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Tax Day Release: WordPress 3.9 to Drop on April 15
The date for the WordPress 3.9 release has now been set for April 15th, which coincides with tax day in the US. American developers may want to do their taxes early, because the 3.9 release schedule will be keeping everyone busy. Tentative dates for the 4.0 and 4.1 releases are mid-August and early December, respectively.
Push Monkey: Push Notifications For WordPress In OS X Mavericks
With the launch of OS X Mavericks, Apple also introduced a new(and we think cool) feature: Desktop Push Notifications. In short you can use the Apple Push Notifications Service to send messages to your website users, right on their Mac desktop — even when Safari isn’t running.
Let’s Use WordPress To Help Make A Difference
Today you have an opportunity to help people that are using WordPress to help others. I hope you’ll read this fully and consider helping.
Matt Mullenweg Is Now Automattic’s CEO
Matt Mullenweg and Toni Schneider are switching jobs at Automattic. After joining Automattic eight years ago, Toni Schneider is moving into a product-focused role within Automattic, and Matt Mullenweg is the new CEO.
WordPress Information Architecture: Why a Beautiful Site Can Still Suck
If you’re interested in web design and development, you’ve no doubt come across web design showcase sites that are intended to show off the skills of a particular designer or technology. They are usually beautiful sites and pack in every whizz-bang CSS technique and cutting-edge JavaScript feature they can—but, from a user’s perspective, they suck.
Data.gov Is Using WordPress and All the Code is Open Source
The US Government’s Data.gov website is a beautiful implementation of WordPress. The site provides a library of the government’s open data for anyone to use. Data.gov lets you search more than 85,000 datasets with topics ranging from agriculture to finance to public safety and everything in between.
