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A proposed French “Google tax” on online advertising revenues to fund subsidies for musicians and newspapers struggling in the digital era drew criticism from the Internet sector on Thursday.
The proposal was one of several in a government-commissioned report following complaints by media companies that Internet giants such as Google are profiting from their content for [...]
2009 — The Year That Domainers Stood Up to Special Interests and Began to Turn ICANN Around
2009 has been a challenging year for domain investors. While the Internet Commerce Association can’t change the economic environment, ICA can – and is – fighting for you against wrongheaded laws, bad judicial decisions, and mistaken ICANN policies.
If you’ve [...]
by John
If you haven’t already tried our post by email feature then it makes blog publishing as simple as sending an email. Configure your blog, write an email, and we’ll do the rest. You can add photos and videos in your email and they’ll all be included, regardless of whether you send them from your [...]
by Hanni
Happy holidays from the WordPress.com Happiness Team! We’re working hard getting ready for the holidays and sheltering from the snow.
We will be closing support for one week in order to spend time with our families whilst trying not to overcook the turkey, coping with relatives, and staying sane.
Support will be unavailable from 2pm EST [...]
by Nick
I’ve seen my fair share of snow growing up in northern Michigan. The sun was shining today, but there is a good chance we’ll have snow on the ground by the end of the week. My favorite things about snow have always been making snowmen, building snow forts, and having snowball fights.
Many of you [...]
by Alex M.
For the coders among you, you may already know that posting source code is really easy here on WordPress.com thanks to the sourcecode shortcode. You just wrap your code in [sourcecode] and you’re good to go — no code escaping or anything.
If you are one of those code posters, or are looking to [...]
by Heather
Earlier this week, we launched a WordPress.com Video Contest all about giving thanks. No matter where on Earth you are, we invited you to submit a 30-second video all about the things that bring you joy. And it’s still on!
The new deadline for submissions is midnight Pacific time (UTC-8) on December 4, giving you [...]
by Donncha
In the US there are some strange traditions, and one of them is the day after Thanksgiving when people line up from 3 or 4 in the morning to be the first people in a store when it opens to get some item for a really good price. This is ostensibly to get a [...]
by Matt
Before we get to the stats, I should mention that at the top of my thankful-for list this Thanksgiving was our growing group of Automatticians. These are the folks who bring you the awesome features and improvements that you see here every month.
Last month we launched geolocation for profiles and posts, introduced a new [...]