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• How to learn to code for free

  In days gone by, all you needed to make a website was a Geocities account and some basic knowledge of HTML. Maybe you'd throw in a bit of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) if you wanted to get fancy. Times have changed, though, and now people build websites using at least one advanced coding language. Programming is a noble pursuit, but if you want to build apps and services for the Web, you need to learn one of these popular languages.

  By David Daw | 18 April, 2012 22:15

  Tags: html 5, html authoring, internet, web, web services

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  Mobile apps can feature ready-to-use cloud services

  Cloud-based app features and services now can quickly be included in mobile apps, with an improved toolset from Appcelerator.

  By John Cox | 18 April, 2012 08:27

  Tags: Appcelerator, appcelerator titanium, Apple, consumer electronics, Facebook, Gap, html5, html 5, mobile apps, Mobile Development, networking, objective, smartphones, wireless

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  New iPad complicates life for HTML 5 developers

  Apple’s new iPad, already a hit with consumers with its high-resolution display, is nonetheless underwhelming some HTML 5 developers. The tablet’s iOS 5.1 operating system complicates HTML 5 data storage, offers no expanded HTML 5 support, and the tablet’s Web performance is at best only at par with iPad 2.

  By John Cox | 05 April, 2012 20:46

  Tags: Apple, html5, html 5, ipad3, networking, New iPad, Sencha, wireless

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  HTML5 specification needs to be simplified: Developer

  The HTML5 Web development specification needs to be simplified in order to foster adoption across the industry, a developer has warned.

  By Lisa Banks | 14 October, 2010 13:50

  Tags: html5, html 5, web development, Web Directions South 2010

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  Facebook Places finally launches in Australia

  The long wait for Facebook Places is over, with the social networking site rolling out the location based social media platform in Australia.

  By Lisa Banks | 30 September, 2010 14:14

  Tags: Facebook, Facebook Places, Foursquare, geolocation, html 5, iPhone

• HTML5 may help Web pages talk, listen

  Sometime in the near future, users might not only read Web pages but hold conversations with them as well, at least if a new activity group in the W3C (World Wide Consortium) bears fruit.

  By Joab Jackson | 08 September, 2010 02:34

  Tags: application development, Google, html 5, internet, Internet-based applications and services, Languages and standards, Microsoft, software, voice recognition

• HTML5 raises new security issues

  When it comes to new security issues, the security team for the Firefox browser have the new version of the Web HyperText Markup Language, HTML5, foremost on the mind.

  By Joab Jackson | 21 August, 2010 03:07

  Tags: application development, Architecture, html5, html 5, internet, Languages and standards, Mozilla Foundation, opera, soa, software, Web services development

• Sencha launches HTML5 framework for mobile apps

  Sencha on Thursday is rolling out a mobile application development framework that leverages HTML5 technologies.

  By Paul Krill | 17 June, 2010 20:14

  Tags: html 5, Sencha

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  This Week In GeekTech: Chips, Flash and HTML 5

  It's time for your weekly slice of geek. This week the team has news on what chips have been revealed at the recent Computex expo in Taiwan, how Apple is showing off the capabilities of Web technology HTML5, and details on how Flash is becoming a reality on the iPhone.

  By Chris Brandrick | 06 June, 2010 21:44

  Tags: Flash, html 5, Smokescreen

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  JavaScript library lets iPad read Flash advertisements

  A mobile advertising company has written a JavaScript library that makes Flash advertisements viewable on devices such as the iPad, working around Apple's opposition to Adobe Systems' multimedia platform.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 03 June, 2010 01:41

  Tags: adobe flash, apple ipad, html 5, iPad, javascript, online advertising, Smokescreen, Flash

• The web will unify fragmented mobile OS world, says Opera

  Norwegian browser maker Opera has high hopes for the combination of mobile browsers and HTML 5, which will let web-based applications compete better with native applications, according to co-founder Jon von Tetzchner.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 June, 2010 01:58

  Tags: html 5, mobile, smartphone, web-based apps

• Adobe backs HTML5 in Dreamweaver

  Adobe Systems, embroiled in a Web technology feud with Apple that is at least partially attributable to the HTML5 specification, will nonetheless add on Wednesday HTML5 and CSS3 (Cascading Style Sheets) support to its Dreamweaver HTML authoring tool.

  By Paul Krill | 20 May, 2010 02:45

  Tags: Adobe, Adobe Dreamweaver, Google IO conference, html 5

• Adobe escalates feud with Apple over Flash

  Adobe today countered recent attacks by Apple against its Flash technology with a Web-based ad campaign and an open letter written by the firm's co-founders.

  By Gregg Keizer | 14 May, 2010 03:07

  Tags: Adobe, adobe flash, Apple, html 5, iPad, iPhone

• Mozilla sets Firefox 4 release for November

  Mozilla plans to ship a beta of Firefox 4 next month, and a final by the end of November, a company executive said yesterday.

  By Gregg Keizer | 12 May, 2010 03:39

  Tags: beta, firefox 3.6, firefox 4, Google Chrome, html 5

• Mozilla wants to make Firefox a speedster

  Mozilla, with its planned Firefox 4 browser, intends to make the browser "super-duper fast" and enable use of standard Web technologies including HTML5 and beyond, a Mozilla official said in a blog entry this week.

  By Paul Krill | 12 May, 2010 04:22

  Tags: firefox 4, html 5, Internet Explorer 9, mozilla firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.7