Html5

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Here’s How You Make A Documentary Only Using HTML5 And WebGL Graphics

3:30AM November 7, 2011 | Adrian Covert

One Millionth Tower is part of Highrise, a series of mini-documentaries about the history of high rise towers and their effect on society. What sets this one apart from the others is that it was made using HTML5 technologies such as WebGL and Javascript. More »

News

Amazon’s Kindle eBooks Welcome HTML5 With Open Arms

3:31AM October 22, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The ePub ebook standard has always been built on top of HTML. As has MOBI. But now, Amazon is taking it one step further with their Kindle Format 8 standard, supporting HTML5-based formatting options. Future Kindle Fire owners, be happy. More »

Software

Adobe Muse Lets You Build Websites Without Any Coding Knowledge

4:30PM August 15, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Adobe has a new Muse — graphic designers. While “Muse” is just a working title, the beta of the graphic design software has gone live which lets users work around the fact they don’t know a scrap of code. More »

Gaming

Two-Player iPad And Android Game Olo Is Finger-Flickin’ Fun

11:00AM August 9, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Proving that sometimes the best games are the simplest, the boules-like game Olo works in the browser for iPad and iPhone thanks to CSS3 and HTML5, but Android users can also download it here. [Olo via SwissMiss]

Online

Twitter’s Growing Up With A Beautiful HTML5 Website For iPad

8:00PM August 3, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

So Twitter is axing the old interface on Twitter.com, force-upgrading everyone to the shinier version. Know what else is changing? Twitter.com for iPad, as Twitter adopts HTML5 and pushes out a full version of the site. No more mobile version! [TechCrunch]

Software

Adobe Ditches Flash For Adobe Edge

5:38PM August 1, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Far from Adobe surrendering to Apple and the good HTML5 fight, Adobe’s Edge web creator is simply a little shrug and acknowledgment that HTML5, CSS and JavaScript will get them on more mobile devices than Flash will. More »

Online

New HTML5 Music Video Experient: Embed A Message In An OK Go Clip

4:00PM July 28, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

We know that HTML 5 and stuff like Canvas, SVG, and WebGL is cool, but how cool are they? Cool enough to let you embed a message in a music video and have the band Ok Go dance it out for you. More »

Software

iSwifter Wants To Replace Flash With HTML5 On Your Mac

6:40AM July 27, 2011 | Kwame Opam

I’ve really started to hate Flash. It either slows down or breaks everything on my PC. So Mac users should be happy to hear that iSwifter, the app that lets iOS users play with Flash content, could soon be replacing Flash on their computers. More »

Online

In So Many Words, Microsoft Calls WebGL The Devil

2:36AM June 18, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Microsoft officially hates WebGL. They say the HTML5-supported graphics technology, which allows for 3D graphics in browsers without the need for special plugins, overexposes computer hardware to potential attacks on the internet. More »

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Facebook Is Armed With HTML5 And Gunning For Apple

11:26AM June 16, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Facebook is secretly working on an HTML5-based version of its social network that will target iOS devices. Internally, it’s called Project Spartan. More »