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Mozilla trading Firefox OS phones for HTML5 apps

Robert Nelson — Thu, 09 May 2013 22:17:12 +0000

Firefox OS Developer Preview handsets have been available on a limited basis up until this point. Most notably, retailer Geeksphone had quickly run through some inventory back in April. As of today however, it looks like Mozilla is going to be giving some away for free. Or more to the point, Mozilla has launched the

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Adobe says no more Flash on Android

Shane McGlaun — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:43:13 +0000

This week marks a significant change for Android users. Last November Adobe announced that it would stop the development of Flash for mobile devices. As of yesterday, Adobe disabled new installs of Flash on Android devices. Things aren’t looking good for Flash as a whole with support for Android over, iOS having never embraced Flash,

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Apple TV Hacked To Play HTML 5 Games

Rue Liu — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:34:19 +0000

The Apple TV was just recently updated with support for Vimeo and TV show streaming, suggesting that Apple still has many plans for this supposed “hobby” of a product. With the upcoming iOS 5 and the iCloud, it’s likely that Apple TV may tap into these for more functionality later this fall. But for those

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Google Swiffy Transforms Flash Into HTML 5

Rue Liu — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:08:18 +0000

Google Labs released an experimental web app today called Swiffy that lets developers convert Adobe Flash SWF files to HTML 5. Apple is well known for not supporting Flash in favor of HTML 5, which has made Flash content inaccessible to iOS users. This move by Google is a bit surprising since the search giant

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Windows SkyDrive Drops Silverlight For HTML 5

Rue Liu — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:37:10 +0000

Microsoft released an update today for its cloud platform called the SkyDrive and has finally dropped Microsoft’s proprietary Silverlight from the system, opting for a cross-platform compatible HTML 5. Silverlight required users to download a browser plugin in order to work and thankfully the company realized it needed to transition away from it to stay

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Google Apps To Stop Supporting Old Browsers

Rue Liu — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:08:30 +0000

If you regularly use Google Docs, Google Calendar, or Gmail then you had better keep your browsers up to date. Google today announced that its Google Apps will no longer support older browsers starting August 1. A big reason for this is Google Apps’ need for HTML 5 support. Older browsers to have their support

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