WordPress 3.2 now available Published on July 7, 2011
WordPress 3.2 now available
Matt wrote this article on the 4th of July, it was originaly published on the Word press news blog.
I’m excited to announce that WordPress 3.2 is now available to the world, both as an update in your dashboard and a download on WordPress.org. Version 3.2 is our fifteenth major release of WordPress and comes just four months after 3.1 (which coincidentally just passed the 15 million download mark this morning), reflecting the growing speed of development in the WordPress community and our dedication to getting improvements in your hands as soon as possible. We’re dedicating this release to noted composer and pianist George Gershwin.
Before we get to the release, in anticipation of the State of the Word speech at the upcoming WordCamp San Francisco (the annual WordPress conference) we’re doing a survey or census of the WordPress world. If you have a moment, please fill out this survey and we’ll share what we learn by publishing the aggregate results in August.
The focus for this release was making WordPress faster and lighter. The first thing you’ll notice when you log in to 3.2 is a refreshed dashboard design that tightens the typography, design, and code behind the admin. (Rhapsody in Grey?) If you’re starting a new blog, you’ll also appreciate the fully HTML5 new Twenty Eleven theme, fulfilling our plan to replace the default theme every year. Start writing your first post in our redesigned post editor and venture to the full-screen button in the editing toolbar to enter the new distraction-free writing or zen mode, my personal favorite feature of the release. All of the widgets, menus, buttons, and interface elements fade away to allow you to compose and edit your thoughts in a completely clean environment conducive to writing, but when your mouse strays to the top of the screen your most-used shortcuts are right there where you need them. (I like to press F11 to take my browser full-screen, getting rid of even the OS chrome.) (…)
Posted July 4, 2011 by Matt Mullenweg. in wordpress.org/news/2011/07/gershwin/ (excerpt)
Nexus S – Announcing Android 2.3.4 update Published on April 29, 2011
Announcing Android 2.3.4
from google mobile forums
Although not all of you have Android 2.3.3 yet, we’re happy to announce Android 2.3.4. This new version introduces an exciting new feature, and also addresses some bugs. We’ve already started sending Android 2.3.4 to Nexus S and Nexus One phones around the world, so if you’ve got one of those phones you should receive an automatic over-the-air update within a few weeks.
If you haven’t received 2.3.3 yet, 2.3.4 will introduce you to several new features such as Google Maps 5.1 with 3D, Voice Search 2.1.1 with Voice Actions and personalized voice search, and the latest version of Google Books.
Google’s new 45° imagery Published on April 28, 2011
Google has recently released a new feature for its Google maps, that allows us to see some (stull few) world locations in a 45º view angle, a bird’s eye view, as if we were standing from a tall building, helicopter, or glider.
Most locations are in the US mainland, but there also quite a few troughout Europe, South Africa, Chile, and Hawaii. Since we’re talking Google, this number is expected to grow fast!
This is the original article on Google’s "Lat Long blog".
And the map with the available 45º imagery locations.
Have fun!
AutoCAD WS for Android Published on April 14, 2011
Aparently this free app for Android equipped tablets, will be available to download from the Android Market next Wednesday, April 20, 2011.
Here’s a brief teaser from the launch video:
Read the original article: www.autocadws.com/blog/autocad-ws-for-android-arriving-april-20-2011/
WordPress Security Incident Published on April 13, 2011
Tough note to communicate today: Automattic had a low-level (root) break-in to several of our servers, and potentially anything on those servers could have been revealed.
