Never worry about renewing your domain again, if you trust Automattic to do it for you. A couple of years after introducing a pre-paid, 100-year hosting package, WordPress.com's parent company, Automattic, is offering 100-year domain ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Gravatar expands with new profile-as-a-service
· ServicesGravatar moves beyond avatars with new service. If you leave a comment on this blog post and you've ever registered your email address with a Gravatar-affiliated service, you'll see a profile picture (avatar) next to your comment. That's about ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Automattic defends .blog premium model
· Policy & LawThe registry itself was named in a cybersquatting case. Automattic, which operates the .blog top level domain through its company Knock Knock Whois There (KKWT), has successfully defended a .blog domain in an interesting cybersquatting ... Continue Reading2 Comments
WordPress parent Automattic invests $30 million in Bhavin Turakhia’s email business
· ServicesTitan offers resellers an alternative to Google's and Microsoft's platforms. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has invested $30 million in email service Titan. The series A funding values Titan at $300 million. Titan is serial ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
WordPress ditches grammar checker
· ServicesAutomattic drops Proofreading tool from latest JetPack release. WordPress creator Automattic has ditched a great feature in the latest update to its JetPack plugin. As of the newly released JetPack 7.3, Proofreading is no longer ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Blog jumps from Nominet to CentralNic
· ServicesCentralNic wins another registry contract. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, is switching backend registry providers for its .blog top level domain name. The company has used Nominet since the launch but will switch to CentralNic (London ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
CrowdSignal is PollDaddy’s new name
· ServicesThe CrowdSignal mystery is solved. Last week I wrote about how Automattic, the company behind WordPress, was getting ready to launch a new polling/survey service called CrowdSignal. That was sort of right. The company will indeed soon have a ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Automattic readies CrowdSignal survey platform
· Domain SalesCompany acquires CrowdSignal.com and applies for trademarks. Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, is getting ready to launch an online polling/survey platform. The company recently acquired The CrowdSignal.com domain name and has registered ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Over 19,000 .blog domain names registered in first 24 hours
· UncategorizedTotal with sunrise and landrush now tops 21,000. The .blog domain name is off to a pretty good start in terms of domain name registrations. 19,035 domain names were registered during the first 24 hours of general availability, the registry confirmed ... Continue Reading15 Comments
A legitimate gripe about .blog, but really new TLDs in general
· ServicesThis guy says that .blog changed the rules on him. Sound familiar? Chris Schidle is upset with Automattic right now because he couldn't get Chris.blog. And I don't blame him. Chris isn't an idiot. He's also an entrepreneur. When he paid $250 to ... Continue Reading12 Comments
