HTML5 is really picking up steam this week with SAP, Adobe, Google and Microsoft all announcing additional support, programs and products this week that relate to HTML5.
SAP announced a free mobile developer
license, a new SAP Mobile Apps Partner program and additional support for
integrating the HTML5-centric software development frameworks from Adobe, Appcelerator
Titanium and Sencha with the SAP mobile platform. SAP invites the vast mobile
developer community to co-innovate with the company and create diverse mobile
apps for all business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C)
environments.
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Adobe, Google and Microsoft have committed to sponsor the World Wide Web Consortium, enabling the W3C to add staff to support the HTML working group’s activities.
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Microsoft’s new Office Web Apps, online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, are HTML5-based and now available for testing.
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Google and the Tate Modern art gallery in London have
partnered to create This Exquisite Forest, a collaborative art project powered
by Chrome’s HTML5 and JavaScript.
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Espial is hosting a technology seminar titled "HTML5
Apps: The Smart TV Evolution" in Tokyo on July 25, 2012. The seminar “will explore how HTML5
applications have the power to deliver a more compelling and immersive
experience using the next generation of Smart TVs”.
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Adobe has launched the e-Learning Suite 6, a set of tools
for creating professional grade e-learning and HTML5 based m-learning
content.
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Mobile marketing agency Megascanz has launched its new
HTML5-based mobile website building software.
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With the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group
(WHATWG) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3G), focusing on different parts
of the HTML5 standards, the groups have decided to separate. The WHATWG group will take charge of an
evolving, “living standard” and W3C will work on a more static “snapshot.”
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Ludei, the creator of HTML5 game development platform
CocoonJS, has launched a new HTML5 game engine.
The Canvas Advanced Automation Toolkit utilizes pre-designed code
snippets to enable developers to bring their games to market quicker.
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appMobi has unveiled a new, free, cloud-based reporting
service for PhoneGap and hybrid HTML5 app developers. According to the announcement, StoreView
aggregates and displays detailed app analytics across all the most popular app
stores in a single dashboard.
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According to a report from Strategy Analytics titled, “HTML5: No
Threat to Native App Dominance”, HTML5 alone is not the future of apps, but the HTML5 hybrid app will see strong growth.
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Microsoft and shopping site TheFind.com have collaborated to
create an HTML5-based website, Glimpse Catalogs. “The goal was to create something that would
leverage the immense reach of the Web without compromising the beauty, richness
and performance of an app.”
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Online work and project management solution Mavenlink has
launched a new mobile app built using HTML5.
The app is designed to provide users with easy access to their workforce
collaboration platform on any mobile device.
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According to Appcelerator's developer interest survey,
enthusiasm for HTML5 has climbed from 67 percent in the first quarter of 2012
to 73 percent in the second quarter.
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To help developers meet the needs of the growing smartphone
market, Intertech is offering a new HTML5 Mobile Development training
course.
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Kevin Benedict, Mobile Industry Analyst, Mobile Strategy Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus
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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.
