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Users Spend a Lot More Time with Mobile Apps than They Do on the Web

'Mobile is the next big thing' has been the mantra for at least the past couple of years or so for many companies, Google and Facebook being some of the champions, Google trying to convince everyone else, Facebook building an impressive set of mobile apps and recently even a mobile platform. However, it lo...

10 January 2012
12:01 GMT

Apple to Build New iCloud Apps (Rumor)

Numerous reports citing a WSJ newsflash indicate there will be more iCloud apps from Apple in the future, if the company manages to snag the necessary people with know-how in Web-based software.It has been revealed that Cupertino is recruiting senior-level executives with backgrounds in Web-based software, and that t...

23 November 2011
08:54 GMT

Twitter Web App Released for Android and iPhone

Twitter, the popular microblogging destination for millions of users around the world, has just announced a series of enhancements brought to its mobile web page, aimed at devices running under Android or iOS.A new version of twitter.com for these mobile devices was made available, meant to mirror the looks and expe...

13 May 2011
03:22 GMT

Audiotool 2.0 Adds MIDI Controller Support, Proves What the Modern Web Can Achieve

There's plenty of talk about web apps and their future. Google would have you believe that you're not going to need much more than a web browser soon enough, in fact, it wants to get rid of the operating system entirely. But the fact is, web apps today rarely come close to what traditional desktop software ...

28 March 2011
19:01 GMT

Apple Upgrading MobileMe Users to New Calendar Service on May 5

Apple has begun notifying MobileMe users that the upgrade to the new Calendar service is going live on May 5. The upgrade includes an updated web app. Those who wish to proceed with the upgrade are urged to confirm that they have the necessary system requirements and, of course, to back up their data. Available fr...

24 February 2011
07:16 GMT

How to Enable the Default Web Apps in Google Chrome Now

The Google Chrome Web Store is now very close to launch. Still, it's not here just yet, but you can get a taste of how web apps will work in Chrome in a couple of simple steps. With Google Chrome 8 pushed to the dev channel, support for web applications should be pretty strong by now. And, in fact, you can alrea...

13 October 2010
09:47 GMT

The Google Chrome Web Store Closer to Launch with New Features Update

Google has been relatively quiet about the Chrome Web Store after it announced it at this year's Google I/O developer conference, but don't let the silence fool you, the team has been working hard to get it ready for the slated fall launch.While Google would only say that the store would be coming "later th...

24 September 2010
03:49 GMT

DeviantArt Reveals Muro, a HTML5-Powered Drawing Tool

DeviantArt is the largest online community of artists on the web. It’s probably the oldest as well, having recently celebrated its tenth birthday. And it chose this occasion to announce its latest project, a HTML5-based drawing tool dubbed DeviantArt Muro. An online editor is something new for the site, but it&...

10 August 2010
04:21 GMT

Web App Sync Coming to Google Chrome

The fact that Google is working on bringing web-app support to Google Chrome is no surprise. The Chrome Web Store was unveiled at the 2010 Google I/O developers' conference and there are plans to launch it sometime this year. The Chrome team has been adding the pieces necessary to support the store and web apps ...

9 August 2010
05:40 GMT

Aviary Education Is a Great Tool for Schools

Aviary continues to expand its offerings, this time not with a new web app but with a new service aimed at educators. Aviary Education allows schools to use many of the tools Aviary provides, but in a safe and closed off environment, much more suited for education purposes. Users will get access to the Image, Vector ...

15 July 2010
06:04 GMT

Google Buzz for Mobile Expands Its Reach

Google Buzz for mobile, the solution brought into the wild back in February, is now available for a wider range of mobile phone users out there. Following the initial availability on handsets running under Google's Android 2.0 platform (or higher) and iPhone, the tool can now be accessed from additional devices...

28 May 2010
01:23 GMT

Google Buzz Tips for Mobile Users

Google released a few weeks ago a new solution for users of iPhone and Android-based mobile phones, namely Google Buzz for mobile, and now the company has delivered a series of tips for the owners of such devices so as to offer them the possibility to get the most out of the Google Buzz web app. According to the com...

4 March 2010
06:11 GMT

Google Voice Arrives on iPhone and webOS Phones

Search engine-based company Google has just announced the launch of a new application for the users of an iPhone or Palm webOS device, namely a Google Voice mobile web app. According to a recent post on the Google Voice Blog, the new application is available for iPhone OS 3.0 and higher and Palm Web OS devices and o...

