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Besides visitors that are using a desktop PC, your website is likely to be accessed via laptops, tablets and mobile devices. Search engine optimization (SEO) for those devices should be a consideration in your strategy. The first step to mobile SEO is to create separate keywords for your mobile website. You can use tools such […]

Programmer Fabrice Bellard this week unvieled a project he’s been working on that enables Linux to run inside a web browser window. Using JavaScript, his program emulates an x86 processor that is speedy enough to run the OS. It may not be as fast as current processors, but the JavaScript PC Emulator does run at […]

Mobile developers will be very likely to use HTML5 to enhance and simplify mobile development, but it will be a while before it’s up to the task. Wireless experts are quick to point out the limitations of HTML5 in its current state. AT&T exec Ted Woodbury recently joined the debate, commenting that “HTML5 is not […]

The Magickly API enables developers to manipulate images online, and doesn’t require the use of an API key. Using Magickly, images can be rotated, flipped, converted, resized and more. Based on the Aviary Effects API, Magickly is a web-based front-end for ImageMagick. By accessing a URL that includes the URL of the source image, a […]

Adobe recently updated its Creative Suite 5.5, the latest major release of the software in almost two years. We’ll look at Creative Suite 5.5, which has a focus on web and tablet publishing, and features new HTML5 and Adobe Flash authoring tools. With this release Adobe has focused on the ability for developers to create […]

Even after the halls are long empty, the memories of Google I/O 2011 are strong. From robots to API news, to Android announcements, the conference looked to the future. Topics ranged from Android housekeeping to Google Music, the new Chromebook and JavaScript as the programming language of the future. Developer topics aside, many will likely […]

ProgrammableWeb added 31 new application programming interfaces (APIs) to its API directory this week. New API services include cloud-based document conversion, online payment processing, text messaging and more. The following are among the new APIs: AppDirect API – enables businesses to locate web-based solutions through app markets bidStart API – a marketplace and community for […]

Twitter announced this week at its #devnest conference in San Francisco that it gets 13 billion API requests a day–from 600,000 developers who are working on apps that utilize the service in some fashion. Currently there are approximately 900,000 applications that make use of the Twitter API. This even after Twitter imposed a restriction on […]

BlueGriffon, an open source, WYSIWG (What You See Is What You Get) editor for Linux, Mac and Windows platforms, was announced today. The web-based tool is powered by Gecko, and can be accessed if you are using the Firefox 4 web browser and supports HTML5, CSS3, SVG and other web standards. BuleGriffon’s CSS support allows […]

The search engine optimization (SEO) technology company Conductor today released a study on search engine professionals and repetitive and time-consuming tasks. According to the report, 40% of an SEO pro’s day is spent doing such tasks, which is a plus for those using SEO software instead. By using SEO software, an SEO professional can save […]

Google this week announced the release of its Page Speed Online application programming interface (API). The Page Speed Online API assists developers and website owners with speed performance analysis for their websites. Along with the new API, Google has provided a “getting started” guide for developers to assist them with the process of adding Page […]

Microsoft this week announced the Windows Azure Toolkits for Devices, a set of toolkits designed to allow developers to build mobile apps for iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Azure Toolkits for Devices uses cloud services to speed up the development of apps for mobile devices. VP of Mobile Business Developer & Partnerships at Groupon, Michael […]