News Summary

Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, has expressed interest in acquiring Pocket, a bookmarking tool that Mozilla plans to discontinue by July 8, 2025. Mozilla announced the shutdown of Pocket to focus on new areas of development aligned with evolving web usage. Rose, now co-founder of the new Digg alongside Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, publicly offered to buy Pocket, highlighting Digg’s appreciation for the app and willingness to support its users. The acquisition could allow Digg to leverage Pocket’s user base and possibly integrate Pocket’s features to enhance Digg’s relaunch strategy. The potential deal underscores Digg’s comeback strategy, which also involves collaboration with Christian Selig, founder of the Apollo app for Reddit.