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HTML5 offers a way to embed streaming video in websites without using Flash. It’s been championed by open source advocates, and has been used by Apple to bring streaming web video to the iPad.

Here’s why Soundcloud ditched Flash for HTML5

By Jan. 26, 2012, 1:30pm PT 5 Comments

One of the main reasons to embrace HTML5 for media playback is to make things work on the iPad. But for SoundCloud, HTML5 has also shown much more user engagement than Flash. That’s why the company switched its default widget to HTML5. Read More »

Polar Mobile bets on HTML5 with new $6M funding round

By Jan. 23, 2012, 6:36am PT No Comments

Toronto-based Polar Mobile, which provides a digital media distribution platform powering the apps of some of the biggest media companies in the world, including Conde Nast, Sports Illustrated and The Wall Street Journal, announced a new $6 million funding round on Monday. Read More »

Why Windows Store is a double-edged sword for developers

By Dec. 9, 2011, 5:00am PT 10 Comments

Microsoft added fuel to speculations about its consumer-business prowess on Tuesday with the preview of its forthcoming Windows Store that will accompany Windows 8, but there’s a more fundamental issue facing Microsoft than whether consumers will buy Windows 8 devices. Will it have developers? Read More »

Will 1B HTML5 phones change the mobile app economy?

By Dec. 8, 2011, 8:15am PT 7 Comments

Research firm Strategy Analytics predicts sales of one billion HTML5 phones in 2013, compared to 336 million this year. The idea of mobile apps relying heavily on HTML5 — as far-fetched as it may seem — is desirable. Why? Application lock-in essentially becomes an issue of… Read More »

Spotify’s app platform: That’s it?

By Nov. 30, 2011, 10:54am PT 10 Comments

Many people had the hopes up for something truly revolutionary coming out of Spotify’s mystery event this Wednesday. Instead, we got an app platform that’s restricted to a desktop client, doesn’t offer partners any revenue and suspiciously smells like another platform bully power play. Read More »

How to demo Windows Phone on your iPhone or Android

By Nov. 30, 2011, 9:21am PT 3 Comments

As it hopes to build smartphone market share, Microsoft has created a new HTML5 site that allows smartphone owners to interactively demo the Windows Phone operating system. The site works on Apple’s iOS or Google’s Android platforms and illustrates the fresh and intuitive Windows Phone interface. Read More »

AppMobi open-sources its mobile HTML5 technology

By Nov. 22, 2011, 7:00am PT 1 Comment

HTML5 development tool provider appMobi is putting together a Black Friday deal for developers as it open-sources many key HTML5 technologies that it hopes should help spur the building of more mobile web apps that can compete with native apps. Read More »

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Revision3 bets on HTML5, drops Flash player development
By Nov. 18, 2011, 3:42pm PT 8 Comments

Revision3 rolled out a new, HTML5-based video player to standardize its user experience across web browsers and on mobile and connected devices. At the same time, it made a strategic decision to phase out support of Flash and throw more development resources behind HTML5 instead. Read More »

Get Satisfaction goes mobile with HTML5-based web app
By Nov. 16, 2011, 11:48am PT No Comments

Get Satisfaction, the company that makes online customer support tools, has finally gone mobile. On Wednesday, the company announced the public beta launch of its first customer-facing mobile app, built with HTML5 and running entirely on the mobile web browser. Read More »

What the end of mobile Flash means for Apple and users
By Nov. 9, 2011, 11:08am PT 5 Comments

Adobe confirmed that it will no longer be developing mobile Flash on Thursday. It’s a major turning point for mobile dynamic content and video delivery, but it’s a step that will specifically affect Apple products and Apple users in unique ways. Here’s how. Read More »

Google TV porn powered by HTML5, not native apps
By Nov. 7, 2011, 11:25am PT Comments Off

Porn studios have long been on the forefront of technological development, adopting new media distribution models before mainstream content producers even take notice. So what does it mean that porn companies like Vivid and PinkVisual utilize HTML5, and not native apps, to get on Google TV? Read More »

Microsoft goes HTML5 with new Bing for Mobile Hybrid Apps
By Nov. 1, 2011, 8:12pm PT 2 Comments

Microsoft is launching Bing for Mobile Hybrid Apps this week that are built on HTML5 and take the best of native apps and blend with them with a robust mobile web experience, providing faster updates, more consistency between platforms and added search functions. Read More »

Nokia Maps plus HTML5 equals offline mobile maps
By Oct. 24, 2011, 8:05am PT Comments Off

Nokia Maps, arguably one of the company’s best software products, now supports offline maps in Google Android and Apple iOS browsers, thanks to HTML5. The “neighborhood maps” are fairly small in geographical size but can help save money for those on limited mobile broadband plans. Read More »

HTML5 key to Facebook’s mobile app discovery, engagement
By Oct. 10, 2011, 2:12pm PT 2 Comments

Facebook launched its native app for Apple’s iPad on Monday, but the bigger story is wider support for web technologies as Facebook tries to be everywhere on every device. The company shared news with developers explaining how social app discovery using HTML5 can reap greater engagement. Read More »

Google’s Dart may be the code to make web apps shine
By Oct. 10, 2011, 11:00am PT 8 Comments

Google unveiled its effort to create a programming language solely for building web apps. Much like there’s a shift in computer hardware to take advantage of a more connected and mobile world, Google is attempting to push a concurrent shift in software. Read More »

Flash who? Adobe gets serious about mobile, cloud & HTML5
By Oct. 3, 2011, 3:04pm PT 10 Comments

After years of focusing on desktop software, Adobe has finally gotten the memo that the future is in cloud storage, web-friendly technology, and mobile apps — and launched a “transformation” to address those markets. But Adobe’s bold new direction will almost certainly come with growing pains. Read More »

Enterprise app makers not fully embracing HTML5 just yet
By Sep. 27, 2011, 11:25am PT 2 Comments

While developers working on business apps agree that HTML5 is coming along, they’re not ready to abandon native applications. At Mobilize 2011 the theme was hybrid, where executives from Salesforce, Rhomobile and MeLLmo talked about not making a commitment to one or the other yet. Read More »

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