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Today Adobe announced the release of Adobe Flash Builder 4 and ColdFusion Builder along with a new Flash social networking service. The social service integrates web applications with 14 leading social networks including MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. Adobe describes the Flash and ColdFusion products as “next generation Flash Platform tooling for building multi-platform rich Internet […]

Wikipedia this week announced its plans to support the Theora video codec on its Wikipedia website. Theora is an open source video codec which is to be incorporated into the HTML5 specification via a video tag. The Open Video Alliance is behind the campaign to enhance Wikipedia articles with video. Previously the process of adding […]

With the announcement today by Google that its Native Client now supports 64-bit processors, web applications may soon be as fast as software which runs on the operating system. The Native Client open source project enables code that is downloaded over the web to run fast and natively. Web browsers generally include rendering engines which […]

Google, along with partners Sony and Intel, will soon be bringing web browsing and web applications to a TV near you. And with the Google Chrome web browser, which will be included in the package, comes Flash–and Hulu, YouTube and Netflix. A New York Times article mentions that the three companies are working with Logitech, […]

Recently Google and Facebook both announced support for geolocation services, and developers have began to openly speculate whether Apple will follow suit. Today Apple may be answering that question with a patent filing for iGroups, a social networking service which uses geolocation data. iGroups connects iPhone and other mobile users together, allowing a user, for […]

As a web developer, we want everyone to be able to access our pages even when JavaScript isn’t available to them. This tutorial will show you how to do just that with a Rotating Banner script. Separation of structure from presentation is the cornerstone of accessible web design. This is the first core technique that […]

One of the great things about JavaScript, and why I like it so much, is that it can be quite complicated, such as the hiermenus at the top of this page, or as simple as the many examples in this tutorial. What we’re going to go over here are a certain class of JavaScript functions […]

WebKit, a layout engine used by many mobile devices and web browsers, allows web developers to create mobile websites with CMS functionality. With a mobile CMS available, developers can create, edit and delete web content–while on the go. While we already have the iPhone, Android, Blackberry and mobile VPN support, are we at the point […]

The mobile application market is going to explode, with mobile app sales overtaking those of CDs, according to a report issued by mobile apps merchant Getjar. According to their report, mobile apps will show a 90% growth in the next year. Getjar, which has the 2nd biggest mobile app store next to Apple’s App Store, […]

Microsoft this week at the MIX10 conference previewed its Internet Explorer 9 web browser. The preview release, which is available for download, provides support for new elements in HTML5, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), CSS3, XHTML parsing and additional video tags. Microsoft’s General Manager of Internet Explorer, Dean Hachamovitch, said that MSIE9 adds support for those […]

While the HTML5 vs. Flash debate is still hot and heavy, one question remains. Should developers take the time to invest in HTML5? Eric A. Meyer, author and recognized expert on HTML and CSS, says the answer is a resounding yes. Meyer spoke about HTML5, CSS and JavaScript and answered a few questions that go […]

Google will soon be releasing the Application Programming Interface (API) for its Google Latitude service. The service enables users to see their friends’ locations on a map that is displayed on a web page. Steven Lee, a senior product manager for Google, said the company will have a developer preview available soon. “We hope it […]