Digg Founder Kevin Rose Joins Google, Shuts Down Oink
Google has hired Digg founder Kevin Rose, AllThingsD reports. The news follows the announcement that Rose’s mobile development lab, Milk, Inc., has shut down its food recommendation app, Oink.
A spin on other review sites like Yelp, Oink allowed users to review specific dishes within restaurants. It also had more wiggle room than some of the other review services – though it was intended for food, users could “oink” just about anything they could photograph.
Oink seemed to fit the criteria that David Glazer, Google+’s director of engineering, laid out at the Inside
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