This week we are going to catch up on some of the recent news around HTML5. Stay tuned all week for articles on HTML5. Happy Thanksgiving!
Facebook launched a new “HTML5 Resource Center”
to assist developers with building, testing, and distributing HTML5 apps. The Resource Center is available to all HTML5
developers. According to the Facebook
Developers website, “Web technologies today enable you to build the kind of
experience that until recently could only be built with proprietary
technologies, like Flash and native mobile platforms. With the latest improvements in HTML5 and
HTML5-capable browsers ubiquitous on desktops, smartphones and tablets, you can
now build similar experiences using web standards.
In years past, users primarily used their apps on desktop. These days, users have multiple devices, and
expect their experiences to be seamless and interchangeable across all their
devices – desktop, mobile and tablets.
Web enables you to build a seamless experience.”
To learn more about the Facebook HTML5 Resource Center visit: https://developers.facebook.com/html5/
Facebook has also created an HTML5 blog, which can be found
at: https://developers.facebook.com/html5/blog/
Amazon is adding HTML5 to its updated Kindle E-book format. The new generation file format for Kindle books, KF8, will
include new features and enhancements, including HTML5 support. The new format will soon replace Mobi 7. Amazon states in the announcement that the
KF8 format “adds over 150 new formatting capabilities, including fixed layouts,
nested tables, callouts, sidebars and Scalable Vector Graphics, opening up more
opportunities to create Kindle books that readers will love.”
The Amazon announcement can be found at:
Appcelerator will add HTML5 expertise with acquisition of
Particle Code. Appcelerator announced on October 25, 2011, that it has entered
into an agreement to acquire Particle Code.
Appcelerator is an integrated mobile platform for rapidly
developing native and mobile web applications using open web technologies. According to the press release, “The
acquisition enables Appcelerator to expand its platform used by
over 1.6 million developers to become the first mobile platform to offer an
integrated native, hybrid, and HTML5 web application solution.”
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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Volunteer
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Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
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