Jan 28
Although not as hot a topic as it was a few years back, web apps, particularly those written with HTML5, have become more or less an established category, especially on … Continue reading
Oct 04
The music industry, Hollywood movie studios and other companies who create content are always out for more DRM to be added at every turn. These content creators are always concerned with people getting access to their content without paying for it and this fear led to a massive uprising in the amount of DRM we […]
Sep 04
Mozilla has just announced the next stage of its program to bring developers and apps into their fledgling Firefox OS platform. However, this time around, they are not asking for new apps but are instead looking for ports of existing HTML 5 apps in exchange for a Firefox OS phone. Mozilla launched the first phase […]
Jul 23
You might remember back in May when Flipboard introduced custom magazines that allowed users to curate different kinds of content into one magazine and share it with the world. That feature as now hit the web, allowing users to read these custom-curated magazines from any browser on any device with an internet connection.
This marks the full HTML5 version of Flipboard, and it’s actually only the first step for the company. Within the next few months and leading into 2014, Flipboard is planning to expand its web experience even more. The full Flipboard experience is expected to roll out starting towards the end of the year, complete with search and subscriptions.
This web interface lets Flipboard users subscribe to custom magazines and “flip” through stories just like if they were on a tablet or smartphone. Of course, the mobile app is still the best way to experience Flipboard magazines and articles in our opinion, but if you’re wanting a larger area to consume your news, the web interface is the way to go.
Furthermore, Flipboard also introduced “Big Ideas”, which is a new category that “features content on important issues, causes and ideas of our day.” Overall, the content on the web interface isn’t mind-blowing right now, but it seems like it’ll get better over time. Currently, the web interface works on Chrome, Firefox, and IE 9 or higher.
SOURCE: Flipboard
Flipboard magazines hit the web with new “Big Ideas” category is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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May 09
Firefox OS Developer Preview handsets have been available on a limited basis up until this point. Most notably, retailer Geeksphone had quickly run through some inventory back in April. As of today however, it looks like Mozilla is going to be giving some away for free. Or more to the point, Mozilla has launched the ‘Phones for Apps for Firefox OS’ initiative.
This means HTML5 developers could potentially score a free handset. The device up for grabs is the Geeksphone Keon, which is the orange handset in the above image. This particular device features a 3.5-inch HVGA display, 1GHz Snapdragon A1 processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot and 3 megapixel rear-facing camera. The Keon normally sells for $119.
Handset specifics aside, Mozilla is looking to boost the availability of apps before the official launch. At present they have said Firefox OS phones will be available in “select” markets this summer. As part of this initiative they are looking for apps that deal with everything from tools and utilities to games as well as news, sports, travel, entertainment, social and more. Basically, just about everything.
This will be open to those who are already developing as well as those who have an idea in mind and are ready to begin the process. Regardless of the phase you are in, Mozilla has said you will need to apply for entry into the program. The application process involves sharing details about your app (or app idea) and letting them know that you have the experience to make it happen. Otherwise, Mozilla is urging developers to move fast as their ” launch dates are approaching fast.”
[via Mozilla]
Mozilla trading Firefox OS phones for HTML5 apps is written by Robert Nelson & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Oct 09
‘Contre Jour’ is now playable in the browser, one third of the levels require IE 10
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Say it with us: Developers! Developers! Developers! That’s Steve Ballmer’s mantra and indeed, it says a lot about the way Microsoft has gone about promoting Internet Explorer. In addition to a series of prime-time ads (maybe you’ve seen ’em), the company has been using certain HTML 5 apps to show devs what they can do using IE 10’s deep multitouch support. Now the outfit’s back, this time with a game: Contre Jour is coming to the web, and while it runs in any modern browser, you’ll need IE 10 and a Windows 8 machine to play a third of the levels (it shouldn’t make a difference if you have a touchscreen or a multitouch trackpad). That’s because in some parts of the game, you’ll be required to use as many as three fingers at once to pull off certain maneuvers. In IE 10 you can do this, so you get access to all 30 levels; if you’re using a different browser that doesn’t support these gestures, the levels will remain locked. Hit up the source link to play the game for free, and if a game based on “The Little Prince” doesn’t do much for you, at least check out the Behind the Scenes section — coding geeks should appreciate the deeper explanation as to how the web app was built.
