Vox

TypePad has snagged the top spot in Top 10 Hebergeurs' Hosted Blog category, ahead of runners-up WordPress and Blogger.Vox, our free hosted English/French/Japanese/Spanish-language blog service that makes it easy to stay in touch with family and friends, came in at an impressive #5.The shortlist was created based upon consideration of numerous items, such as:* ease of use* price* features* community* back office* options and extras* technical support* monetization possibilitiesAs with all Six Apart blogging solutions, TypePad is available in multiple languages and prides itself on maintaining the same high...

Six Apart EMEA is sending its very own Dhana Silva, Voxer and Sales Manager of Spain and Latin America, on a 3 week-long  blog evangelism tour that will cover her trek (in stilettos, of course) through Venezuela, Columbia, Brazil, Argentina and Chile.With existing Spanish and South American clients like Hola, El Tiempo, El Pais, Banco Sabadell, El Clarin, Mobuzz TV, Mercurio and Microsiervos, Six Apart hopes to help spread blogging throughout this exciting region of the world. Among other things, Dhana will be sharing her insights on the growth of...

Hewlett-Packard has launched a contest to design the best theme for TypePad, Vox and LiveJournal. Design To Inspire is the latest initiative from the innovative US tech solutions provider, who have recently teamed up with musician Gwen Stefani to provide cutting-edge design options to their customers. As we mentioned earlier on this blog, Six Apart products are also big on design. Besides the intrinsic flexibility and customizability of TypePad and Movable Type, we have recently rolled out brand-new themes and Design Assistants for both TypePad and Movable Type. Meanwhile,...

CNet's Webware 100 Awards is now accepting votes!Movable Type, TypePad (Webware 100 2007 Winner) and Vox (Webware 100 2007 Winner) have all made it through to the final round of the annual competition that bestows honors on the best and brightest in Web 2.0. All three products are nominees in the Publishing & Photography category.Voting is open until 31 March and winners will be announced 21 April, one day prior to the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. For those lucky enough to be going to San Francisco for the...

The OpenID Foundation has announced that Microsoft, Google, IBM, VeriSign and Yahoo! have accepted OpenID, the authentication framework created by Brad Fitzpatrick during his tenure at Six Apart, for purposes of security and practicality. Free to use and completely open source, OpenID is currently promoted and supported by the OpenID Foundation (OIDF), vice-chaired by none other than our very own David Recordon.As a major contributor to the OpenID movement, we are proud to remind you that your free account on Vox, or your existing TypePad or TypeKey accounts count as...

If you're a comics fan and a blogger then you must attend the "Festival des Blogs BD" that will be held in Paris on September 29th and 30th.It's an opportunity to meet with young and talented comics authors that are also... bloggers.You can learn more about this event by going to http://www.festival-blogs-bd.com/....

As of May 2007, Vox is available in Spanish!Our award-winning, free personal blogging service is also available in English, French and Japanese. With its great community features, Vox has always been a place for friends and family to connect easily, stylishly, and for free. This new version has all the feautures of the original application touted as the "Best Blogging Software" by PC Magazine -- with the advantage of being accessible to Spanish speakers the world over.Take the Vox Tour!...