27 January 2010
09:49 GMT

Get Ready for a New Acrobat.com

The future is looking bright for web apps with more and more players interested in the space and Google going all out with a dedicated operating system that will rely exclusively on web applications. Huge desktop software companies should start worrying or better yet start preparing for the paradigm shift like Adobe ...

20 November 2009
12:07 GMT

One Billion Mobile Web App Users by 2014

Web-based applications are becoming increasingly used and popular and, with web browsers constantly growing faster, are starting to rival native applications in both functionality but even in performance.Desktop users are regularly turning to online options already but the mobile segment could see a much bigger benef...

5 September 2009
06:41 GMT

Google Bypassing Apple Rejection with Web-Based Voice App (Rumor)

Google’s attempts of having a Voice application in the App Store have been denied by Apple. However, the search giant is not letting a small thing like Apple’s rejection stand in the way of its having the service used by iPhone owners, reports are now saying.According to a piece over at The New York Times...

10 August 2009
05:18 GMT

Adobe Drops Photoshop Starter Edition in Favor of Photoshop.com

Adobe Systems is killing the lowest offering in the Photoshop family, the company's line of image-editing software regarded as one of the best in the market, the free Photoshop Album Starter Edition. Instead it is encouraging its users to move to products up the latter or to its Photoshop.com site, the web-based...

7 August 2009
03:32 GMT

Google Goes for Microsoft's Customers with New Ad Campaign for Apps

Google is expanding in many directions and in many areas but the biggest focus lately has been in enterprise and business applications and services. Google Apps, the company's set of applications aimed at businesses, schools and other organizations, has been growing steadily, now boasting 1.75 million customers,...

3 August 2009
02:50 GMT

WizeHive Collaboration Tool Gets Closer to Final Release

There certainly is a market for online productivity and collaboration tools but there isn't a short supply of contenders either. Philadelphia-based WizeHive has stood out through its customization options and also better integration with third-party services like Twitter. The latest release focuses on document c...

30 July 2009
11:55 GMT

Bugzilla 3.4 Released

Mozilla has announced a new version of its bug-tracking system Bugzilla, which boasts many improvements over previous versions and lots of new features, many of which were requested by users. Bugzilla 3.4 is the first new release since March and it is the first major version to be launched since 3.2 came out in Novem...

29 July 2009
07:15 GMT

Zoho Projects 2.0 Released

Zoho has announced the availability of Zoho Projects 2.0, the latest version of its project management suite that offers a set of cloud-based tools competing with products from the likes of Microsoft. The 2.0 version adds messaging and collaboration capabilities to the already comprehensive set of tools.“Planni...

1 July 2009
09:48 GMT

Socialtext Launches Freemium Product

Socialtext offers a number of social services aimed at enterprise businesses and now it is going for a more mainstream audience with the launch of its new product in its collaborative suite Socialtext Free 50 which, as the name implies, is free for up to 50 users. "Many of our customers take a practical approach of w...

23 June 2009
11:48 GMT

Falcon, a New Web-Based Image Editor

While web-based photo editors aren't anything new there also hasn't been one to really take off. Now Aviary, a New York-based startup, has joined the club with a simple photo editing web app, Falcon, which offers all of the basic tools and features that most other web image editors have though what makes it...

18 June 2009
07:03 GMT

MobileMe Gets Green Light for Sharing Large Files with iDisk

Apple has posted an update on its MobileMe News page, notifying users of its cloud-based service that they can now use their MobileMe iDisk to share files with their friends and families. Users are no longer restricted to sharing small files as e-mail attachments. Instead, recipients receive a link which, if clicked,...

16 February 2009
03:54 GMT

Google's 'Native Client' Is a Go on Mac OS X

Google has released an alternative to Microsoft's ActiveX, the component object model (COM) used by developers to create software components with particular functions or sets of functions. The tool will run on Mac OS X, web experts say, allowing developers to write more powerful applications that can work direct...

9 December 2008
05:25 GMT

Google Talk Launched for iPhone

Staying true to Steve Jobs' fondness of web apps, the Google mobile team has released Google Talk for the iPhone. Using the app, even first-gen iPhone users can chat with their Google friends in real time, see their availability and status message, change their status on the go and more."We've just released...

3 July 2008
06:06 GMT

How to Move Web Applications to Your Desktop

Although many people have their favorite web apps setup as their homepage on their browsers, there are times when running a web app inside its own window - in a separate process - could come handy. Think about having your browser clogged up with way above 30-40 tabs open and crashing at random times. Then, you will j...

29 April 2008
12:06 GMT


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