Building a Modern Growth Stack
Tuesday, December 27, 2016 by Janice Ryan
At the onset of building out any startup there are a number of challenges to face. Founders must focus on everything from raising capital and finding the right team members to identifying what to build versus what to outsource or who partner with to bring a product to market. Attention to these important first steps can either make or break a company in the short term a...
Sencha Releases Latest Java Based Framework for Building HTML5 Web Apps
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 by Richard Harris
Sencha has released Sencha GXT 4, the latest update to the company’s Java framework for building HTML5 web applications. This release is focused around support for touch and gestures for tablets and touch screen laptops.Sencha GXT offers UI components that are interoperable with native GWT (formerly Google Web Toolkit) components. These components include HTML5 grids, t...
Sencha Releases Updated JavaScript HTML5 Web App Platform
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Sencha has announced new web application development offerings with the general availability release of Sencha Ext JS 6 and revamped Sencha Web Application Manager (formerly known as Sencha Space), part of the new Sencha Web Application Lifecycle Management Platform.Sencha Ext JS 6 offers a JavaScript framework for building cross-platform web applications targeting desk...
Tumult Releases Updates to Hype OS X HTML5 Animation Builder
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Tumult has released a number of new features for its OS X HTML5 animation builder, Tumult Hype 3.0. They have also released Tumult Hype Professional, a suite of features that offers additional capabilities to the Tumult Hype 3 platform.Tumult Hype 3.0 provides the ability to create HTML5 web content. interactive web content and animations that work on desktops, smartpho...
Gupta Releases New Version of Its HTML5 Web Application Development Platform
Friday, July 18, 2014 by Richard Harris
Gupta Technologies has released the latest version of its mobile enterprise development tool, TD Mobile version 1.1. This new version enhances capabilities for data connectivity without requiring developers to write any code, as well as support for NoSQL databases.TD Mobile is a development solution for building HTML5 web applications for a cross-platform expe...
Latest Firefox OS 1.3 Release Helps Game Developers Improve User Experience
Monday, May 12, 2014 by Richard Harris
Mozilla has released the next update to Firefox OS which offers app developers the arrival of new platform technologies such as WebGL, asm.js and WebAudio for creating more immersive games with better audio effects.Highlights from the release:Improved support for Graphics and Gaming: The update will ship WebGL, asm.js and WebAudio supp...
Trends That Will Drive HTML5 This Year
Monday, March 3, 2014 by Robert Grossberg
2014 promises to be a big year for HTML5 mobile games. As
the CEO of a NYC-based mobile web game distribution company, I see three trends
application developers should look for this year that will drive the HTML5
resurgence.
Trend Number 1:
HTML5-based mobile web app demand will skyrocket
There is a growing set of HTML5 app stores that are all
looki...
Amazon Expands the Availability of Amazon Coins for Android Devices
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Amazon has announced that customers in the US, UK and Germany can now buy, spend and earn Amazon Coins on their Android phones and tablets.Amazon users need to download the latest version of the Amazon Appstore and their existing Coins balances automatically appear. Existing Android users can upgrade to the latest version of the Amazon Appstore and new customers ca...
Amazon Appstore Monthly Round up: January 2014
Monday, February 10, 2014 by Richard Harris
The Amazon Appstore had a busy start to the New Year, adding several new services and features to its growing developer ecosystem. Below are some of the latest highlights and case studies gathered so far this year. · A new and improved developer portal is now available for Amazon Appstore, helping devel...
Amazon Allows App Developers to Monetize HTML5 Web Apps
Friday, January 31, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Amazon continues to push to find ways to increase its app revenues and has now announced developers can set a list price for web apps.Last fall, Amazon started allowing developers to publish web apps in the Amazon Appstore however these apps were automatically set to free. Now developers can now set a list price in specific currencies based on the lo...
Original Intel HTML5 Web App XDK to Disappear in February
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
A number of big tech companies are seeking the holy grail of an HTML5 web app mobile platform that will unseat Apple and Google. Intel is one of these, and they are busily working to update their offering as recently outlined by Joe Wolf, Product Manager for the Intel XDK.From a blog post by Joe, “We intend to end-of-life the original Intel XDK (originally called t...
Amazon Shakes Up Developer Site: Offers New Dedicated Pages for Gaming and HTML5 App Developers
Monday, January 13, 2014 by Richard Harris
Amazon just can’t leave things alone announcing a number of updates to its Developer Portal. So what have they done?Streamlined App SubmissionThey’ve made it easier to check an existing Android .apk for compatibility with the Amazon Appstore. Just drag your .apk to the updated testing widget on the Home page and get results in seconds. If your app is ready to go (a...
The Future of PhoneGap
Saturday, December 28, 2013 by Marko Lehtimaki
Adobe, the
current owner of the popular HTML5 hybrid app framework PhoneGap, has
traditionally focused on the creation of multimedia and creativity software
products. In more recent years, Adobe has been betting heavily on HTML5. It
remains that creative professionals are Adobe’s bread and butter, and this
focus sometimes requires product decisions which might not ...
Game from 1961 now in HTML5
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 by Richard Harris
If you can believe your eyes here is some brilliant programming from 1961 replicated in an HTML5 web app.******************
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ONCE AGAIN:
PLAYING "SPACEWAR!" DURING REGULAR OPERATIONS IS POSITIVELY PROHIBITED!
AS YOU ALL PRETTY WELL KNOW, REGULAR OPERATION...