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Microsoft and WordPress announced today that WordPress.com is becoming the default blogging platform for Windows Live Spaces. “They have a host of impressive capabilities – from a scalable platform and leading spam protection, to great personalization and customization,” writes Dharmesh Mehta, Director, Windows Live Product Management. “WordPress powers over 8.5% of the web, is used [...]

According to Yahoo’s own Yodel Anecdotal blog, “The portal, which debuted today, is a leap forward in communicating and showcasing Yahoo!’s advertising solutions for mid-to-large tier advertisers and agencies, giving Yahoo! a powerful vehicle to drive B2B Marketing goals and re-establish the company as a thought leader in the industry.” Also, “[T]he portal intends to [...]

A cross-site scripting flaw that allowed several worms to spread on Twitter has been repaired. Twitter has addressed the issue on the main company blog: The short story: This morning at 2:54 am PDT Twitter was notified of a security exploit that surfaced about a half hour before that, and we immediately went to work [...]

Google revealed that it now has over 3 million customers and over 30 million users for Google Apps. “As of today, more than 3 million businesses have gone Google, and over 30 million users within businesses, schools and organizations now depend on our messaging and collaboration tools.” says Dave Girouard, President, Google Enterprise. “We’re launching [...]

Google introduced a new feature in Gmail Labs for video chat enhancement. Your video chat experience will come with higher resolution; you just have to turn it on. While logged into your Gmail account, visit the Gmail Labs menu and enable “Video Chat Enhancements”. “The higher resolution video uses a new playback mechanism which enables [...]

Twitter on Tuesday announced a complete redesign of its home page that will offer a richer user experience. “Twitter has always been about getting a lot in a little,” writes CEO Evan Williams. “The constraint of 140 characters drives conciseness and lets you quickly discover and share what’s happening. Yet, we’ve learned something since starting [...]

Google most visited video platform in the world has their version for Argentina now that is YouTube.com.ar “This means that Argentines will be able to more easily discover local talent like GuadalajaraMan, UESiglo21, farolatino, casiangeles or yoteloexplico, as well as view the most popular and most viewed videos in their country,” says YouTube.

Google has announced that it is now using OpenID for its signup process. Yahoo users can sign up for a Google Account with their existing email address.

The U.S. Department of Labor has launched a new website called “mySkills myFuture”. It allows users to view local job postings, find training and education providers:

A post on the Royal Pingdom blog stated today, “Twitter processed 2.64 billion tweets this August, an increase of 33% over May. Not a bad increase over just a summer. In August, an average of 85 million tweets passed through Twitter every day.” Then the blog post continued, “And if you look at the whole [...]