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ShortPixel Acquires ReSmush.it, Pledges to Optimize & Continue Free Service

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Monday, February 19, 2024

ShortPixel has been at the forefront of image optimization since its inception, offering free and premium services allowing web developers, bloggers, and online businesses to improve their website speed and performance.

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  • ShortPixel has been at the forefront of image optimization since its inception, offering free and premium services allowing web developers, bloggers, and online businesses to improve their website speed and performance.
  • With over 300,000 active users, ShortPixel is renowned for its advanced algorithms that significantly reduce image file sizes without compromising quality.
  • I seized the opportunity of the sudden shutdown of this service to provide a similar service, coded within a few days.
  • "reSmush.it is an important player in the image optimization space, and it is the only truly free such service.

LaunchUX Celebrates Prestigious Recognition at The Netty Awards

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Friday, February 16, 2024

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa., Feb. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --  LaunchUX, a nationally recognized website development and SEO agency based in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, is proud to announce its latest accolades from the esteemed Netty Awards. The agency has been awarded for its outstanding achievements in web design, receiving the prestigious Netty Award for Design and being named an Honoree for the overall Best Web Design category. These awards highlight LaunchUX's commitment to excellence in digital creativity, innovation, and technical proficiency.

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  • The agency has been awarded for its outstanding achievements in web design, receiving the prestigious Netty Award for Design and being named an Honoree for the overall Best Web Design category.
  • Nathan J. Neil, Founder & CEO
    The Netty Awards, regarded as one of the most credible recognitions in the digital industry, celebrate the excellence of leaders and companies across various sectors.
  • LaunchUX's industry leadership extends beyond the Netty Awards, with recognition from UpCity and Gartner.
  • Craig Murray from the Netty Awards praised LaunchUX's innovative approach: "Your exceptional work distinguishes you in a field of remarkable entries, embodying the Netty Awards' spirit of creativity, innovation, and technical proficiency."

BigCommerce Unveils Catalyst Storefront Technology, Empowering Rapid Launches of Composable Ecommerce Experiences

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Catalyst combines popular headless technologies and proven best practices – based on over 4,000 existing headless implementations – into a reference storefront targeting Google Lighthouse scores of 100 out-of-the-box.

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  • Catalyst combines popular headless technologies and proven best practices – based on over 4,000 existing headless implementations – into a reference storefront targeting Google Lighthouse scores of 100 out-of-the-box.
  • “Catalyst introduces BigCommerce’s reference composable architecture, equipping developers with the most preferred, highest performing technology, and brand users with the world’s best no/low-code Next.js visual editor,” said Brent Bellm, CEO at BigCommerce.
  • “This new reference architecture serves as a composable starter kit to help customers launch faster and with greater success.
  • “Since joining the BigCommerce team, we have been impressed with their vision for the future of composable commerce.

Unveiling Solutions: MeetGeraldine Expands Onto National Stage

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

After 16 years of operating exclusively on referrals, the expansion of its team and addition of an online client portal will enable MeetGeraldine to bring its exclusive website expertise to a national market.

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  • After 16 years of operating exclusively on referrals, the expansion of its team and addition of an online client portal will enable MeetGeraldine to bring its exclusive website expertise to a national market.
  • The expansion is driven by a commitment to overcoming a prevalent industry issue – clients often face frustration when their web developers become unreachable or respond slowly.
  • Their online portal facilitates bug reporting and troubleshooting requests, and provides tutorials for clients to efficiently manage their websites.
  • "We are excited to bring our proven WordPress website maintenance solutions to a national audience,” said Geraldine Convento, Founder and Web Presence Expert of MeetGeraldine.

WP Engine Celebrates WordPress Excellence with Launch of Annual Agency Partner Awards

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

WP Engine today announced the winners of its inaugural Agency Partner Awards, which honor the most innovative and best-in-class WordPress websites designed and built by members of the company’s global Agency Partner Program .

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  • WP Engine today announced the winners of its inaugural Agency Partner Awards, which honor the most innovative and best-in-class WordPress websites designed and built by members of the company’s global Agency Partner Program .
  • With eight categories recognizing excellence in creativity and philanthropy to eCommerce and technical performance, the awards garnered nearly 200 entries from 90 agency partners worldwide.
  • “WP Engine is passionately committed to open source WordPress and partnering with agency digital innovators to leverage its freedom and flexibility in building, powering and optimizing extraordinary experiences for their clients,” said Jason Teichman, Chief Operating Officer, WP Engine.
  • WP Engine’s Agency Partner Program is the largest WordPress agency ecosystem with over 10,000 agency members.

