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Elementor, Investments, Israel, lightspeed venture partners, News, Startups, website builder, Wordpress

Website builder Elementor secures $15m from Lightspeed

The Israeli startup wants to expand its operations, team, and community, with 500 meetups planned across the globe for this…

hacking wordpress, Vulnerability, Wordpress, WordPress plugin, Wordpress plugin vulnerability, wordpress security, WordPress Theme

Critical Bug in WordPress Theme Plugin Opens 200,000 Sites to Hackers

A popular WordPress theme plugin with over 200,000 active installations contains a severe but easy-to-exploit software vulnerability that, if left…

Authentication bypass, Beaver Builder, Elementor Addon, Elementor Widgets, Vulnerability, website hacking, Wordpress, WordPress plugin

Flaw in Elementor and Beaver Addons Let Anyone Hack WordPress Sites

Attention WordPress users! Your website could easily get hacked if you are using “Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder,” or “Ultimate…

soundcheck, TC, Wordpress

As sales of smart speakers grow, Soundcheck wants to help make the web more ‘speakable’ – TechCrunch

Slowly but surely, smart speakers are taking over. As Amazon builds Alexa into everything from tiny clocks to microwaves and…

cybersecurity, Event Logs, Wordpress, WordPress Activity Logs, Wordpress hacking, wordpress security, WordPress SEO

How Activity Logs Help WordPress Admins Better Manage Website Security

Managing a WordPress website can sap a lot of your time and energy, which otherwise you’d spend on managing your…

adam neumann, Amazon, China, Christmas, Co-founder, Disney, Facebook, Google, India, Instagram, nate mitchell, Netflix, Oculus, operating systems, photo sharing, Snap, snap inc, Social Media, Software, Spectacles, TC, TechCrunch, tumblr, United States, Verizon, wearable devices, Week in Review, WeWork, Whatsapp, Wordpress, world wide web

Snapchat beats a dead horse – TechCrunch

Hey. This is Week-in-Review, where I give a heavy amount of analysis and/or rambling thoughts on one story while scouring…

Automattic, Digital Media, internet economy, M&A, Marissa Mayer, matt mullenweg, Media, Social, Social network, talent, TC, tumblr, Verizon Media, web development, Wordpress, world wide web, Yahoo

What will Tumblr become under the ownership of tech’s only Goldilocks founder? – TechCrunch

This week, Automattic revealed it has signed all the paperwork to acquire Tumblr from Verizon, including its full staff of…

apps, tumblr, Verizon, Wordpress, Yahoo

Verizon is selling Tumblr to WordPress parent, Automattic – TechCrunch

Six years after Yahoo purchased Tumblr for north of $1 billion, its parent corporation is selling the once dominant blogging…

Media, Startups, Wordpress

The News Project’s publishing platform goes live with its first customer, CALmatters – TechCrunch

CEO Merrill Brown says he founded The News Project to address one of the big problems in the journalism business:…

apps, Developer, flywheel, Fundings & Exits, Wordpress, wp engine

WordPress management site WP Engine acquires Flywheel as it moves to a $1B valuation and IPO – TechCrunch

WordPress now accounts for 34 percent of all websites globally, and today one of the key companies that helps handle…