Automattic acquires After the Deadline
Matt Mullenweg has announced that Automattic has acquired a new company named After the Deadline.
After the Deadline provides a plug-in that brings MS Word like proof-reading capabilities to web applications.
Automattic has already enabled this functionality on the blogs hosted on WordPress.com.
It is also available for hosting WordPress blogs through [...]

Upgrade your WordPress if you want to prevent hack attempts
WordPress is in news for a security problem. Developers of this popular open source blogging platform fixed the issue last month but still a lot of blogs are being targeted with this old hack.
If you are running a blog using an outdated edition, we suggest [...]

Automattic launches WP.me link shortening service for WordPress.com blogs
Automattic has announced the launch of their own link shortening service at WP.ME.
There is one major difference in this service.
This service is designed for their blog hosting service WordPress.com.
Each and every blog and blog post now has a short URL hosted on WP.me.
Matt Mullenweg [...]

WordPress and WordPress MU would be merged
Automattic has announced that they are planning to merge their two blogging projects WordPress and WordPress MU.
WordPress MU is essentially WordPress with the ability to run multiple blogs from a single installation.
Few details were revealed on how this merger would be made.
Looks like the users of WordPress [...]

Automattic launches BuddyPress for WordPress MU
Automattic has announced the launch of BuddyPress social networking component for WordPress multiuser blogging networks.
This enables the users running a network of WordPress blogs to add a social networking element to their service.
It works with WordPress multiuser version.
Some of the new features added by BuddyPress include private-messaging features, profile [...]

Automattic launches WordPress.tv
Automattic is the company behind WordPress which is one of the most popular blogging platforms around.
The company has now launched their latest venture WordPress.tv which is a visual resource for all things WordPress.
This new web service hosts videos related to anything that is related to the WordPress blogging platform.
This includes tutorials and [...]

WordPress 2.7 Release Candidate Two released
WordPress developers have now released the second release candidate edition of WordPress 2.7.
Matt said in a blog post on this edition:
It’s not quite that time yet, but we’re as close as we’ve ever been, hence the immediate availability of 2.7 Release Candidate 2, or RC2 for short.
This is going [...]