Comments on: Automattic Acquires Gravatar http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:37:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Complete List of 2007 Web / Technology Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-2316141 Complete List of 2007 Web / Technology Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp Wed, 21 May 2008 15:26:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-2316141 [...] recognizable avatar image that appears next to a users name in blog comments. Official Blog Post | TechCrunch | GigaOm | Mashable | [...] [...] recognizable avatar image that appears next to a users name in blog comments. Official Blog Post | TechCrunch | GigaOm | Mashable | [...]

]]> By: Episode 31: Automattic aquires Gravatar, Automattic being aquired? | Wp Wordpress http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1833033 Episode 31: Automattic aquires Gravatar, Automattic being aquired? | Wp Wordpress Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:41:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1833033 [...] Gravatar has been acquired by Automattic, Inc. Premium services such as multiple e-mail addresses and having more than 2 [...] [...] Gravatar has been acquired by Automattic, Inc. Premium services such as multiple e-mail addresses and having more than 2 [...]

]]> By: Automattic Spurns $200 Million Acquisition Offer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1710443 Automattic Spurns $200 Million Acquisition Offer Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:15:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1710443 [...] company, which has raised just $1.1 million in capital, has been on a tear lately. They acquired avatar startup Gravatar earlier this month. And Comscore says Wordpress.com had nearly 63 million unique worldwide visitors [...] [...] company, which has raised just $1.1 million in capital, has been on a tear lately. They acquired avatar startup Gravatar earlier this month. And Comscore says Wordpress.com had nearly 63 million unique worldwide visitors [...]

]]> By: Conversational Blogging, WordPress Can Do It http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1692998 Conversational Blogging, WordPress Can Do It Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:21:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1692998 [...] the need to have conversations and reading Fred Wilson’s post, I also read another piece of news on TechCrunch. Automattic (developers of WordPress and Akismet) purchased Gravatar, a universal blog avatar [...] [...] the need to have conversations and reading Fred Wilson’s post, I also read another piece of news on TechCrunch. Automattic (developers of WordPress and Akismet) purchased Gravatar, a universal blog avatar [...]

]]> By: N3TV Blogosphere: le news del 22.10.07 | N3TV http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1689809 N3TV Blogosphere: le news del 22.10.07 | N3TV Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:09:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1689809 [...] WORDPRESS COMPRA GRAVATAR [...] [...] WORDPRESS COMPRA GRAVATAR [...]

]]> By: PixelRobot http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1689528 PixelRobot Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:54:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1689528 I wrote a little plug-in for bbPress that implements Gravatar avatars, and I was having a lot of performance problems. Since the acquisition it has been working smoothly. From a development point of view Gravatars is surprisingly easy to implement. You don't have to worry about anything, like keeping avatars in your server, limit their size, make forms for people to update... for small developments it's a really useful tool. I wrote a little plug-in for bbPress that implements Gravatar avatars, and I was having a lot of performance problems. Since the acquisition it has been working smoothly.

From a development point of view Gravatars is surprisingly easy to implement. You don’t have to worry about anything, like keeping avatars in your server, limit their size, make forms for people to update… for small developments it’s a really useful tool.

]]> By: Mellow Morning http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1684880 Mellow Morning Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:02:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1684880 <strong>Symfony & Gravatars - easy implementation...</strong> Lets start with a small explanation. Gravatars are so called ‘globally recognized avatars’. Basically it is an open directory for avatars. If you didn’t get one yet, feel free to head over to www.gravatar.com. The implementation of gr... Symfony & Gravatars - easy implementation…

Lets start with a small explanation. Gravatars are so called ‘globally recognized avatars’. Basically it is an open directory for avatars. If you didn’t get one yet, feel free to head over to http://www.gravatar.com.
The implementation of gr…

