Log in to Your WordPress Site With Your Smartphone and a QR Code
I’m a serious QR Code fan, so of course one of the sessions I attended during the 2012 WordCamp Atlanta Conference was the “Scan it! Incorporating QR codes into WordPress”. At first, I thought “yeah, yeah, yeah, I know all of this”. Shortly after my arrogant moment, the presenter smacked me in the face with this cool trick of logging into my WordPress site using a QR Code…”Look ma, no hands”
Read MoreWordPress Updates with Version 3.3 “Sonny” Now Available For Download
Today WordPress announced version 3.3 of their publishing software platfrom code named “Sonny” in honor of jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt. WordPress 3.3 comes with a an aray of new features and a slick new dashboard redesign. Four of WordPress 3.3 new features I’m excited about are: Easier file uploading with file type detection and drag [...]
Read MoreWordPress Launches WordAds to Help You Make Money From Your Blog
WordPress.com recently announced a partnership with advertising giant Federated Media. Now that’s borne fruit for the hosted service’s users – you could soon be able to carry ads on your blog, and take a share of the revenue. WordAds, announced today on the WordPress.com blog, won’t be open to everyone. Carrying premium display ads from known brands, the service [...]
Read MoreWordPress.com Survives Huge DDoS Attack. Possibly Politically Motivated.
A short while ago, WordPress.com suffered a major DDoS attack. According to TechCrunch, this made it almost impossible for them to cover the story as they could barely get the post up. According to the Automattic status site: WordPress.com is currently being targeted by an extremely large Distributed Denial of Service attack which is affecting [...]
Read MoreKickstart Your Software Development Game With Fundry
Recently, Black Web 2.0 highlighted a popular service called Kickstarter, which helps individuals and groups in multiple categories raise money for their entrepreneurship ventures. Kickstarter tends to trend towards more creative ideas in media, arts, music and other categories. Today we will discuss Fundry which trends towards the software development space. Fundry defines itself as a crowdfunding platform that helps developers get paid for developing new features, and enables a community of funders to contribute to get the features they want. Find out more info inside.
Read MoreNing Continues To Thrive As New Features Arrive
Ning made pretty big news this past August with the announcement that they would no longer have a free model. All networks would have to migrate to one of their new “paid” models. Many people predicted the death of Ning but it looks like Ning has made it through the storm and is continuing to thrive. They have announced six new features that have been added to their network which will continue to build on their strong brand loyalty. Let’s take a look at a few of the new features.
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