WordPress site owners urged to act as critical plugin flaws remain unpatched for many

Michael Anthony Bitoon

Over 200,000 WordPress sites have been left vulnerable to attacks due to critical flaws in the popular CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin. These vulnerabilities, which could allow attackers to gain full control of websites without

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Suspicion grows as WordPress demands WordCamp social media credentials, deletes WP Engine praise

Michael Anthony Bitoon

Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has issued a mandate requiring WordCamp organizers worldwide to provide social media login credentials for their events. This mandate, which cites “continuity of access” as a primary reason, has sparked

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Jetpack fixes 8-year-old vulnerability affecting millions of WordPress sites

Sophia Feona Cantiller

Jetpack rolled out a critical security update last week to address a vulnerability in its Contact Form feature that has existed since 2016. The vulnerability potentially allows logged-in users to access sensitive information submitted

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WP Engine ban at WordPress events sparks concern amid open source feud

Sophia Feona Cantiller

WordPress has banned WP Engine from sponsoring or participating in its community events, escalating a dispute between the two organizations. This move, announced ahead of WordCamp Sydney, comes amidst a heated exchange between WordPress co-

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159 Automattic employees drop out in disagreement with CEO’s stance on WordPress dispute

Sophia Feona Cantiller

Image by Dok Sev from Pixabay Amidst the public dispute of WP Engine vs WordPress over trademarks, 159 employees (8.4% of the company) have dropped out of Automattic after accepting a severance package worth $

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WordPress vs WP Engine fiasco escalates into a lawsuit

Sophia Feona Cantiller

Photo by Fikret tozak on Unsplash Following a public disagreement over trademarks in mid-September, WP Engine, a web hosting service, has taken a bold step by suing WordPress founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg,

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No-code platforms are reshaping how businesses build software

Michael Anthony Bitoon

Low-code and no-code (LCNC) platforms are taking the tech world by storm, making businesses ditch traditional coding for these tools, and slashing development time and costs. By 2026, Gartner predicts that 80% of

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WP Engine users left vulnerable as Mullenweg bans access to key resources

Michael Anthony Bitoon

Photo by Markus Winkler WordPress and WP Engine are locked in a fierce showdown after founder Matt Mullenweg pulled the plug on WP Engine’s access to key resources. Announced in a company blog post,

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‘s Accelerated Mobile ges project spreads to more of the web

GreenBot Staff

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LG G5 review: a flakily finished but futuristic flagship?

Steve Litchfield

If there’s one company you can count on to shake things up with something different for each year’s flagship then it’s probably LG. They like taking risks - and that’s fine - but

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‘s Accelerated Mobile ges go live with promise of zippier browsing

GreenBot Staff

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Samsung Gear ve review: Best smartwatch ever, but still not good enough

GreenBot Staff

The Gear ve isn’t just Samsung’s best smartwatch ever, it’s the world’s best smartwatch ever. It’s also the first smartwatch that I’d consider wearing every day. I’m a

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Moto X+1 image reportedly leaks out, details along with it

Evan Selleck

Motorola struck a nerve with critics and consumers with the Moto X, which launched late in 2013. With its well-designed frame and worthwhile specifications, the device was bolstered by a level of consumer customization

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Your Friday funny: The Daily Show eviscerates Glass wearers

GreenBot Staff

Comedy Central’s The Daily Show does satire better than anyone, we can’t think of a topic more ripe for mockery than the earnestness of Glass wearers who cry discrimination. On last

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Work for AndroidBeat: We’re looking for an Android news reporter

Rita El Khoury

AndroidBeat is looking an Android news reporter and this is your chance to apply for the position! If you are passionate about the mobile industry in general, and Android in particular, and you would like

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OnePlus One to sport Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.5GHz & 3GB RAM

Rajesh Pandey

For a relatively new startup, OnePlus has managed to create quite a hype around their upcoming smartphone -- the OnePlus One. The company has slowly and steadily revealed all the key specs of the handset which

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NFC 101: Everything you need to know about using NFC on Android

Rajesh Pandey

Over the last week, we explained to our readers the different facets of NFC -- a relatively unknown feature in today's Android devices that can come in extremely handy in day-to-day use. Below

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Android Platform Distribution Numbers Updated: KitKat at 1.8%; Jelly Bean at 60.7%

Gautam Prabhu

It's that time of the month again, Google has updated Android's platform distribution numbers earlier today. The latest numbers reveal that the adoption rate of Android 4.4.x KitKat, which was released

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