#916 - WP-Tonic This Month in WordPress & Tech Live Round Table Show

This Month's Special Guest Panelists Are David Risley And Jeff Chandler

Don't miss out on this week's live discussion! Join us on Thursday as we delve into the newest WordPress and tech articles that have been making waves this month.

#1 - Shutterstock enters into a definitive agreement to acquire Envato for $245 million

The acquisition adds 650k subscribers to Shutterstock, more than doubling its subscriber base to 1.15 million.

https://wpbiz.dev/news/shutterstock-acquires-envato/

#2 - Google Set to Make Its Largest Acquisition Ever, Threatening Microsoft

Google parent Alphabet is reportedly making headway in its bid to acquire the $30 billion marketing software company HubSpot. That deal, which would be Google’s largest-ever acquisition, is part of the company’s strategy to compete with Microsoft in the cloud applications market.

https://gizmodo.com/google-acquisition-hubspot-rival-microsoft-cloud-market-1851499164

#3 - Convesio acquires Growmatik, a marketing automation SaaS platform

Growmatik is a Marketing Automation SaaS platform that is the choice of marketers and growth officers around the world to solve their biggest marketing automation challenges, as stated on their website. The acquisition enables Convesio to expand its market reach, particularly in the e-commerce space.

https://wpbiz.dev/news/convesio-acquires-growmatik/

#4 - Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ ubiquitous in Great Lakes basin, study finds

Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” are ubiquitous in the Great Lakes basin’s air, rain, atmosphere, and water, new peer-reviewed research shows.

Toxic PFAS - The Devil's Piss

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/18/pfas-great-lakes-basin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9GTa3a-tFo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8qGtEVh7oQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpobOQ54bWc

#5 - WordCamp Europe 2024 ( Torino, Italy)

Katie Keith

Matt Cromwell

Amber Hinds

#6 - Bubble.ai

Five years ago, Nvidia was a second-tier semiconductor company known for providing Call of Duty with better resolution.

https://www.profgalloway.com/bubble-ai/

------------------------------------------------- The Panel -------------------------------------------------

This Month Special Guest Panelists David Risley & Jeff Chandler

David Risley

https://www.davidrisley.com/

@davidrisley

Jeff Chandler

https://mindsize.com/

@jeffr0

Our Regular Monthly Panel

Heather Wilde Renze

https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherwilde/

@heathriel

Chris Badgett

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-badgett-57486325/

@ChrisBadgett

Spencer Forman

https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerforman/

@SpencerForman

Kurt von Ahnen

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtvonahnen/

@KurtvonAhnen

@MananaNoMas

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