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Mozilla offering free phones in hopes of bolstering Firefox OS app development
Posted On 09 May 2013 By Mark Hearn. Under: Uncategorized.
Attention HTML5 virtuosos: Mozilla is thirsty for your talents. So much, in fact, that the outfit is baiting developers with a free smartphone in the hopes they'll return the favor with fresh Firefox OS apps. In order to qualify for a device, you'...
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Box buys Crocodoc, gains HTML5 document converter and viewer
Posted On 09 May 2013 By Myriam Joire. Under: Uncategorized.
It's time to re-imagine your documents, apparently. Cloud storage service Box just acquired document embedding startup Crocodoc, which specializes in taking Word, PowerPoint and PDF documents and rendering them as HTML5 content inside web browsers...
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Box buys Crocodoc, gains HTML5 document converter and viewer
Posted On 09 May 2013 By Myriam Joire. Under: Uncategorized.
It's time to re-imagine your documents, apparently. Cloud storage service Box just acquired document embedding startup Crocodoc, which specializes in taking Word, PowerPoint and PDF documents and rendering them as HTML5 content inside web browsers...
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Box buys Crocodoc, gains HTML5 document converter and viewer
Posted On 09 May 2013 By Myriam Joire. Under: Uncategorized.
It's time to re-imagine your documents, apparently. Cloud storage service Box just acquired document embedding startup Crocodoc, which specializes in taking Word, PowerPoint and PDF documents and rendering them as HTML5 content inside web browsers...
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Spotify’s web player exploited by Chrome extension to download songs as MP3s
Posted On 07 May 2013 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
This is why we can't have nice things. Spotify's web player has been rolling out to more users since its closed beta launch late last year, but today an extension popped up in the Google Chrome store (it's already been pulled) allowing users to do...
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Netflix will switch from Silverlight to HTML5, explains what it’s waiting for first
Posted On 15 Apr 2013 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
Due to Microsoft's confirmation that support for its Silverlight plugin will end and the rise of plugin-free browsers, Netflix will eventually need to stream to PCs using something other than the tech it's had in place since 2008.The company has alre...
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Chrome 27 beta wrings out more speed, streamlines HTML5 input
Posted On 04 Apr 2013 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
It's like clockwork, really. Chrome 26 has barely hit the stable track, and Google is already posting a Chrome 27 beta for desktops and Android devices to show what's next. Apparently, that future centers mostly on raw efficiency: Google has eked out...
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BBC details iPlayer’s open source TV Application Layer
Posted On 28 Mar 2013 By Ben Drawbaugh. Under: Uncategorized.
The modern challenge for any content distributor is maximizing its reach. That means doing everything -- within reason -- to get your content in front of those who might want it. That's easier said than done, no doubt, and the BBC's plan is to do wha...
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Samsung’s ARM-based Chromebook now supports Netflix courtesy of HTML5 streaming
Posted On 11 Mar 2013 By Donald Melanson. Under: Uncategorized.
Samsung's Exynos-powered Chromebook released last fall may get the job done for those who rely mostly on websites and web apps, but there have still been some gaps in the web-based services it supports -- like Netflix. That's changed today, though, w...
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Mozilla details apps for Firefox OS: Facebook, Cut the Rope, Nokia Here and Twitter confirmed
Posted On 24 Feb 2013 By Mat Smith. Under: Uncategorized.
We've only just stepped into Mozilla's press arena but the Firefox creators handed a rich press kit as we did, detailing a fair chunk of what we're expecting to see over the next hour. One of the more noticeable announcements focused on Firefox Marke...
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