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iPhone: web apps left wanting by iOS 4.3?

March 16, 2011 9:24 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: Apple, html5, iOS 4.3, iPhone, javascript, Nitro, web apps

When the original iPhone arrived it was all about web apps but since Apple launched the iTunes App Store the focus has clearly shifted. Now some developers are claiming that Apple is deliberately hobbling the ability of HTML5 web apps to run as full screen apps from the homescreen.

According to claims by The Register when a web app is saved to the home screen in iOS 4.3, it runs about 2x to 2.5x slower than in Mobile Safari. The reason appears to be that the new Nitro JavaScript engine that hit the OS with the iOS 4.3 update does not activate for full screen web apps launched from the home screen. Is this a cockup or a conspiracy?

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7digital adds Last.fm, ups BlackBerry support

February 22, 2011 3:30 pm by Jennifer Allan

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: 7digital, Android, app, apps, Blackberry, html5, RIM

7digital, one of the three of biggest music download services along with Amazon and iTunes, is upgrading its apps. If you’re running Android you’ll now get scrobbling to Last.fm (making it easier for you to knock Lady Gaga off your top spot perhaps?) and 7digital is also adding support for the BlackBerry Torch 9800 and BlackBerry 9780.

There’s also a nifty new HTML5 mobile page, which means you can stream full tracks through the mobile site, instead of having to go through an app.

Out now | Free | 7digital

Windows Phone 7 updates: Silverlight, HTML5 and multitasking incoming!

December 16, 2010 10:01 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: html5, Microsoft, multitasking, Silverlight, Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone 7 updates are on the cards and a new report says the first major software update won’t arrive until August or September 2011. A tweak in January will execute minor changes and a second limited Windows Phone 7 update in February. The first full-on Windows Phone 7 update (codenamed Mango) will apparently bring Silverlight and HTML5 support to Windows Phone 7 handsets…

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Gmail HTML5 app: iPhone and Android power up revealed

December 14, 2010 9:22 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: Android, gmail, Google, google docs, Google Maps, html5, iPhone

The Gmail HTML5 app has had a power up. The mobile webapp version of Google’s ever-changing email service has grabbed whole fists full of new features to make surfing your emails via Safari on iPhone or Android’s myriad of browsers a whole lot better. Hop to Gmail with your phone browser and you’ll be greeted with the new user interface. It features offline support, smart links for Google Maps, YouTube and Google Docs, support for labels, an improved layout for teensy touchscreens and better support for starring, threaded conversations and search. You can see the new Gmail HTML5 app in action in the video after the break. It’s snazzy…
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Google Latitude iPhone app: appears then disappears

December 8, 2010 11:01 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: app store, Google, Google Latitude, html5, iPhone, iTunes

A Google Latitude iPhone app was out in the wild last night but only briefly and only if you happened to be searching the Japanese iTunes Store. TechCrunch spotted the rogue location aware app standing on Apple’s street corner begging to be bought (yes, we just made an app as hooker analogy) but by the time it posted a story, the Google Latitude iPhone app had gone…

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Flash vs HTML5: Pong settles the scores

November 3, 2010 2:32 pm by Mic Wright

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: adobe, Apple, Code Computerlove, flash, html5, Pong, Steve Jobs

The Flash vs HTML5 battle has seen a lot of smack talk flying around, not least from a certain Steve Jobs. But finally the solution to the tussle has been found and it’s…Pong. Code Computerlove has put the debate into a new form with a clever app that renders a Pong game with one half Flash, one half HTML5. The revelation? It’s hard to tell the two techniques apart when they’re side by side. Code Computerlove explains that is the point: “We believe the two technologies are not in competition and each have their purpose…” Still, who cares when we’ve got two-player Pong to be playing. And you can too! Hit the link below for some time wasting cloaked as genuine research into future web tech…

Out now | £free | Code Computerlove

Google homepage doodle: new colour changing mystery!

September 8, 2010 9:45 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: chrome, Google, Google doodle, homepage, html5

Another day, another intriguing Google homepage doodle. After yesterday’s bouncing balls logo, today sees a colour-changing variant that starts grey and is filled in as you type. Google’s making an announcement about search later today. The colour changing Google homepage doodle is a clue to what we’ll see…

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Gmail for iPad UI update offers Chrome OS design clues?

August 19, 2010 11:35 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: Apple, gmail, Google, html5, iPad

Gmail for iPad was revealed back in June giving Apple tablet lovers a clearer HTML 5 interface to play with. But Google’s gone even further, giving the iPad Gmail UI a new tweak – a stacked cards interface that makes it simpler to view multiple conversations. After the recent Chrome OS tablet talk, could this be a hint at Google’s design plans? Read on for word from the Googleplex and a couple of cheeky easter eggs we spotted…

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