paidcontent.org - 5/4/2009
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Automattic , the parent of blog platform WordPress, unveiled BuddyPress Thursday, a platform built on top of WordPress designed to let its users build social networks around their sites. The framework includes private-messaging features, profile setups and activity streams, all of which can be ...
Matt Mullenweg, WordPress, GPL and why I think he really gets it.
alistercameron.com 12/14/2008 — A few theme designers — including yours truly — received an email from Matt Mullenweg, Automattic’s boss, yesterday. It read (in full and unedited):
Thanks for emailing me about the theme directory. The other day I noticed a ton of bad stuff had ...
Automattic Turns on WordPress TV
readwriteweb.com 1/19/2009 — Automattic , the company behind the popular blogging platform WordPress , yesterday announced their new site WordPress TV , a place where you can find all things WordPress in visual form. Filled with tutorials for both WordPress.com and ...
PollDaddy Goes Automattic
ma.tt 10/15/2008 — It’s another exciting day here at Automattic . Today we finally get to announce that we’ve acquired the market-leading poll and survey service PollDaddy .
For a year or two now, I’ve been minorly obsessed with polls and surveys as ...
WordPress Parent Buys Spell Checker Plug-In
paidcontent.org 9/10/2009 — Yet another small purchase for Automattic . The parent of the WordPress blogging platform has bought up After the Deadline , a startup behind a free WordPress plugin that provides sophisticated spelling and grammar checking. In a blog post , ...
Automattic Acquires PollDaddy!
polldaddyblog.wordpress.com 10/15/2008 — We are really pleased to announce today that PollDaddy has been acquired by Automattic! Automattic is the super team behind the blogging phenomenon that is WordPress. As most of you know, PollDaddy has been run by Lenny and Eoin up to now, and at ...
Automattic Acquires Spellcheck Plug-In After The Deadline
techcrunch.com 9/9/2009 —
Automattic has acquired spelling plug-in After The Deadline , which adds spelling, style, and grammar checking to web applications through a plug-in. Wordpress and Automattic co-founder Matt Mullenweg announced the acquisition in a blog post.
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Sun, Oracle, WordPress, and MySQL
ma.tt 4/22/2009 — It’s magically beautiful outside in San Francisco today, but instead everyone is talking about the $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle . ( More on Techmeme .) A number of people have contacted me with questions to the effect ...
Breaking: Automattic Acquires PollDaddy
mashable.com 10/15/2008 — Automattic, makers of the WordPress blogging platform, has announced the acquisition of PollDaddy , a company that provides embeddable poll and survey widgets. The deal apparently follows an integration project between the two companies, featuring a ...
Blo.gs moves to Automattic
toni.org 4/21/2009 — News today that Automattic/we have acquired blo.gs from Yahoo!. We approached Yahoo! a while ago to ask about their plans for blo.gs and were able to structure a deal to take it over. We plan to maintain continuity for blo.gs users. Matt has more ...
Yahoo! breeds Pig that talks elephant —
The Register 5/6/2009
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