time, the new site is still experiencing some downtime issues).The company has had a turbulent year. In April, Founder Kevin Rose became CEO after Jay Adelson stepped down, reportedly in part because Diggs venture capitalists were frustrated that they had yet to see a return on the $40 million invested in the company despite staff cuts in 2009 to improve profitability.The site has also been struggling with a decline in traffic, according to Compete.com, only further increasing the pressure to reinvent itself.A New Digg ExperienceThis site also has an improved content submission process. The Digg It submission bar appears prominently at the top center of the page. Users no longer have to navigate to a separate page to submit content, and users can also easily share submissions via Twitter, Facebook or e-mail. Digg also has a range of new, unique features, such as saving stories to read for later.The SUL and Working with PublishersTaking more cues from Twitter, the new Digg makes it easier to discover users to follow with its own version of the Suggested User List, which includes media publishers and celebrity figures like Ashton Kutcher, who, by the way, doesnt have nearly as many followers (4,000+) as he does on Twitter.The SUL and Diggs initiative to recruit big brands to follow seems to be paying off. Some of the accounts listed, including Mashables, have grown from a few hundred followers to thousands in just a month. In an e-mail sent to publishers this week, Diggs new Product Manager Mike Cieri highlighted Diggs help page for new publishers and its plans to help publishers drive traffic and revenue, including improved analytics and reporting, additional incoming feed capabilities, and improving the discovery process to ensure all publishers are being found and followed on Digg. Working with brands and publishers has helped generate user interest and revenue for sites like Foursquare and Twitter, and Digg will likely try to do the same.Too Much or Too Little Too Late?Despite the many improvements to the interface and overall experience on the site, only time will tell as to whether the redesign is too much or too little too late. First, the redesign may be too much of a shift for Diggs core users, who have traditionally have driven much of the activity on the site, even after the Top Digger list was removed. Because the emphasis is now on a self-curated stream, its top diggers may be alienated. However, if the new functionality works to attract a more mainstream userbase, then Digg still wins.Alternatively, the changes may not be enough. Digg is clearly taking lessons from the likes of Twitter and Facebook in regards to how content is being shared on those platforms. But is this redesign really the re-imagining of a platform or just a band-aid that will only stop the bleeding temporarily? After all, content submission is still largely automated through a link submission process or an RSS feed, and the comments, opinions and conversation is mostly secondary part of the experience. This is still far from Facebook and Twitter, where the opinion and commentary of the user sharing the content is nearly as important as the content itself, featured prominently on in the Twitter stream or Facebook News Feed with the link or content blurb below.ConclusionWhat Digg may benefit from is the new seamlessness of the submission and consumption processes. Users that are looking for a curated stream alongside the popular content can do it on Digg. The majority of Diggs userbase will likely find the new design refreshing and it very well may gain some traction among users that feel overwhelmed with the real-time news stream or the pontifications in their news feed. Better yet, Digg may attract a whole new audience looking for a place to discover news through curated sources.What are your thoughts? Do you like the new Digg? Will the new version attract more users to the struggling social news site or is it taking its last breaths?Follow Mashable on DiggReviews: Digg, Facebook, Foursquare, Mashable, TwitterMore About: digg, digg.com, facebook, jay adelson, kevin rose, social bookmarking, social media, social news, social sharing, twitterFor more Social Media coverage:Follow Mashable Social Media on TwitterBecome a Fan on FacebookSubscribe to the Social Media channelDownload our free apps for iPhone and iPad

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Celtic will take on St Johnstone in McDiarmid Park on Tuesday April 12 in the Scottish Premier League.

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Whether you buy or sell on eBay, you've probably seen some of the auction site's many enthusiastic notices about the 2011 Spring Seller Update. If you're a seller that's totally disregarded said notices, then you might get a rude awakening from the big changes that rolled in on April 19. That's because eBay is gearing up to screw you...again. Below are the biggest new and ongoing ways that eBay is sticking it to their sellers.

In April 1848 this four hundred ton cargo ship set sail from Blennerville near Tralee on her maiden excursion with 193 passengers on board. She was bound for Quebec and over the next 7 years she went on a further 16 travels carrying a total of over 2,500 emigres to NorthAmerica. No passenger ever died aboard the Jeanie Johnston which was unpreceden

Steve Carell is leaving 'The Office' next May, E! confirms. Carell told BBC in April that his contract expires at the end of this season and he did not plan to renew it. Now he has made it clear he wasn't just holding out for a better salary.

Nokia’s flagship E7 slider is now available for pre-orders in the US for $679 with a possible release date for April.

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Fortunately for Johnson, that’s not the case. After a tough and uncertain rehabilitation, the 20-year-old Plymouth High School graduate will make his return to the cage April 7 in a 155-pound bout at the Century Center. “I’m still taking it one step ...

On 15 April 2009, Johnson was awarded the prestigious AAU James E. Sullivan Award. The annual award honors the USA athlete who best represents "the qualities of leadership, character, sportsmanship, and the ideals of amateurism." Johnson ranked fifth in ...

Bidding groups led by Magic Johnson and Joe Torre are among those selected as ... citing the person familiar. Cuban didn’t answer e-mails seeking comment by Bloomberg News. The Dodgers have debts of about $570 million, the team said in a ...

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108th East Ave. A former University of Tulsa football standout, Sweeney had been involved in a lawsuit against Aziz, who operated convenience stores that bought fuel from Sweeney's business, prosecutors said. Aziz, Bethel, Shields and Johnson ...