Online

Is The Washington Post Hiring Digg’s Entire Tech Team?

Digg has been on a downward trajectory for some time, but now things seems to be getting worse. Rumours are circulating that the Washington Post is trying to hire the entire tech team from Digg, which would leave the aggregator site pretty much dead on its feet.


July 8, 2011
Online

1.2 Million Accounts Compromised In Washington Post Hack

If you’ve been looking for work in the Washington Post‘s Jobs section, you might have one more thing to worry about. User IDs and email addresses for 1.2 million accounts were compromised on June 27th and 28th. No passwords or other personal information was accessed.


November 9, 2010
Software

The Washington Post Gets An iPad App Souped Up With Social Media

The venerable Washington Post finally has its own iPad app, and it’s free until February 2011. One neat feature: it has “live topic” pages which pull together several stories and social media commentary related to some central news item.


December 19, 2009
Geek Out

Google Guys Lose To President Bush In Weirdest Bracket Ever

The Washington Post has this bizarre Final-Four style bracket to determine the “most influential person of the decade,” and with President Bush’s defeat of Sergey Brin and Larry Page, all the tech figures are now out of the race. Lame.