Tag: Automattic

Automattic and Internet Archive Launch Unprecedented Alliance to Combat Digital Decay
In an era where digital information disappears at an alarming rate, two of the internet's most influential organizations have forged a partnership that could fundamentally re...
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Tumblr’s Future Uncertain as Automattic Halts Migration
The tech world has been abuzz with speculation about the future of Tumblr, the microblogging platform acquired by Automattic in 2019. A significant pivot in strategy has recently...
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Tumblr Is Moving to WordPress
Automattic, the company behind WordPress and Tumblr's owner, said it is moving the microblogging platform over to WordPress....
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Automattic Acquires Beeper, Bets On Apple Losing to DOJ
Automattic, the maker of WordPress, has acquired Beeper, the company behind a high-profile attempt to bring iMessage to Android....
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Automattic Purchases Texts Messaging Platform
Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has purchased messaging platform Texts in a bet on the future of messaging....
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WordPress VIP Buying Parse.ly to Increase Enterprise Analytics
WordPress VIP (WPVIP), Automattic’s enterprise subsidiary, is buying Parse.ly to provide enterprise clients with content analytics. WPVIP curre...
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HTTPS Launched For All Custom Domains On WordPress.com
Automattic announced that they're launching free HTTPS for all custom domains hosted on WordPress.com. WordPress.com has supported encryption for WordPress.com subdomains since 201...
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WordPress.com Adds Support For WebP Image Format
The WordPress.com image service, which delivers the images bloggers use in their posts to their audiences, now supports the WebP image format. With this addition, served images...
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WordPress.com Gets A New Action Bar
Wordpress.com has a new action bar, which makes it easier for readers to follow blogs of interest and for blo...
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WordPress Has ‘Reinvented’ Its Video Feature
Automattic announced a big update to VideoPress, its service that powers videos on WordPress.com and Jetpack-connected self-hosted WordPress si...
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WordPress.com And Automattic Just Turned 10. Here Are Some Stats
Automattic reminded us on Friday that it just turned ten years old along with WordPress.com. Come to think of it, that sounds about right as we recently celebrated ten years of You...
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Guess How Many WordPress.com Blogs Were Created In 2014
We may be nearly a week into January, but there are still some interesting year-in-review posts coming out from major Internet companies. On Monday, Amazon...
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WordPress.com Bloggers Get ‘Press Publish’ Event Series
Automattic, the company behind WordPress and WordPress.com, announced the launch of a new event series called Press Publish. This will give bloggers the chance to learn and network...
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Automattic Announces BruteProtect Acquisition
Automattic, the company that runs WordPress, announced that it has acuiqred BruteProtect, which makes a plugin and service for protecting sites from malicious logins, and saves ser...
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Mullenweg Takes Over Automattic CEO Role
Automattic, the company behind WordPress, is getting a new CEO. Kind of. Founder Matt Mullenweg is stepping into the CEO role held by Toni Schneider for the past eight years, w...
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