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Microsoft Is Betting Big on Cloud, Web Apps

Cloud is the future, it seems, and Microsoft is set to take full advantage of it. Web applications represent one way to go, but there are also a series of other cloud offerings that its customers can benefit from. Lately, the Redmond-based company has been focused on moving its applications and infrastructure to t...

27 December 2011
15:51 GMT

Mozilla Makes Firefox Apps a Reality

Mozilla has made good on its promise to introduce an open, cross-browser apps platform. It's a developer preview for now, but those that are interested can get in at this early stage. The eventual goal is to create a marketplace for browser applications that work on any browser (that supports them) and to also ...

14 December 2011
03:31 GMT

Google Chrome's Web Intents Will Have Web Apps Work Together Seamlessly

Google has revealed an interesting project from its Chrome team, Web Intents a tool which is designed to make it easy for web applications to talk to each other and 'collaborate' through standard means. The idea is to make it easy for an app to add non-core functionality, for example a way to share somet...

5 August 2011
10:14 GMT

Mozilla's Open Web Apps Project Gets an Update, Some Help from Google

Mozilla has provided an update on its Web Apps project. Mozilla Web Apps aims to provide an open, standard and common platform for web applications. When completed, it should allow developers to build applications that can be run in any browser, as long as others support the platform. The latest update is still ex...

8 July 2011
10:18 GMT

Joli OS 1.2 Adds Native File Browser, Dropbox Integration

Joli OS 1.2, formerly known as Jolicloud, has been released. The Ubuntu-based operating system geared towards web applications and services has not only changed its name, but is now part of the broader cloud ecosystem that is Jolicloud. Joli OS 1.2 comes with several new features, high on the list is the new Dropbox...

10 March 2011
15:21 GMT

Jolicloud Headed to Firefox, Safari, iPad, Android

Jolicloud 1.2 and Joli OS 1.2 are now available, the first releases following the new strategy at the cloud desktop company. First of all, the operating system has now been renamed Joli OS. Second, Jolicloud plans to expand beyond the Chrome Web Store.Just before Joli OS 1.2 came out, the company announced that the O...

10 March 2011
13:43 GMT

Mozilla Debuts its Web App Store and Platform for Firefox and Chrome

Mozilla has made good on its promise of building an open web app infrastructure. The first release of the Web Apps technology - the APIs for the apps and app stores as well as management tools for browsers - is now available to all. What's more, there are even a handful of apps to see how the whole system is goi...

4 March 2011
10:35 GMT

RIM Publishes New Fully Functional Samples for Developers

Recently, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion announced the availability of new resources for BlackBerry developers, including some new fully functional samples in the Developer Resource Center.According to the company, the release of these fully functional Web Apps for developers is the result of an incr...

5 November 2010
11:00 GMT

Install Web Apps in Chrome 6 and Firefox 4

There’s been a lot of talk about web apps replacing regular desktop apps for more and more tasks. Google is usually at the forefront of this, but only now are browsers starting to adapt and make it easy for users to access their web apps. The latest Google Chrome dev channel builds come with three web apps &lsq...

15 July 2010
08:35 GMT

Google's Native Client Now Supports x86-32, x86-64 and ARM

Web apps are becoming more powerful and more complex, but they're still far behind what native applications, running on desktops or other devices, can provide. Google is a big believer in the cloud, perhaps because the vast majority of its services and apps are online, and is doing everything it can to convince ...

19 March 2010
11:36 GMT

Launchly, a Web App Feedback Service

Launching a new web app, a new site or a new design can be a nerve-wrecking moment. While web developers and designers try to find the best compromise between usability and freshness, it's hard for them to predict how users will react, what they will like or take issue with. A new site called Launchly aims to ch...

4 July 2009
07:35 GMT

Acrobat.com Introduces Tables, a Web-Based Spreadsheet Editor

Adobe has introduced a new product for cloud-based software suite Acrobat.com, which has just moved out of beta, and has announced two new subscription services. The new software is a spreadsheet product called Tables and is currently available in beta at Acrobat.com Labs. Tables will supplement the company's cu...

15 June 2009
06:34 GMT

iPhone 2.1 Does Full-Screen Web Apps

Weeks ago, it was revealed that Apple's iPhone OS 2.1 packed more than the changelog said. There's even more on top of that – full-screen web apps. The latest findings are accompanied by a demo application and instructions for you to experience this on your own device.“One unpublicized feature i...

6 October 2008
05:12 GMT


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