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The much talked about new Digg features just launched a few minutes ago. Here is a quick look at the major new features included in the release:
Enhanced User Profiles: Includes an "About Me" area where you can enter basic personal information, add links to all of your blogs and social networking profiles, and add photos. You can also see all of your recent activity on the site.
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Add Friends: A prominent new link in the header "Add Friends" brings you to a new page where you can import your address book from Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, AOL, or Outlook and invite people.
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Friend's Activity: From your profile, you can click the "Friend's Activity" link which shows recent activity of your friends such as new diggs or comments; a similar concept to Facebook News Feed. Privacy settings allow you to control which data you want to share.
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Photos: You can now upload up to 25 photos to your Digg profile. If you want more, Digg recommends using a photo sharing services such as Flickr or Zooomr.
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Shouts: Shouts are essentially a messaging system for Digg. Settings allow you to decide if you want to accept shouts from anyone or friends-only.