ReadWriteWeb, founded in 2003 by Richard McManus and later bought out by SAY Media, has switched to a new domain, ReadWrite.com. This name change is just a tip of the iceberg however; as the company has also acquired the chief editorial services of Dan Lyons. Lyons, who is more popularly known as Fake Steve Jobs [...]
Starting today, I just put the comments section in DoFollow (Links). You can still post without a website, but if you have one, please don’t spam but write constructive texts. I hope you will comment more and more on my posts and will share on Twitter and Facebook. See you soon, and I hope you [...]
Written on 03 Sep 2012 by Vincent AbryWordPress 3.4 is here and if you have a wordpress.org blog you can upgrade automatically(*) from your dashboard. If you prefer you can also download it manually on wordpress.org. WP 3.4 is called “Green” in honor of guitarist Grant Green. (*) Warning : if you have db reloaded fix cache plugin enabled and youy decide to update [...]
Written on 14 June 2012 by Vincent AbryThere are exactly 3.9 million mommy bloggers in North America. This represents 14% of all american moms. Average age of the mommy blogger is 37 years old. Annual household income is $84,000 ($14,000 higher that non-blogging moms). Top 10 Mom Bloggers according to babble.com : 1. Rebecca Woolf : Girl’s gone child 2. Jenny Lawson [...]
Written on 08 May 2012 by Vincent AbryA new WordPress version is available for download : 3.3.2. This is a minor security update so it’s best to proceed to the update asap. If you have your own wordpress blog on your server, you can update it directly from the WP Admin Panel. Among the changes : -XSS security fix : Cross-site scripting vulnerability [...]
Written on 22 April 2012 by Vincent AbryI am looking for bloggers and journalists who want to share their passion for Technology on this blog. You will be paid around 10 dollars per blog post. Topics to cover : gadgets, electronics, tech, mobile, internet, social media, money/affiliate, e-commerce, video games, SEO, Marketing, Robotics, cars. If you are interested please send references and [...]
Written on 15 March 2012 by Vincent AbryIf you are a regular follower of Mashable, a blog dedicated to social media and all its happenings, funny moments and technology based news, you may have heard the rumor that is floating around. According to various sources, it is rumored that CNN is planning to acquire Mashable for the hefty sum of $200 million. [...]
Bloggers, it’s time to upgrade your wordpress.org version on your blog. An important security issue has been found (XSS vulnerability) and wordpress blogs are suggesting to update since this morning. Besides, the new wordpress 3.3.1. will fix 15 bugs. Usually, when a new version is suggested you can wait a few days before updating the [...]
Written on 04 Jan 2012 by Vincent AbryTech blog ReadWriteWeb has been acquired by San Francisco company Say Media for 5 million dollars. “I’m thrilled to announce that ReadWriteWeb has been acquired by SAY Media, a digital publishing company headquartered in San Francisco. ReadWriteWeb will anchor SAY Media’s growing Technology channel, which reaches more than 75 million global consumers each month.” SAY edit multiple blogs [...]
Written on 14 Dec 2011 by Vincent AbryFeedburner counter is displaying 0 readers for every blog since yesterday evening. No follow-up on the official blog feedburnerstatus.blogspot.com… So we will hope that Google is not currently stopping the service like many others he did recently. Especially I love this Feedburner as it’s useful to send the blog via email to thousands of subscribers [...]
Written on 03 Dec 2011 by Vincent AbryTimeline WP is the first Free Facebook Timeline WordPress theme. Facebook Timeline new Profile Design applied to a blog template, why not. It’s a good idea. We may not like the social network for several reasons but the new design is pretty nice. This WP Theme could be nice for an auto-bio weblog or a brand/company (see examples made for Coca-Cola, Mercedes or Red Bull). This theme has multiple options and parameters (logo, social media icons, [...]
Written on 03 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryWhen you create a WordPress blog with your own webhosting, one of the key steps is to find a WP theme that you like. If you do not have several hundred dollars to spend in a professional custom theme, one alternative is to start by installing a free wordpress theme. And internet has full of [...]
Written on 01 March 2011 by Vincent AbryGoogle Feedburner RSS tool is still alive, more than ever. Google presents a new version of Feedburner, which includes a good dose of Analytics and provides real time detailed statistics for RSS feeds (clicks and views). To see real-time stats on your items (if you are a blogger) you must use PubSubHubbub and “Socialize” item [...]
Written on 26 Oct 2010 by Vincent AbryBloglines, the RSS aggregator, will close down its website on the 1st October. Created in 2003, Bloglines was sold to Ask in 2005 for 10 millions of dollars. Facebook and Twitter has contributed to its end. If you want to change your RSS feed reader, I will advise you Google Reader or Netvibes. (Put any [...]
Google Blogs (via the Google.com homepage’s) has just added an interesting feature in its search engine: the possibility to search a list of blogs in a particular domain in contrast to the actual situation where you are only able to carry out searches among the news found on these blogs. This integrated new tool to [...]
Feedstats is a WordPress plugin allowing you to check out the statistics and number of Feedburner subscribers directly from the WordPress Admin interface. You should firstly activate the “Awareness API” in your Feedburner account, if not yet been done. Then download wordpress plugin from http://www.speedbreeze.com/feed-stats/. Configure the plug-in (simply add the URL of your RSS [...]
Here is a nice WordPress Theme for people who need a Resume WordPress Theme or Portfolio /Skills looking template. 5 colour schemes, portfolio / gallery feature Features: – Custom profile integration – a great portfolio/gallery feature that allows you to add your best to your resume in a clean and unobtrusive fashion – Auto thumbnail [...]
Written on 18 April 2010 by Vincent AbryPubSubHubbub has come officially on hosted blog Platform WordPress.com and its 10 millions blogs. For those who host directly their own weblogs with WordPress, you already have the PubSubHubbub WordPress Plugin available to download. A strange name but what does this open protocol do exactly ? -PubSubHubbub gives the ability to make RSS and Atom [...]
Written on 06 March 2010 by Vincent AbryGoAdv is a European based online media company with its offices located in Ireland and Italy; it is even listed on Alternext stock market of Euronext Paris since 2007. GoAdv is proud of its new acquisition as it has just taken over an Italian network of blogs: Blogosfere. Blogosfere is a network of blogs created [...]
