Archive for February, 2010
Is China’s “Great Firewall” blocking your blog?
By Bitwik on February 26th, 2010 | No Comments
The “Great Firewall” is getting much attention these days. This is because of the Chinese government’s attempt to block much of the free media’s content from their citizens/prisoners. Unfortunately, many sites have been blocked for some time, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Google, Blogger, TypePad, WordPress and most blog related sites. This is an ongoing effort to keep free speech from proliferating the Chinese government and keeps most citizens at bay under strong control.
Introducing WordPress for BlackBerry 1.0
By Bitwik on February 25th, 2010 | 1 Comment
WordPress has finally released its application for BlackBerry users. With the WordPress for BlackBerry users can edit and manipulate their WordPress blogs on the fly. Although the app is lightweight it is packed full of features that are essential for WordPress powered blogs. For example, you can now write, edit, add rich media and manage the conversation with ease from any model of BlackBerry phone. The WordPress for BlackBerry allows you to add as many WordPress blog accounts as you wish. Adding links from the BlackBerry is now easier than ever due to the “link assistant” which dramatically speeds up the process.
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