]]> By: houbi.com / blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1682729 houbi.com / blog Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:40:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1682729 <strong>Gravatars on Wordpress...</strong> Tech news of the day is that Automattic (the company behind Wordpress, the blogging platform used by all wildly popular bloggers such as yours truly) has acquired Gravatar (a webservice that make it possible for a person to have one avatar across the ... Gravatars on Wordpress…

Tech news of the day is that Automattic (the company behind Wordpress, the blogging platform used by all wildly popular bloggers such as yours truly) has acquired Gravatar (a webservice that make it possible for a person to have one avatar across the …

]]> By: RYK http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1682381 RYK Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:15:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1682381 wonder if Gravatar will be integrated into the native WP install. Potential restrictive practice ! wonder if Gravatar will be integrated into the native WP install. Potential restrictive practice !

]]> By: RYK http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1682366 RYK Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:10:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1682366 Gravatar is a very interesting property. It creates a universal id that can be used everywhere. I suspect that this will become major competition to openid. Gravatar is a very interesting property. It creates a universal id that can be used everywhere. I suspect that this will become major competition to openid.

]]> By: Jonathan Street http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1682070 Jonathan Street Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:36:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1682070 I don't think MyBlogLog displays avatars by posts on every blog but on many it does. I assume you need to install a plugin to get this functionality rather than slapping a widget in the sidebar. There is no reason why it couldn't be done that way it would just take more work. I've never used MyBlogLog so I could be wrong on the plugin vs sidebar widget issue anyway. I don’t think MyBlogLog displays avatars by posts on every blog but on many it does. I assume you need to install a plugin to get this functionality rather than slapping a widget in the sidebar.

There is no reason why it couldn’t be done that way it would just take more work.

I’ve never used MyBlogLog so I could be wrong on the plugin vs sidebar widget issue anyway.

]]> By: Norm http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681828 Norm Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:04:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681828 I just tried signing up and it seems that the premium account still costs and isn't free as this article states - strange! I just tried signing up and it seems that the premium account still costs and isn’t free as this article states - strange!

]]> By: Stefan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681728 Stefan Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:25:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681728 MyBlogLog does already do this - and apparently far more succesful and widespread. I had never heard of Gravatar, but I do bump into my own 'avatar' (effectively my logo on my profilepage on MyBlogLog LOL) on countless blogs I visit :) MyBlogLog does already do this - and apparently far more succesful and widespread. I had never heard of Gravatar, but I do bump into my own ‘avatar’ (effectively my logo on my profilepage on MyBlogLog LOL) on countless blogs I visit :)

]]> By: Jonathan Street http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681666 Jonathan Street Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:35:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681666 Doesn't MyBlogLog offer the same functionality along with far more compelling reasons for bloggers/webmasters to implement the plugin? It will be interesting to see how/if this moves to the wordpress.org codebase. Doesn’t MyBlogLog offer the same functionality along with far more compelling reasons for bloggers/webmasters to implement the plugin?

It will be interesting to see how/if this moves to the wordpress.org codebase.

]]> By: Napolux http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681497 Napolux Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:30:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681497 Glad to see something new in the Gravatar's story. But maybe it's too late... After several months of "no gravatars" Most of all WordPress bloggers & gravatar's user have switched to <a href="http://www.napolux.com/2006/12/14/myavatars-a-wordpress-plugin-for-mybloglog/" rel="nofollow">MyAvatatars</a> plugin I've made about 9-10 months ago :P Glad to see something new in the Gravatar’s story. But maybe it’s too late…

After several months of “no gravatars” Most of all WordPress bloggers & gravatar’s user have switched to MyAvatatars plugin I’ve made about 9-10 months ago :P

]]> By: -=Discobeats=- http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681476 -=Discobeats=- Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:11:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681476 <strong>[Gravatar] Automattic übernimmt Gravatar...</strong> Wie ich gerade im Gravatar-Blog lese hat Automattic, die Firma welche die Hand über WordPress hält, den Avatarservice Gravatar übernommen. Gravatar ist ein genialer Service welcher die Möglichkeit bietet einmalig einen Avatar upzu... [Gravatar] Automattic übernimmt Gravatar…

