Facebook Outage Rekindles Push for a Free and Open Web
Facebook, Workplace, Instagram, and WhatsApp went down today for roughly six hours due to a […]
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Google Accuses Microsoft of “Breaking the Open Web”
Just before the weekend, Google published a caustic statement on Microsoft’s public support of Australia’s […]
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Jetpack 9.0 Introduces Loom Block, Twitter Threads Feature, and Facebook and Instagram oEmbeds
Jetpack’s highly anticipated 9.0 release has landed, introducing some of the new features the team […]
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WordPress Contributors Debate Dashboard Notice for Upcoming Facebook oEmbed Provider Removal
WordPress contributors are discussing different strategies for responding to Facebook and Instagram dropping unauthenticated oEmbed […]
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Lessons from the GraphQL Documentary: Never Underestimate the Power of Open Source Communities
Honeypot, a tech-focused job platform based in Europe, has produced a documentary that offers a […]
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Take Back Your Web: Tantek Çelik’s Call to Action to Join the Independent Web
Tantek Çelik, Web Standards Lead at Mozilla and co-founder of IndieWebCamp, delivered an inspirational talk […]
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Automattic Takes on Facebook with “A Meditation on the Open Web”
Last week Automattic published a video titled “A meditation on the open web” that calls […]
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WPWeekly Episode 348 – RIP Alex, Facebook Moderators, and Shorter Release Cycles
In this episode, John James Jacoby and I review feedback from last week’s show, share […]
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WPWeekly Episode 325 – A Different Facebook for Everyone
In this episode, John James Jacoby and I discuss what’s new in Gutenberg 3.4 and […]
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Facebook Shuts Down API for Publishing to User Timelines, Impacts Jetpack’s Publicize Feature
In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, Facebook is tightening its control on […]
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WPWeekly Episode 312 – Dragon Drop, WordPress Accessibility Statement, and WooCommerce GDPR
In this episode, John James Jacoby and I start the show by sharing our thoughts […]
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Facebook is Testing a “Pay to Play” Requirement for Publishers in the News Feed
Last week Facebook began rolling out its new Explore feed, which is now available for […]
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Facebook to Re-license React after Backlash from Open Source Community
Facebook has announced its intentions to re-license React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js under the MIT […]
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WordPress Abandons React due to Patents Clause, Gutenberg to be Rewritten with a Different Library
This evening Matt Mullenweg announced on his blog that WordPress has decided to move away […]
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WPWeekly Episode 286 – Upgrading PHP, Facebook Not Budging, and Merlin WP Onboarding Wizard
In this episode, John James Jacoby and I discuss a new initiative that will help […]