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Dear All,

Thanks for your support. newskicks.com is now having alexa 95,164 ranking and still increasing. So keep posting your stories and vote for them.

Thanks,
Admin
newskicks.com

Dear All,

We have integrated newskicks.com with twitter. So now when you post a story, it can automatically posted to your twitter account. For this you need to follow these simple steps:
1. Login to newskiks.com and go to my account. See the picture bellow:

2. Click on edit tab.
3. enter your twitter user name and password.See the picture bellow:

4. save it and you are done. From now onwards whenever you post any story,it will be automatically posted to your twitter account.
If you have any questions then feel free to contact us at: admin@newskicks.com

Thanks,
Team - Newskicks

Hello Everyone,

I was at proto.in pune addition today. for those who don't know it is a event organized for indian startups.This is the first time i have attended this event and i like it very much.It is a good platform for indian startup community,angel investor and Venture Capitalist. There are lots of startup with very nice ideas. startups are divided in to variety of catagories like automobile,internet,software etc. there was lots of angle investor from mumbai angels investor group. there was also mahesh murthi from seedfund. I had a conversation with him and he seems to inspire lots of people.  read more »

Dear Users,

Due to some problem at our hosting provider's servers,we need to restore data from an old backup.This has caused loss of data and user accounts,i would like to personally apologize for this.If you are not able to login then you can register on this site again.In case you have any problems,feel free to mail me at: admin@newskicks.com_

we have also started a forum for discussions,which you can access here. Feel free to start discussion on any topic you may like.

i am looking forward to your valuable contribution to make this site a success :)

Cheers,

Admin

http://newskicks.com

Dear Users,

There are many users who want to have their own digg or reddit or newskicks or propeller clone.I have put lots of efforts in making newskicks at what it is today.i will be more then happy to offer you my services in creating a site like this.you can contact me at: admin AT newskicks.com

Thanks,

Dear Users,

Until now, criteria for a storylink to reach at the frontpage was that,if a story gets more then 5 votes it will be promoted to the frontpage but that was considering the traffic previously.with the popularity of newskicks,i have modified this criteria.from now onwards to reach at fontpage a story will need to have more then 50 votes.
I hope it will help us in providing you good contents.

Thanks,
Admin
Newskicks

Now you can add links,stories in multipls language.so we are not limited to any particular language.hope you will have fun. thanks,

I have decided to close this site.After running this site for around 2 years and releasing its source code as GPL,i think there is nothing much which i can do.I am not generating enough money to be able to run this site.Also this site is taking much of my time due to which i am not able to focus on other things on which i should do.
I would like to say thank you for your time and support you have shown for this site.
Thanks,
Admin
Newskicks.com

Hi All, I have added google custom search on this site.Now it is possible for you to search the contents of this site easily. just enter the seach term in the right hand corner and click on search.you can see the results in new windows. in case of any problems, feel free to mail me using the contact form on this site. Thanks, Admin Newskicks.com

To make everybodys life easier we have developed a 'Bookmarklet'.

And here's how it works.

1. Right click on this link and add to your favorites/bookmarks.Alternately you can drag and add this to you bookmark folder.  read more »

Hi All, Yesterday i have fixed a bug in the newskicks code which allowed the stories with the 0 votes to be promoted to the frontpage.everything is fine now.if you face any other issue on newskicks.com then please let me know at admin_NO_SPAM@newskicks.com Thanks, Team - Newskicks

Few years back i was desperatly looking for a digg clone script.I was willing find an open source script which does all my work but to my bad luck i did not find anything.After that i come to know about pligg, it was a digg clone and to test that i registered this domain and installed pligg on it.but pligg was in very early stages of deve,pment and it was not stable,more it was not having all the features nor good themes so i installed two version if pligg but then i gave up because there are frequent changes and i can not upgrade a site each month.So then i decided to use drupal.i find simple post on how to create your digg cline with drupal using voting api and voting up down module,but those are very basic sites.so i have decided to improve those stuff and finally what you currently is  read more »

from http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/whos-going-to-win-spectrum-auctio...
"Here at Google, we see the upcoming 700 megahertz spectrum auction at the Federal Communications Commission as one of the best opportunities consumers will have to enjoy more choices in the world of wireless devices. That's why we announced today that we are applying to participate in the auction.  read more »

Here’s what Mike Toutonghi had recently sent to all Webfives users:

“In November of 2007, we reached an agreement with Microsoft, wherein Microsoft has acquired all rights to WebFives technology, patents pending, trademarks, and software to incorporate into its products and services over time. In order to make our wind down process as easy as possible for our users, Microsoft has agreed to provide us with a license to continue operating WebFives until the end of the year, giving you time to copy any information you would like to keep to your own PCs or another service prior to the end of the year.“  read more »

In case you are using drupal's voting action module for drupal 5.x you must be having some trouble.i myself was using this module for newskicks and found that no action was working,my pages was not getting promoted to the front page,neither they are demoted from there.i was also having problem when i was trying to edit the actions.so i decided to go through the code. download the fixes from the attachment and if you like it then please link to http://newskicks.com Thanks, Team - Newskicks

So Guess what?
We have open the user registration on newskicks.com Today.Now you don't need any invite to register on this site.You can register freely and start posting the contents imediatly after your account has been verified.
So what are you waiting for click here to register and start posting.
Team - NewsKicks

Tired of Viagra spam or Stock spams on various sites?NewsKicks Team is working very hard to protect our valued users from such comments and postings.We have taken all the necessary precautions and we are proud to announce that we don't have any spam at this stage.Although Our spam filters are still learning but they are stable for most of the spam messages. So at newskicks,you don't have to worry about spam :)

Dear All,

For those who celebrates NewsKicks.com wishes a very happy diwali and prosperous new year.May this year brings lots of joy in your life and all of your dearest dreams come true this year.

Cheers,
Team - NewsKicks

Hi All,

As we are progressing towards first public release,we want some outside people to test the newskicks.com's features and functionality.We are a user powered site and we want to make sure that everything works as expected.
If you are interested in taking up this opportunity then please mail us at: admin@newskicks.com and we will take care of rest.
In reward to your efforts towards making this site bugfree we will offer you revenue sharing on this site and a chance to display the banner ads.So hurry up we only want limited number of beta testers.

Cheers,
Team - NewsKicks

Dear All,

Information plays a vital role in our life.In today's fast paced world, it is necessary for everyone to stay up-to-date with the latest happening in the world.Information which is useful to someone is called "News". It may be of any type like Financial,Business,Technology or Politics, it may have originated from anywhere in the world but it can impact your life at any point,Like increase in Oil price may affect your spending power or increase in share price of a particular company motivate you to make happy because you have invested in that Company.It can be of any type like audio or video,text or HTML.  read more »