More Hypocrisy from Mullenweg and WordPress with new themes jihad

WordPress has removed over 200 themes from the WordPress theme directory for the crime of the themes linking back to the sites and people that created them. The jihad against themes started last year with Automattic's Matt Mullenweg ... continue

WordPress Developer Acquires PollDaddy

WordPress developer Automattic has acquired online poll service PollDaddy, the company has announced, and has added an integrated poll creation tool for blogs hosted on WordPress.com. A plug-in has also just been launched for externally hosted ... continue

Deals: Voxant, Intense Debate change hands

Two interesting acquisitions related to blogging this week: licensed video provider Voxant has changed hands along with commenting 2.0 service Intense Debate. Voxant offers licensed videos from media outlets, including AP for use on websites. For bloggers the ... continue

Google gets serious about blogging, Automattic the target?

News broke earlier today that Google has acquired Korean blogging outfit TNC, the company behind the TextCube blogging service. TNC founder Chang Kim doesn't disclose the full details of the sale, but speculates that the acquisition may have ... continue

The Next Social Networks Will Not Be Powered By Blog Platforms

Sarah Perez on ReadWriteWeb today argues that the next social networks will be powered By WordPress and Movable Type. She bases her conclusion on the excellent new release of MovableType that delivers a full social networking solution, ... continue

TypePad AntiSpam Is Welcomed, But Times Are Changing

SixApart has launched a full scale assault on Automattic's Akismet spam service with the launch of TypePad AntiSpam. Michael at TechCrunch notes that TypePad AntiSpam takes a multi-headed heuristic approach to detecting and blocking comment spam on blogs ... continue