One thing that I forgot to blog about a couple of weeks ago was the public release of the TypePad platform and APIs. The new platform is a continuation of TypePad’s development of helpful community tools. Its TypePad Motion, an open source microblogging app, is already gaining popularity.

Since its inception in 2003, TypePad and Movable Type have been partner platforms that have also been developed side by side. The new TypePad platform will mean that users of Movable Type and its developers will find it easier to use the new features and the infrastructure that has been significantly improved.

The developer community can develop for TypPad using the TypePad APIs.

Some people think that the internet has had enough of celebrity blogs, because a new one is being set up.

The LA Time is launching a new blog that will deal with celebrity news and rumors. The new blog, which will be on latimes.com, will be manned by blogger Christie D’Zurilla.

This blog looks like it’s going to be a good read though, considering D’Zurilla’s background. She was a stand-cup comic and a card carrying SAG member. The stand-up comedy experience could translate to very irreverent entries from her. Aside from writing for the celebrity news blog, she will also be responsible for editing submissions from contributors.

WordPress, the world’s most popular blogging platform is set to make formatting for mobile phones easier.

WordPress will release a new mobile theme that is turned on by default. This new theme does not have most of the formatting embedded on normal WordPress themes. This makes loading the mobile theme-enabled sites easier to load on mobile phones. The new mobile theme is an optional “improvement”. Bloggers can opt out of the new setting and not implement it on their sites.

The mobile web theme is seen as a step towards making the mobile web more accessible to surfers. The present environment of the mobile web leaves much to be desired and improvements are very welcome at this point.

Blogs are not just a pastime anymore. Many people are now earning money writing and operating blogs. Unfortunately, if earning money is involved you can be sure the government will be there sniffing around.

And sniff around it does. Apparently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has set its eye on the blogging community. The FTC has issued a revision to its advertising practices rules. The first to be done in 30 years. The revision now addresses businesses involved in non traditional media like blogging.

The new rules now require advertisers to include the typical results for any claims they make. An example are those blogs that claim that you will lose weight if you get a certain product. The blogger is now required to include additional comments regarding the typical rate of loss. Failure to do so will mean they can be sued.

Facebook has become such a big phenomenon that even the deceased are finding a home within its pages.

Facebook recently announced it has implemented a new privacy setting that will allow family and friends to turn the online Facebook profiles of their departed loved ones in to some kind of memorial.

The idea for the memorialized Facebook profile had its beginnings when the friend of a Facebook employee was tragically killed in an accident. The deceased also happens to be a Facebook employee. One of the natural directions of the conversations among the officemates was what to do with the deceased Facebook profile.

The memorialized Facebook profile has some features removed. Basically, what is deeemd as sensitive information like contact information and status updates are removed. The profile is also removed from the public search. Only the people who were already accepted as friends before will be able to view the memorialized profile.

Despite some claims of commercialization of the dead, I actually like this idea. It’s a great way of remembering the people that we love who have passed away.

Disney is one of the biggest companies in the world. It has a lot of different interests that make it the largest companies in the entertainment industry. But it’s surprising to know that despite being a huge company, Disney is not at the forefront of some emerging technological trends. For example, Disney didn’t have a blog for its parks, one of its biggest money making ventures.

Finally, though, the company has wised up. It recently announced the creation of a new blog for Disney Parks. The new Disney Parks blog is the newest kid on the blogging block and it looks like it is going to be a promising new addition to the blogosphere. Expect to see informative posts from the leaders in the field of amusement parks (a big business worldwide), a great social networking feature where you can participate in forums (moderated, of course). You’ll also get standard features like an RSS feed and permalinks. Of course, you can expect PR fluff from the site as well. But It’s a small price to pay for a blog that will finally give us the latest news on one of Disney’s most well known ventures.