PollDaddy, the ultimate poll and survey app on the web today has been acquired by Automattic (the company behind WordPress.)
“…Now whenever you do a post you’ll be a few clicks away from having your own poll, and you can have as many as you like! We’re also going to be working on a lot more styles and customization of the polls, so you’ll be able to match it exactly to the look and feel of your blog.
Most of the Automattic team is in Breckenridge, Colorado, right now for our twice-yearly get together (including PollDaddy and Intense Debate folks!). Over the next week or two you should see some cool projects we’re working on start to come out. In the meantime, here’s a picture of us dealing with altitude sickness…” continue reading
Congratulations to Dave, Eoin, Jonathan and the people at WordPress for adding some awesome tools and (more importantly) people to their team.
I agree Allan. It’s a big win, not only for Irish startups but for any startup during these pressing economic times.
There was a good list of Irish startups last year on Read/Write Web. Make sure you read the comments as well.
There’s also a good article about the new wave of technology startups in Ireland from July this year in Silicon Republic.
Have a good one.
Tom
Congrats! This is a big win for startups from Ireland. Who are the other cool startups we should keep an eye on from Ireland?