It might be open source but WordPress is far from open in terms of tolerating older versions on the Internet. They claim they care about security but in reality their concern is their brand.
WordPress Not as Open as you think
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Google+ Is Shutting Down April 2, 2019
Not a real surprise other than the unreported security issue. Where to now?
UPS XML Changes
If you received an email stating the following Effective December 31, 2018 UPS® will disable all unsupported Developer Kit API URLs. You are receiving this notification because […]
Google Maps API Keys
If your site uses Google map functionality to pinpoint your locations or power a find your store function then you might be impacted with the changes to how Maps now works.
Change to Sales Tax Laws
Supreme Court says states can collect online sales tax, consumers likely to pay more.
Confused About PayPal's 30 June Emails?
PayPal is sending out emails and displaying browser warnings regarding their 30 June PCI security change. But what is the story if your browser is already up to date?
Magento gets sold again
Adobe Systems Inc. has agreed to buy Magento for $1.68 billion, in a bid to capture a bigger slice of the digital-commerce industry from Salesforce.com Inc. and Oracle Corp. Where does that leave the future of its open source?
Are you ready for GDPR?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect on 25 May 2018. A lot of US based small eCommerce operations are ignoring GDPR in the belief that being small means it does not impact them. Whether or not it does, this is a good time to review not only how you handle customer data but who handles it.
New Visa Chargeback Process
Suffering from ongoing Credit Card Fraud and unfair chargebacks? Looks like Visa is going to try and help
Magento Credit Card Hack
Yes once again Magento is being targetted for credit card fraud. According to Flashpoint, “attackers who are using brute-force password attacks to access administration panels to scrape credit […]