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The average iPhone user already knows Apple’s App Store’s secret: applications that were purchased and downloaded, only to be removed later–because the reviews shown on the App Store weren’t quite justified. No surprise: application developers are writing the reviews to promote their own apps and deride those of competitors. Most iPhone users rely on the […]

Everyone wants their application to be successful, but it can be difficult to know where to start. Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson fills in the gaps, and tells us his top 10 tips for building successful web applications. Wilson gave the opening presentation this morning at Future of Web Apps, a developer event in Miami. […]

Adobe was recently accused of blocking the W3C’s attempts to approve the HTML5 standard. While Adobe has denied the allegations, the company did file a formal objection to the HTML5 standard, which Abobe said was done to “reorganize several subgroups for efficiency”. Adobe’s Larry Masinter stated that they have no intention of trying to stop […]

Flash development doesn’t always require an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Find out how a long plane ride led to the development of a slick moving grass animation–using the free Flex SDK 3 and the Windows command line! One day on the way back from the US to the UK, FlashKit communmity member Alex Nino was […]

Google Gears, a Firefox and Internet Explorer extension that allows users to navigate on compatible websites offline and synchronize them when going back online, is dead. Instead, Google is relying on HTML5’s native features for the same functionality. While it’s common knowledge that Gears was going to die, Google recently edged it on its way […]

Ever wonder what a professional Flash developer thinks about the iPad and its lack of support for Flash? Morgan Adams lays it on the table, telling us why the iPad doesn’t, and won’t ever support Flash. As Adams puts it, “Flash on the iPad will not (and should not) happen—and the main reason, as I […]

Our reality today is that the web is a huge target for attacks by hackers looking for confidential information. To prepare for such attacks, developers need to provide protection “in the cloud”–which is where it is specifically needed. We are living in an age where technology is always on, facilitating real-time communications including voice, data […]

This whitepaper from the OpenAjax Alliance introduces the web developer to Ajax and Open Ajax, which the the OpenAjax Alliance defines as “the collection of technologies and approaches defined by the OpenAjax Alliance to promote open and interoperable Ajax-based Web technologies that in turn lead to long-term customer success with Ajax.” The OpenAjax Alliance is […]

Microsoft’s Phone 7 may be new, but developers have already located leaked documents from Microsoft detailing developer requirements. The information that was leaked indicates that Windows Phone 7 will use Silverlight and XNA technology, which enables Xbox 360 connectivity. One document that was leaked focused on “developer tools”, and stated that “Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 […]

Microsoft has been mum about version 9 of its Internet Explorer so far, posting a note recently that they will provide an update on the browser in March. Windows President Steven Sinofsky stated that Microsoft is focusing on standards compliance in this upcoming release. The MSIE team has been working to improve IE 9’s test […]

This week Adobe announced the latest release of its AIR runtime. This release enables Flash and web applications to run outside of a mobile device’s web browser. Many announcements have come forth from the Mobile World Congress this week in Barcelona, Spain. The software giant also announced that it will make AIR available for the […]

The Wholesale Applications Community was recently formed by the largest telecom companies, and includes AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG Electronics and 21 other telecoms. Their goal: helping developers design applications that work on multiple platforms. The concern is that, if the newly-formed Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) can’t come through with its promise of […]