WordPress.com blogs finally get email subscription feature
Automattic has announced that they have added a new feature to the blogs hosted on their WordPress.com service.
Bloggers can now enable email subscription feature on their blogs.
They can enable this functionality by adding a newly added widget from their blog’s back-end.
WordPress.com users can simply click [...]

CommentLuv comes to IntenseDebate
IntenseDebate has announced the launch of CommentLuv Plugin for their users.
CommentLuv is an interesting concept which entices the visitor to come back again.
It enables the user who is leaving a comment on your blog to leave a link to one of his recent blog posts.
The aim is to give [...]

WordPress 2.8.6 released
WordPress developers have another security update for their users.
The latest version now is WordPress 2.8.6.
This latest edition comes with fixes for two security related issues.
WordPress said in a message:
The first problem is an XSS vulnerability in Press This discovered by Benjamin Flesch. The second problem, discovered by Dawid Golunski, [...]

WordPress.com gets geotagging and geolocation features
Automattic has announced that they are now added location related features on WordPress.com blogging service.
Bloggers on WordPress.com now get the ability to enter their location with a blog posting.
This data can be fetched automatically from a compatible web browser (like the recent releases of Firefox).
This feature [...]

How to hide WordPress version number from blog HTML code
WordPress remains one of the most popular open source freely available blogging platforms on the web.
And it also remains one of the most targeted platforms for attacks.
WordPress developers ensure that they release timely updates for security vulnerabilities found in their code.
But some of their users [...]

WordPress Cheat Sheet for Developers

WordPress for iPhone 2 on Apple App Store
WordPress developers have released the second edition of their mobile app for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.
WordPress for iPhone 2 is now available as a free download from the Apple App Store.
If you are using one of the previous versions, it is not replaced [...]

WordPress 2.9 launch in near future
WordPress developers have revealed that they have complete most of the development work on the next major release WordPress 2.9.
They are now going to concentrate on fixing the bugs in a series of bug hunt events.
They are inviting developers to help them fix the existing bugs and [...]

Google Blogger goes down for around 90 minutes
Google powered web services continue to remain in news for uptime related problems.
The latest to suffer is Blogger.
Google Blogger went down for some of their users who were unable to access it for around 90 minutes.
Google confirmed the problems in the help forum.
The [...]

WordPress.com blogs are now mobile friendly
WordPress.com has announced that they have activated mobile friendly themes on the blogs hosted on the service.
Users have the option to disable them if they want to.
They are using two themes specifically designed for mobile devices. One is a modified version of WPtouch that is called for [...]