Digg iPhone Beta launches

Digg.com has launched Digg iPhone Beta, an iPhone-compatible version of the Digg.com user-driven news website. Digg.com founder Kevin Rose alongside two associates sat down last weekend to white-board the Digg iPhone application. Rose told the developer that he would purchase an iPhone for him if the application was completed within 48 hours, according to the company founder's blog post. That developer finished the job, offering features like native iPhone-like story scrolling with mini permalink pages that include the top five comments. Digg iPhone Beta allows iPhone users to login and digg stories, supports "pagination," and allows visitors to jump to any topic. Digg.com has also promised top stories 24 hours a day, seven days a week in a forthcoming version of Digg iPhone Beta.

by MacNN Staff