India Phone cards

I have heard conflicting information regarding the “first time charge rule.” I read several articles and forum postings where people said that not charging one’s phone for hours before first use has no affect on battery life, but I’ve read others that say the opposite. My concern is that I just…

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LG Xenon charge question.

Vodafone UK is about to release it’s iPhone to it’s customers and the release date is set for January 14, 2010. Vodafone will sell the iPhone in the 3G and the 3GS versions. Vodafone UK customer will be able to snatch up the iPhone 3G free on an 18 month contract and at least a £30 data plan..

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News: Vodafone UK launching iPhone

Happy holidays from the WordPress.com Happiness Team! We’re working hard getting ready for the holidays and sheltering from the snow . We will be closing support for one week in order to spend time with our families whilst trying not to overcook the turkey, coping with relatives, and staying sane. Support will be unavailable from 2pm EST on December 24th to 5am EST on January 2nd .

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Support Holiday Hours

The other day  I talked about micro-blogging and mega-blogging and shared my view that new forms of social media, including micro-blogging, are complementary to blogging. We’ve seen ongoing growth at WordPress.com as people started using Twitter, and we expect that to continue.

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Post and Read via Twitter API

Before we get to the stats, I should mention that at the top of my thankful-for list this Thanksgiving was our growing group of Automatticians. These are the folks who bring you the awesome features and improvements that you see here every month. Last month we launched geolocation for profiles and posts , introduced a new P2 , opened up our new translation platform , GlotPress , and launched email subscriptions

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November Wrap-Up

Earlier this week, NCL’s Executive Director Sally Greenberg testified before the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce at a hearing on the Calling Card Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 3993), where she discussed the need for greater consumer protections in the purchase and use of prepaid calling cards.

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Prepaid Calling Cards Under Scrutiny

I’ve seen my fair share of snow growing up in northern Michigan. The sun was shining today, but there is a good chance we’ll have snow on the ground by the end of the week. My favorite things about snow have always been making snowmen, building snow forts, and having snowball fights

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A Little Snow for the Holidays

For the coders among you, you may already know that posting source code is really easy here on WordPress.com thanks to the sourcecode shortcode . You just wrap your code in [ sourcecode ] and you’re good to go — no code escaping or anything. If you are one of those code posters, or are looking to become one, then you’ll be happy to know that we’ve updated the feature allowing more flexibility as well as adding support for additional coding languages like Bash and SVN diff.

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Better Source Code Posting

Earlier this week, we launched a WordPress.com Video Contest all about giving thanks. No matter where on Earth you are, we invited you to submit a 30-second video all about the things that bring you joy. And it’s still on! The new deadline for submissions is midnight Pacific time (UTC-8) on December 4 , giving you an extra week to show us your awesome vids.

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Video Contest Extended!

In the US there are some strange traditions, and one of them is the day after Thanksgiving when people line up from 3 or 4 in the morning to be the first people in a store when it opens to get some item for a really good price. This is ostensibly to get a head start on Christmas shopping. We’ve decided to replicate this experience but without the cold, the early morning, or the scramble to get to the door first.

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Black Friday 20 hour 20% off sale now on!

There are many ways of reading WordPress.com blogs and we’ve now added another: blog subscriptions . This is a very simple way for your readers to subscribe to your blog and receive updates by email

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Email Subscriptions

Announcing our first-ever video contest, brought to you by turkey, stuffing, and that gelatinous stuff that grandma calls cranberry sauce. Yes, that’s American Thanksgiving.