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Special Guest Panelist Brian Jackson of Forgemedia: https://forgemedia.io/

#1 – Automattic Acquires MailPoet

Automattic Acquires MailPoet

#2 – Olive Attracts Additional $225.5MM Investment to Fast-Track AI Workforce For Healthcare

https://oliveai.com/media/olive-attracts-additional-225-5mm-investment-to-fast-track-ai-workforce-for-healthcare/

#3 – WordPress 5.6 “Simone” Includes New Twenty Twenty-One Theme and Improved Editor

WordPress 5.6 “Simone” Includes New Twenty Twenty-One Theme and Improved Editor

#4 – How to Run a Ponzi Scheme for Tech People

https://callmenish.com/how-to-run-a-tech-ponzi-scheme/

#5 – Privacy group files complaint against five online test-proctoring services

https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/9/22166023/epic-proctorio-examity-privacy-online-testing-school-lawsuit-proctoring

#6 – Facebook crushed rivals to maintain an illegal monopoly, the entire United States yells in Zuckerberg’s face

https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/09/facebook_crushed_competitors_to_maintain/

 

Panel Recommendations of the Week

Jonathan’s VersionPress is a free and open-source plugin that brings the full power of Git to WordPress. Its key strength is that it version-controls not just files but also the database: https://versionpress.com/

 Heather Renze:: https://serenzeglobal.org/2021-technology-education-grant-application/

John Locke:: My recommendation: https://northcutt.com/seo-checklist/google-ranking-factors/

Brian Jackson: https://wicki.io/posts/2020-11-goodbye-google-fonts/

Our Regular Panel Members

John Locke LockedownSEO.com
Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com
Chris Badgett lifterlms.com
Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com
Matt Medeiros mattreport.com
Jonathan Denwood wp-tonic.com
Vito Peleg WP Feedback
Steven Sauder ZipFish
Heather Renze Heather Wilde

Every Friday at 8:30am PST we have a great and hard-hitting round-table show with a group of WordPress developers, online business owners and WordPress junkies where we discuss the latest and most interesting WordPress and online articles/stories of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE every Friday at 8:30am PST on our Facebook WP-Tonic Show page. https://www.facebook.com/wptonic/

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