News in brief: April 2008

Some news around the blogosphere/internet in general:

WordPress.com will be banned in Brazil? Lorelle VanFossen shared her opinion about this issue. And, do not forget to read the detailed coverage.
Six Apart, the company behind Movable Type, Typepad, Livejournal and VOX launched a Facebook application called BlogIt. When it was launched for the first time, it only had a basic feature. Now, we can use Markdown for text formatting.
We can upload videos on Flickr now. It is limited to 90 seconds. It might be too short, but… it also a challenge. Not only that, Flickr also doubled the size of photos that can be uploaded. Free accounts can upload up to 10 MB/photo, and 20 MB/photo for pro accounts.
Google Starts to Index the Invisible Web.
If we love making to grids, there are great tools available: Grid Layout and Grid Calculator.
jaxtr, a service related to your phone. Send message, voicemail, and more… for free. (hat tip: maseko)