Tumblr takes the blog backup space a step farther with its latest release. Tumblr recently reported its new Backup app that should allows users to form a handy copy of their blog's content. Permitting users to view the backup of their blog from any PC or when burned to a CD, they can also access it when hosted as a repository of static HTML files. Much unlike any other the approach used by other publishing sites, Tumblr simplifies the method of viewing blog content. The site claims to use easy file formats whenever possible.

There were 2 new developments during the past week about the Twitter API and, incredibly, they do not truly have anything to do with Twitter in any way. Rather they need to do with 'old school' blogging platforms WordPress and Tumblr adopting the Twitter API as their own.

The developers behind the WordPress project narrated on Friday for the official release of version 2.9, a major update of the popular opensource blogging software. The most recent version has some helpful new features, including an inclusive image revising tool and a worldwide undo feature that permits users to revive removed posts.

Wordpress 2.9 was today pushed to all sites running the preferred blogging platform, marking the last major update for the platform for 2009 as the developers behind the CMS look for a new default theme for the subsequent release in 2010.