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Symbian spurred the interest of web developers in June with the release of its new web application development tools for the Symbian 3 mobile platform. These tools enable developers to leverage their current CSS, HTML and JavaScript skills when building mobile applications. The Symbian tools, which are an extension of the Eclipse JavaScript Debug Toolkit […]

While HTML 5 is being heralded as the Flash killer, the still-emerging web standard still has its critics. Find out why HTML 5 still has some catching up to do before it will actually become the solution that web developers are looking for. The problem begins with the lack of true standards within web development. […]

While the HTML5 versus Flash debate still rages, many web developers are already beginning to use HTML5 to embed videos in their web pages. This article will show you how to do just that, and take you on a tour in the world of HTML5 video. With support for HTML5 video coming from sites including […]

Google this week announced its Moderator’s API, which enables web developers to access, update and participate in Google Moderator. Thus far, Google Moderator has been used within Google for meetings and collecting feedback from members about events and occurrences within the company. Google Moderator is often used at conferences and events to organize and utilize […]

One developer of both Flash-based web games as well as iPhone apps says that no matter what Apple tells us, Flash isn’t going anywhere. The segment of users that access the web via mobile devices is still small compared to desktop and laptop web users, and Apple’s refusal to embrace Flash isn’t likely to impact […]

The Mozilla product manager announced today that the new Firefox web browser, version 4, will be released in late June in beta. The company also mentioned that the Release Candidate is scheduled to be released in October. The upcoming release is a complete revision of browser, with a focus on increasing the speed of execution, […]

The Web 2.0 Expo last week provided a unique analysis of the future of the web and web development. Topics included the challenges facing the infrastructure of the web, Application Programming Interfaces (API), and the Flash vs. HTML5 debate raged on. Facebook promoted its new technologies which they believe will extend the social networking giant’s […]

Many developers have created music composition tools for mobile devices, but developer and musician Steffest did them one better. He created a guitar using two Android devices, two Windows Mobile devices and one iPod touch, played a rendition of Cracklin Rosie and put the whole on video. He wrote the piano and drum sequencers himself, […]

Just as Apple’s Steve Jobs is badmouthing Adobe Flash and taking strong efforts to keep it off the iPhone and iPad, Apple is creating its own Flash alternative, called Gianduia. Apple demoed Gianduia last summer at the World of WebObjects Developer Conference and has already used it to develop several web-based applications for the iPhone. […]

Today’s internet crowd isn’t as worried about privacy as they once were. They’re likely to want to tell you where they are, where they’ve been, and where they’re going. But what effect does location have on search engine optimization? The Web 2.0 Expo this week has brought some valuable insight and information about the future […]

In the war between Adobe Flash and emerging standards such as HTML 5, CSS3 and JavaScript, Opera has announced that it is standing behind Adobe’s Flash–sort of. Although it sees the web’s future as “open web standards” it believes that without Flash, “today’s internet” just won’t be viable. Although the company believes that a lot […]

In Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ opinion, web developers who need to rewrite their Flash sites should do the job using HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. Scribd, the social document sharing website, announced today that they are taking Jobs’ advice, literally. Scribd has been using Flash for three years now, but its CTO Jared Friedman said it […]