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Today is the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the (20)eleventh year, and in several parts of the world, it is a holiday related to war. In the U.S., where I live, it is Veterans Day, which honors military veterans.

Blogging software WordPress is announcing a number of impressive growth stats today. WordPress is now powering 14.7% of the top million websites in the world, up from 8.5%. And 22 out of every 100 new active domains in the US are running WordPress.

This has been an exciting year for WordPress. We’ve grown to power 14.7% of the top million websites in the world , up from 8.5%, and the latest data show 22 out of every 100 new active domains in the US are running WordPress

Appia, a startup that powers a white-label content and commerce platform for everyone and anyone who needs a mobile app store, has passed an important milestone—the company is now seeing 1 million downloads per day (that’s up from 500,000 a few months ago) across all of its app stores. For background, the company powers mobile app storefronts for more than 40 partners, including four of the world’s top five handset manufacturers (Samsung, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon Wireless). The bonus of using Appia’s white-label offering is that it enables its partners to deliver apps to more than 3,200 different mobile device makes and models

Google’s Slide team has been busy.

WordPress is one of the most popular open source content management systems in the world. The greatest thing about WordPress is the possibility to use it for.

Last year on WordPress .com we introduced the world to the first new WordPress default theme in 5 years — the first annual default theme — Twenty Ten. Now it's our pleasure to introduce you all to its successor, …

WordPress and iPad are two pretty significant things in my life right now. Recently I bought my very first iPad and, inbetween playing World of Goo,

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The Google +1 button is a brand new way for visitors to recommend your content.