StumbleUpon updates design and broadens scope with channels

StumbleUpon's got a fresh look and new features in its second round as a startup — the site's rolling out a new logo, a new color scheme and layout, an integrated search engine, and "channels" for high-profile partners. The channels are basically curated areas which show content recommendations from a variety of websites, brands, and people, including Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, ESPN, Adult Swim, Harvard University, and more than 200 others. Channels and search have not changed the basic formula, though — for those who don't know, StumbleUpon's eponymous functionality allows users to bounce between unexpected web content within areas of their interest.
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