Can you feel it? That spring buzz right around the corner that kind of smells like tacos, tech and beer? Every March, the city of Austin overflows with tech, film and music industry professionals (and fans) attending the biggest media industry event on the planet. (mt) Media Temple has never missed a year, and this year we want to share the experience.

We’re sending two lucky winners to Austin in true VIP style. Travel and hotel are on us. The best part is you’ll have access to VIP industry events and be treated like a rock star for the duration of the trip.

Enter to win on our Facebook page!

Good luck y’all.

Special thanks to Roxanne Daner for the fantastic artwork.

By now, you probably know how we feel about Internet blacklist legislation. While it is not typically our style to talk politics, the nature of these bills directly impacts the very industry that Media Temple and many of you have a huge role in. The outcome will potentially affect our jobs, livelihood, and for many of us, our biggest passion.

Tomorrow, many sites will go dark for 24 hours in protest of the SOPA/PIPA acts being pushed through Congress. There are many ways that you can show your support for freedom of the Internet. Whether you want to blackout your site, or take a more modest approach, here are some tips on how to show where you stand.
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A BIG 2012 Thank You to all who took advantage of this amazin’ sale! This sale is over, but stay tuned for a lot more special offers and product news in 2012.

They say “it’s the most wonderful time of the year.” We agree! To help celebrate the Holidays, we’re going to help give you a jump start to the new year. If your New Year’s Resolution is to move your sites to a shiny new home, you’ve got to check out these deals!

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We believe in maintaining the freedoms and openness of the Internet which provides a voice to the aspirations of people everywhere.

Demian Sellfors, CEO, (mt) Media Temple
@demian_sellfors

As written, (mt) Media Temple will not be supporting the legislative measures recently introduced in the United States House of Representatives and Senate; HR 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), as well as S.968, the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). More work is required in order to achieve a balance which controls online piracy while continuing to promote innovation, job creation, and free expression.

Interested in being involved? A great way to start is by sharing your own opinions with your local representatives here: Stop the Internet Blacklist Legislation

You asked for it, and it’s coming! Today, we are happy to debut a new chat feature to help you communicate with us even easier than ever before. The new chat bar sits at the bottom of your screen in the AccountCenter and allows you to chat with our Customer Support and Billing departments. To get started, just click on the chat icon and you’ll be chatting with one of our customer service agents within moments! There are also icons built-in for contacting us via Skype and accessing our Twitter and Facebook pages, so don’t forget to check those out.

Not everyone will have access to the chat bar today. For now, we are rolling this out to about 10% of our customers. To see if it is available to you just log in to your AccountCenter. Stay tuned, as we’ll be expanding this percentage over the next few months. Chat is open from 9am to 5pm Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. We’ll be looking to expand our chat hours to 24/7 in the future, but in the meantime, early birds or night owls can still reach us via phone or support request 24/7.

If you want to get in contact with one of our Sales agents, there is also sales chat available on the main (mt) Media Temple website.

We’d love to hear what you think about the new chat bar, so please let us know what you think.

We have some good news for (gs) Grid-Service users: We are about to launch our new mail product! As mentioned in our last product update, our new mail product is professional-class mail that is also beautiful and easy to use. Also, (mt) Mail comes at no additional cost for Grid customers!

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Been inundated with “Holiday” sales and 24 hour online fire sale bonanzas? We understand, so we’re offering you a discount that will make an impact on your bottom line… permanently.

Until December 25th, January 1, you will get 25% off an annual purchase of our (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server 512MB and 1GB plans. The best part is the 25% applies to the life of the service. That’s serious.

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Our friends at WordPress have released Version 3.3, aka “Sonny,” — named to honor the great jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt. Check out the highlights below, but take care to read this entire article for directions on upgrading. This is another great update that you won’t want to miss.

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One of the best aspects of working at (mt) is discovering our clients’ stories. Meeting clients and exploring our network for exceptional projects is in our DNA. The Noun Project is the product of a collaboration of great design and civic minds, yielding a library of rights-free, down-loadable symbols.
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It’s clear one of the best aspects of working at (mt) is discovering our clients’ stories. Meeting clients and exploring our network for exceptional projects is in our DNA. Eat Art came across our radar through our creative circle and we’re thrilled to feature this charity driven, art marketplace.
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