According to CNET, Apple has just purchased the company Particle, a group that specialized in HTML5. Apple has been getting a lot of attention for their wonderfully crafted HTML5 product pages, and this acquisition will doubtless make for even more pretty sites. … [Read more...]
The New York Times has just announced that the paper has launched a new, experimental HTML5 web app designed specifically for the iPad. The app is available for digital subscribers and print subscribers who link their account to an online version. … [Read more...]
When HP made WebOS opensource, they released app framework Enyo as a way of developing an application once, and having it work in multiple environs. Now the first Enyo powered app is available in the App Store, and it's called FlashCards To Go. … [Read more...]
The saga of Facebook's iOS, iPad and HTML5 apps continues. Remember the leaked Project Spartan? Well, it looks like both it and Facebook's native iPad app are set to launch early next week, possibly in conjunction with Apple's big event. TechCrunch unearthed a page devoted to an HTML5 version of … [Read more...]
Much like Amazon's recent move to making an HTML5 app, Walmart is likewise making a web-app to avoid Apple's in-app purchase restrictions. VUDU is Walmart's streaming video service, and they've just announced that it is coming to the iPad, in the form of their website. No separate app, nothing. The … [Read more...]
When the second generation of the AppleTV landed on the scene using a heavily modified version of iOS, we all expected the jailbreak gaming world to explode, allowing you to play all sorts of things on it. Alas, it did not, but for the first time we've seen an HTML5 game used by the … [Read more...]
If you're on the iPad and for some reason aren't using the excellent, free, official Twitter app — this will probably make you happy. Twitter has completely overhauled twitter.com for the iPad, pushing out a redesigned HTML5 version that's better designed for the device. As reported by TechCrunch, … [Read more...]
Apple's standing policy has always been that if you don't like the limites placed on the app store, you're totally allowed to make an HTML5 web app out of anything you like. Now, in the wake of Apple's in-app purchase restrictions, RWW is reporting that a number of prominent e-readers are going … [Read more...]
It looks like iOS 5 has given a major speed boost to Mobile Safari, pushing it beyond the competition when it comes to speed. WP7 site WinRumors ran a speedtest between Safari, Internet Explorer 9 mobile and Android back in April (see above), and Safari lagged severely when it came to rendering … [Read more...]
TechCrunch recently got delivered an enormous folder of confidential details about Facebook's plans for iOS. While they're slowly revealing bits and pieces, what they've said so far is intriguing, and if they happen could substantially change the iOS environment. Firstly, Facebook is planning a … [Read more...]
