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Threads Begins Testing Interoperability With Other Platforms
Meta // December 13, 2023

Meta-owned social media platform Threads has begun tests related to its previously announced plans to make posts available on other platforms as well. “Starting a test where posts from Threads accounts will be available on Mastodon and other services that use the ActivityPub protocol,” Meta CEO...

Meta Launches Threads, a Text-Based App, in Over 100 Countries
Meta // July 05, 2023

Meta has launched its text-based app called Threads. The new app was built by Meta’s Instagram team and offers a space to share posts that are up to 500 characters long and include links, photos and videos up to five minutes long, Meta said in...

WooCommerce Launches Payment Services In Spain, Italy, France And Germany
eCommerce // August 09, 2021

WooCommerce, a WordPress eCommerce plugin, has rolled out payment services for four new countries, a TechRadar report says. Businesses in Spain, Italy, France and Germany will now be able to access the solution and manage payments from their store dashboard. In addition, the firm has...

LoginID Launches WordPress Plugin With Passwordless Authentication
Authentication // May 11, 2021

LoginID has launched a free WordPress plugin for its passwordless authentication solution, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. The plugin makes it easier for WordPress-powered websites to authenticate their users with a regulatory-compliant biometric login that uses a public key cryptography to ensure...

Quick Reads
Automattic Acquires Messaging App Beeper, Plans to Combine With Texts

April 09, 2024
Automattic, the company behind WordPress and WooCommerce, has acquired Beeper, a “universal messaging app” that combines 14 chat networks in one inbox. The company will combine Beeper with Texts, a messaging app that Automattic acquired in 2023, Automattic said in a Tuesday (April 9) blog post. “We began investing in messaging last year when we acquired Texts.com,” the company said in […]

Threads Begins Testing Interoperability With Other Platforms

December 13, 2023
Meta-owned social media platform Threads has begun tests related to its previously announced plans to make posts available on other platforms as well. “Starting a test where posts from Threads accounts...

Meta Launches Threads, a Text-Based App, in Over 100 Countries

July 05, 2023
Meta has launched its text-based app called Threads. The new app was built by Meta’s Instagram team and offers a space to share posts that are up to 500 characters...

WooCommerce Launches Payment Services In Spain, Italy, France And Germany

August 09, 2021
WooCommerce, a WordPress eCommerce plugin, has rolled out payment services for four new countries, a TechRadar report says. Businesses in Spain, Italy, France and Germany will now be able to...