Gallery: Contre Jour for IE 10
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Filed under: Gaming, Software, Microsoft
‘Contre Jour’ is now playable in the browser, one third of the levels require IE 10 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Oct 02
New York Times releases ‘experimental’ HTML5 iPad app, puts Twitter trends front and center
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The New York Times isn’t beyond a little “experimentation” — not when it comes to iPad apps, at least. The old gray lady today is showing off its “experimental” iPad web app, an HTML5-powered reading experience available to digital subscribers with its Web + Tablet and All Digital Access packages. The app’s got four ways to consume all the news that’s fit to digitize, including the Trending format, which offers up the past hour’s top 25 trending stories on Twitter and the more traditional Today’s Paper, which recalls those days when people used to get their news from dead trees. More info can be found in the press release after the break, and if you’re on an iPad, you can access the site via the source link below.
Filed under: Tablets, Software
New York Times releases ‘experimental’ HTML5 iPad app, puts Twitter trends front and center originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Sep 22
HTML 5 has been a buzz word around the interwebs for so long you’d be forgiven if you thought it was a well-established standard looking for a successor. In fact, nothing could be farther from the truth. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which helps establish the primary standards used online, didn’t actually intend to complete HTML 5 until 2022. Thankfully, the group has reconsidered that seemingly absurd timeline and now plans to have this whole mess wrapped up by the end of 2014. The revised plan calls for an HTML 5 Candidate Recommendation (sort of like a feature-frozen beta) to be submitted by the end of 2012, before being finalized in 2014. All existing bits of the standard that are unstable or that suffer interoperability problems will be pulled from that candidate and pushed to a draft version of HTML 5.1. While HTML 5 is being completed, its evolutionary successor will begin the process of marching towards standardization, with a target completion date of 2016. For a more detailed exploration of the future of HTML hit up the source link.
Filed under: Internet
W3C says HTML 5 will be finalized in 2014, HTML 5.1 to follow in 2016 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Sep 2012 10:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Sep 20
Chrome experiment explores new types of navigation, degrees of embarrassment
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What you’re about to see, should you choose to click the source link below, is far from perfect. On the other hand, it’s clearly had a lot of effort and expertise put into it — not only by HTML5-savvy coders, but also by a troupe of performers from the Cirque du Soleil. It’s called Movi.Kanti.Revo, which is a fancy way of saying Move.Sing.Dream, and it involves navigating through an ethereal and slightly laggy landscape using only swaying gestures, your singing voice (mournful sobbing sounds also worked for us) and a bunch of APIs that conveniently fail to work on FireFox, Safari or Internet Explorer. It’s well-suited to those with a mic and webcam, preferably sitting in a open-plan and bully-ridden workplace, and if you don’t like it there’s always Bastion.
Filed under: Internet, Software, Alt
Chrome experiment explores new types of navigation, degrees of embarrassment originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Sep 11
Zuckerberg: betting on HTML 5 for Facebook mobile app was a ‘mistake,’ native Android version on the way
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Remember the days before Facebook’s iOS app ditched HTML 5 and sped things up with some native code? It turns out that there’s some regret in Menlo Park about relying on the web markup language. Betting on HTML 5 for the app is “one of the biggest mistakes if not the biggest strategic mistakes we’ve ever made,” Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt today. The firm’s CEO also mentioned that new features will be making their way to the app and a snappier Android version is coming down the pike “when it’s done.”
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Zuckerberg: betting on HTML 5 for Facebook mobile app was a ‘mistake,’ native Android version on the way originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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