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The use of mobile devices in the workplace is gaining acceptance and requires the ability to securely access data and communicate with central systems with speed and efficiency. The use of metadata-based platforms for mobile development will enable mobile developers to meet the challenge. Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 7 aims to be a leader in the […]

Last week the New York Times published an article on bad linking practices. The article was focused on SearchDex, JCPenny’s search engine optimization (SEO) firm, and how they were penalized by Google. SEO professionals take note, as lessons can be learned from their infraction. Many developers and designers do not understand the difference between good […]

Last week Google announced the release of a revised Native Client Software Development Kit (SDK). The SDK provides developers with a way to allow web apps that execute native code to gain secure access to the full functionality of the client processor.  By using native clients, applications are able to run much quicker in browsers […]

Developers have a lot of options, but not many unified solutions to the common problem they all face: which mobile devices should I develop for, or should I create one solution for all? Hybrid solutions which allow the best of both worlds may solve the day.  By using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript libraries, and combining […]

If you believe what the CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, says about the future of web application development, HTML5 may soon be the core of app development.  The HTML5 standard, which will be formalized in 2014 according to a recent announcement from the W3C, will likely become the standard for the creation of web applications […]

Google this week announced the release of the latest version of its Web Toolkit. Google Web Toolkit (GWT) version 2.2 includes a plugin for Eclipse which allows drag-and-drop user interface construction. GWT allows developers to create web applications with JavaScript, HTML and CSS, and now supports HTML5 features including canvas, audio and video elements. While […]

This week appMobi announced its MobiUs mobile web browser, which enables developers to create apps which behave and feel like native apps–using HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. Using standard web technologies, MobiUs allows developers to access a mobile phone’s native functionality including the camera, accelerometer, contacts, GPS, files and storage, touch, gestures and more.  MobiUs will […]

Even as the Mobile World Congress is still ongoing in Barcelona, the topic continues to grow, even among non-developers. Mobile apps are the rage, and there is more focus on software and developers, and more specifically, just what platform those developers are focused on.  The presence of Android this year at the conference can be […]

Often the use of an open source content management system (CMS) can have drawbacks for both developers and customers, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Bitrix Inc. has compiled a list of the 10 major pitfalls of open source CMSes, so hopefully you can avoid them. According to the report, the list of […]

Although the work on the HTML5 specification has been ongoing for years, an announcement from the W3C’s HTML Working Group today stated that the HTML5 spec will be completed by 2014, eight years ahead of schedule. According to Philippe Le Hegaret, the HTML activity leader for the W3C, “We started working [on HTML5] in 2007. […]

This week Adobe launched a new service which allows users to add online surveys to their websites. The service was designed to simplify the process of adding surveys to sites and analyzing their results.  Mark Grilli, Adobe’s director of product marketing, stated that “Form and survey management is traditionally a very time-consuming process, often times […]

In a move that seriously complicates things for Google’s plan for high-quality, patent-free, open source web video, MPEG LA has asked patent owners to report any patents that Google’s VP8 video technology utilizes. According to MPEG LA, they are taking this step as part of a move toward the ability to provide a license, stating […]