Big Brain Ushers In a New Era: AI Bot Creation with No Coding Skills Required

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

Today, Big Brain is proud to announce a revolutionary solution that democratizes AI bot creation: a user-friendly platform that empowers anyone to create, analyze, and monetize AI bots on any messaging channel in mere minutes, without the need for extensive programming knowledge or hiring an engineering team.

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  • Today, Big Brain is proud to announce a revolutionary solution that democratizes AI bot creation: a user-friendly platform that empowers anyone to create, analyze, and monetize AI bots on any messaging channel in mere minutes, without the need for extensive programming knowledge or hiring an engineering team.
  • Today, with Big Brain,  they can create and monetize that bot in minutes," said CEO Nikhil Arun.
  • It offers a range of customizable templates and tools that simplify the bot creation, monetization and management processes, allowing users to focus on the creative aspects of AI bot development.
  • Big Brain invites everyone, regardless of their coding background, to experience the future of AI bot creation.

Revolutionizing Hosting: Nexcess and Liquid Web to Become One Unified, Powerhouse Brand

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

The unified brand will combine the eCommerce expertise of Nexcess with Liquid Web's highly performant hosting platform.

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  • The unified brand will combine the eCommerce expertise of Nexcess with Liquid Web's highly performant hosting platform.
  • As a part of the Liquid Web family of brands , this move marks a new chapter in Nexcess' two-decade long journey.
  • The unified brand, however, will combine the deep eCommerce expertise of Nexcess with Liquid Web's robust, secure, and highly performant hosting platforms.
  • "At both Liquid Web and Nexcess, our mission has always been to help businesses grow and make money online.

Awesome Motive Backed WPBeginner Growth Fund Invests in GrooveHQ: Supercharging Customer Support for Small Businesses

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WPBeginner Growth Fund , a leading investment fund specializing in B2B software businesses backed by Awesome Motive is thrilled to announce its recent investment in GrooveHQ , a top-rated customer support help desk software.

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  • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WPBeginner Growth Fund , a leading investment fund specializing in B2B software businesses backed by Awesome Motive is thrilled to announce its recent investment in GrooveHQ , a top-rated customer support help desk software.
  • Our goal is to eliminate subpar customer service experiences worldwide by offering exceptional customer service tools.
  • GrooveHQ is a trusted customer support platform serving over 2,000 businesses worldwide.
  • Syed Balkhi, Founder and CEO of WPBeginner & Awesome Motive, expressed his enthusiasm about the investment: "GrooveHQ provides everything small businesses need to offer exceptional customer service at scale without the high costs.

Prevent Threats, Protect Sales, Save Time: StateWP Releases Game Changing WordPress Tool

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Monday, January 29, 2024

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With the snowballing cost and sophistication of cybercrime, StateWP has a game changing tool to protect businesses and agencies using WordPress.

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  • OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With the snowballing cost and sophistication of cybercrime, StateWP has a game changing tool to protect businesses and agencies using WordPress.
  • With the sophistication of cybercrime, StateWP has a game changing tool to protect businesses using WordPress.
  • It's a tool that gives companies and agencies the power to protect their WordPress site, enhance its performance, and offload technical tasks to experts.
  • StateWP gives agencies a solid resource for website maintenance that is high quality and responsive" –Forward Vision, tech marketing agency.

DigitalOcean’s Cloudways Launches Autonomous to Ensure High Availability for Growing Business Websites

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DOCN), the developer cloud optimized for startups and growing digital businesses, today announced the availability of Autonomous, Cloudways’ new managed WordPress hosting offering.

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  • DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DOCN), the developer cloud optimized for startups and growing digital businesses, today announced the availability of Autonomous, Cloudways’ new managed WordPress hosting offering.
  • Autonomous addresses a common challenge faced by many growing businesses — balancing website availability during traffic surges without overestimating hosting needs and expenses.
  • The hands-off high availability and enterprise-level performance of Autonomous means that organizations’ websites can scale in line with the ongoing demand.
  • Cloudways' Autonomous is now available in the following regions of US, UK, EUR & Asia.