What's New in HTML5 - Week of May 14, 2012

This week I have been teaching sessions on mobile strategies in Barcelona at the ClickConnect 2012 conference.  I have been hearing a lot about HTML5, which is what the ClickMobile Professional solution supports, but I have also been talking with a lot of large services companies that have stressed how they also want to embrace HTML5 in their companies.  Primarily for the cross-platform support and lower TCO (total cost of ownership).

Now for the news...

LinkedIn has launched their iPad app, a hybrid app of which 95 percent is HTML5-based mobile web technology.  Read original content

To avoid the security threats faced with Flash (Flash Player-related vulnerabilities accounted for 14% of all the Web app vulnerabilities discovered by WhiteHat Security), HTML5 developers need to take the time to learn how to use its HTML5's many features securely.  Read original content

One of the great advancements with HTML5 is that it allows websites to function like mobile apps by offering design capability that is mobile friendly.  This article provides five reasons why HTML5 rocks for mobile.  Read original content

Appcelerator’s Titanium Integrated Mobile Platform provides the ability for developers to create cross-platform native mobile, hybrid and HTML5 web apps, and has been awarded the Edison Award for Innovation.  Read original content

Microsoft has made the Metro style theme available for jQuery Mobile, allowing HTML5-based mobile applications running on the Windows Phone 7.5 OS to use the Metro style.  Read original content

Online travel and expense management company Certify has launched a new HTML5 mobile application for iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 7 devices.  Read original content

Synacor has announced the acquisition of HTML5 platform Carbyn to offer customers a platform where subscribers can enjoy a variety of content and HTML5 applications seamlessly by signing into their account on any device regardless of operating system or browser.  Read original content

Satirical iPad magazine Blackline showcases HTML5 in clever and humorous ways, demonstrating how “HTML5 is a wonderful creative outlet”.  Read original content

With 12 percent of its new subscriptions on mobile devices, The Financial Times is dumping native mobile OS support and completing its move to HTML5.  Read original content

iSpring Solutions has released new PowerPoint to HTML5 technology which converts PowerPoint to HTML5 and will allow viewing presentations on iPad devices.  The technology will be released in beta during May, 2012 and iSpring is inviting everyone to participate in the beta testing process.  Read original content

The 2nd annual HTML5 Developer Conference will be held May 21, 2012 in San Francisco, CA.

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Muro, deviantART’s HTML5 drawing app, has undergone a major update.  Now called Muro Redraw, the app now allows users to draw, record and watch art as it is created.  Read original content

Verious has added a new HTML5 mobile app components category to their online marketplace for mobile app development.  Read original content

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus

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What's New in HTML5 - Week of April 23, 2012

This week in an interview with me, SAP's Head of Mobility, Sanjay Poonen predicted that by 2015, 50% of enterprise mobility applications would be HTML5 based.  In another interview I conducted this week with Sencha's CEO, Michael Mullany, he predicted that by 2014, 50% of enterprise mobility applications would be HTML5 based, 20% would be native, and 30% would be a hybrid of HTML5.

The bottom line is that HTML5 is going to be very important for enterprise mobility going forward.

Now for the news!

BBC Worldwide has invested in HTML5 tech company Spaceport.io and will use Spaceport’s technology to create new games and apps that will run on the web, mobile devices, and connected TVs.  Read original content

Of the 50 retail and travel m-commerce sites using Usablenet’s HTML5-based Usablenet Mobile 2.0 system, 28 percent experienced an increase in overall usage, an 11 percent increase in page views per visit and a 15 percent drop in bounce rate.  Read original content

Writer Edgar Wright, illustrator Tommy Lee Edwards and Microsoft teamed up to create The Random Adventures of Brandon Generator, a four-part animated interactive story developed entirely in HTML5.  Read original content

Microsoft may be planning an HTML5-based web app for Skype, as hinted at by recent job postings.  An HTML5 Skype browser app would allow the service to run on more browsers and mobile devices without the need to install additional software.  Read original content

After tiring of the issues with building separate apps for mobile devices, Boston company Fundraise.com is turning to the mobile web.  “The app-as-a-mobile-strategy doesn't make any sense when there is HTML5-driven, responsive mobile design available.”  Read original content

As an alternative to Google’s built-in Android navigation, TeleNav now offers an HTML5-based web navigation service.  Read original content

Marmalade 6.0 provides the opportunity for developers to combine the strengths of HTML5 and cross-platform native code.  “We believe hybrid apps combining web and native technologies are the future.”  Read original content

Sencha has launched Architect 2, an upgrade of its Ext Designer, that simplifies the creation of mobile apps and allows “a whole new class of developers to take advantage of HTML5, including developers who are not experts and are new to HTML5”.  Read original content

Oaisys has announced the release of Mobile Recall, a mobile web solution built on an HTML5 framework.  The application is designed to support mobile web access to call recordings.  Read original content

The Tri-Screen Connection is developing Web-e-Books, formatted in HTML5 to provide online and offline e-book reading on laptops, tablets, and smartphones.  Read original content

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus

Visit MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com

Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict

Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups

Read The Mobility News Weekly

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.