Wie ich gerade im Gravatar-Blog lese hat Automattic, die Firma welche die Hand über WordPress hält, den Avatarservice Gravatar übernommen.
Gravatar ist ein genialer Service welcher die Möglichkeit bietet einmalig einen Avatar upzu…

]]> By: masey» Blog Archive » Grab a Gravatar! http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681466 masey» Blog Archive » Grab a Gravatar! Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:56:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681466 [...] (17 October, 2007): Techcrunch has just reported that "Gravatar" has been acquired by "Automattic", the company behind [...] [...] (17 October, 2007): Techcrunch has just reported that "Gravatar" has been acquired by "Automattic", the company behind [...]

]]> By: Gravatar ahora de Automattic » 512 Megas http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681450 Gravatar ahora de Automattic » 512 Megas Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:31:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681450 [...] consecuencia de la adquisición de Gravatar por Automattic, ahora todos los servicios premium que este sitio ofrecía, son completamente [...] [...] consecuencia de la adquisición de Gravatar por Automattic, ahora todos los servicios premium que este sitio ofrecía, son completamente [...]

]]> By: Wes http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681417 Wes Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:42:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681417 Good to see that they have made all the premium features free. It would seem to me that they other better ideas but we will have to wait and see over the coming days and months. Good to see that they have made all the premium features free. It would seem to me that they other better ideas but we will have to wait and see over the coming days and months.

]]> By: tesh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681407 tesh Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:34:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681407 It is great news that Gravatars will be free and integrated with wordpress. Hooray for bloggers. It is great news that Gravatars will be free and integrated with wordpress. Hooray for bloggers.

]]> By: Aaron Brazell http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681358 Aaron Brazell Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:54:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681358 Good move on Automarttic's part. If this acquisition didn't happen, WordPress.com avatars would quickly drown Gravatars whenever their team decided to open it up. In this way, the technology is acquired, Gravatar meets a good match doing the same thing and the automattic team gets more well rounded. Good move on Automarttic’s part. If this acquisition didn’t happen, WordPress.com avatars would quickly drown Gravatars whenever their team decided to open it up. In this way, the technology is acquired, Gravatar meets a good match doing the same thing and the automattic team gets more well rounded.

]]> By: David http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681284 David Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:23:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681284 The test will be whether gravatars are responsive enough to be used here in the comments section of techcrunch. The test will be whether gravatars are responsive enough to be used here in the comments section of techcrunch.

]]> By: Jaymon http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681240 Jaymon Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:10:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681240 @Fabian I would say the price was pretty small and they wanted the team more than anything. Likewise, I would assume the team wanted to be taken under the wing of Automattic, so this was a win-win all around it looks like... @Fabian

I would say the price was pretty small and they wanted the team more than anything. Likewise, I would assume the team wanted to be taken under the wing of Automattic, so this was a win-win all around it looks like…

]]> By: Fabian Schonholz http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681207 Fabian Schonholz Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:01:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681207 This is an interesting acquisition. Why couldn't Wordpress implement it? What so special about the 80x80 avatar that follows you? How much did it pay for it? How big is Gravatar? I do not see the point unless Gravatar is really small and Worpress not only wanted the functionality but also the team and it was just a payoff ball park price. This is an interesting acquisition. Why couldn’t Wordpress implement it? What so special about the 80×80 avatar that follows you? How much did it pay for it? How big is Gravatar?

I do not see the point unless Gravatar is really small and Worpress not only wanted the functionality but also the team and it was just a payoff ball park price.

]]> By: gilltots http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681189 gilltots Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:52:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/17/automattic-acquires-gravatar/#comment-1681189 Duncan, you have to find out what the terms of the deal are. Or it didn't happen. Duncan, you have to find out what the terms of the deal are. Or it didn’t happen.

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