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Are HTML5 applications compatible with Windows 8?

After Google, Apple and Firefox, Microsoft too had jumped the HTML5 bandwagon and taken its advantage first with Internet Explorer version 9 and then with Windows version 8. This shifting focus of Microsoft towards JavaScript and HTML5 coding for Windows 8 is an indication that the company might have to divert its focus to the new and emerging technology of HTML5, away from its conventional programming tools of .Net, Microsoft Silverlight, Visual Basic, etc. However, this change accommodated by Microsoft has created an upheaval amongst Windows developers as they might have to give up on their traditional programming apparatus and adapt to the tools that are more limited in nature... Continue reading →

PHP vs. Java performance & Benchmark via Twitter

PHP and Java , along with HTML , are inherently the most used programming languages that used in client-side and server-side web pages and web based applications. Technically both are quite different languages and are most used in fields that are very opposite to each other. However both languages have an overlapping use in web development, where they are in active competition with each other... Continue reading →

The War of Adobe vs Foxit vs Corel, Who Is Popular?

The rivalry between Coral Software’s CorelDraw and Adobe’s Photoshop is well known to all designers and web developers like us who have been keeping an eye on the internet for past 10 years. However there is one more area of competition between the two giants; the PDF viewer, and along with those two there is relatively newer corporation, Foxit. Giving a hard competition to the giants like Adobe and Corel, Foxit, a small Chinese company, has launched products that are nearly as good if not better than its counterparts. However Corel has started to decline in the recent years and Foxit still has to achieve the huge following and market presence that is enjoyed by the Adobe... Continue reading →

Google chrome experiments: a showroom of innovative web technology

Google chrome experiment, as the name suggests, is the Google’s project aimed at showcasing latest browser related technology and how it can be used. Everyone knows that Google Chrome is the most popular internet browser in use today. However what we don’t know or don’t realize is that the latest versions of Google Chrome are the penultimate outputs gained by of combination of the latest browser technology. With the advent of newer technologies such as HTML5, Canvas, SVG, and WebGl, latest internet browsers are actively reshaping the way we experience internet... Continue reading →

Bing vs Google 2012 : A boundless War infographic

Google and Bing are the two online Search Engine Giants, which provide their users with an ability to find anything they want with just a single mouse click or with the ‘Enter’ key. Even though both of them are the giants indeed, but still one of them stay far ahead with the other one , for which the credit must go the engagement with its users. To support our research done on both... Continue reading →

Search by Hashtag Web Design: Infographic showing its Analytics and Journey

Creating Infographics is a responsibility of a graphics designer, which also contribute his best effort in web designing. So if you are a graphics designer, it is imperative for you to stay active on twitter and follow a wide vareity of twitter accounts to stay in touch with the latest technology that comes into Web designing. In addition to this, ‘#’ or hashtags are quite popular to make your tweets go viral within seconds. However, there is a certain life of a hashtag, and to describe it better, we have createad an inforgraphic using Visual.ly detailing the life of “#Webdesign” tag on twitter in the past month i.e., November 2012. The Inforgraphic contains the thorough analysis like the most preferntial user on the first day of the month, who used #Webdesign in his tweets, the most prominent user on the day when #Webdesign peaked in the entire month, etc... Continue reading →

Social networking sites that have educational benefits: A Complete List

Because of their wide reach, social networking sites are an ideal source to spread knowledge. And with millions of hands participating in the process of creating and spreading knowledge by both experts of the fields and common people, the field of education has suddenly gained a new dimension. Because of their wide reach, social networking sites are an ideal source to spread knowledge. And with millions of hands participating in the process of creating and spreading knowledge by both experts of the fields and common people, the field of education has suddenly gained a new dimension... Continue reading →

How to Optimize Online Marketing Channels for a Business

In this internet era, online marketing has become a famous and global trend for making a business successful and reachable to millions of people. There are various online marketing channels that are available to make people aware about existing brands and their benefits. Optimizing a particular website via these channels can prove to be more beneficial for the business owner, and may enhance his ROI at good pace. And with this write up, you would get an extensive idea about how to optimize you website on the online marketing channels mentioned below for maximum ROI?... Continue reading →

What’s the use of Microsoft Socl or So.cl? Another social networking site?

People really love to socialize, and Facebook, Google Plus and Pinterest offer them a great platform to express and share their opinions about anything and everything. However, there was only one technology giant i.e., Microsoft, which was lagging behind in this race, but not anymore as it has launched its own social networking site named SO.CL. It has been developed by the Microsoft Research Fuse Labs, and some people including Microsoft call it Socl and some breaks it into two little words, which are ‘so’ ‘cl’... Continue reading →

Your source for social news, networking, and bookmarking sites

Social media optimization (SMO) is a serious business today and social bookmarking sites and social news sites are an integral part of it. With all the big search engines now giving attention to your brand following in Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ to decide the ranking of your site in a search, SMO is now as important as search engine optimization if not even bigger. With this post we wish to provide you with a list of websites that can act as your source for social news, networking, and bookmarking sites that you can use to promote and publicize your blog or site... Continue reading →

HTML5 for your new Mobile Website

A new mobile site designed for your business can bring more visitors and develop quality customer interaction. The markup language HTML5 has added to the functioning of mobile commerce for enabling richer or dynamic content for sites. Mobile website optimization gets the brand value higher by making web pages lighter so they can engage customers on a smaller screen. Using this technology one can devise a better brand experience and get higher conversion rates by engaging visitors... Continue reading →

API changes in the Twitter timeline feed

Getting worked up over the timeline url you had created, that isn’t showing up anymore? Here’s shedding some light. This recent development has occurred as the url you had wanted has just entered the obsolete list, in other words – it has been taken off, under Twitter’s recent API update. Earlier this year during the month of March, Twitter had declared that “ universioned endpoints ”, GET statuses/public timeline plus the v1 REST ATOM , had got disapproved and would ultimately stop working. The move was set to take place in the October 2012, as Twitter was all set to switch off their endpoints... Continue reading →

Creating rollover images using CSS

Images or graphics are one of the most vital aspects of websites, as they are the ones that add elegance to a website to attract millions of people to browse it on a monthly basis. Still, there are people who think exactly opposite, and give less importance to the images and graphics on their website, and at the end they regret it. So it’s always better to give them importance since the beginning. Having said that, today we are going to discuss a different case of rollover images, and tell you how you to create them using CSS. But before that lets understand what image rollover actually is... Continue reading →

Apple iPad 4 is all set to conquer the world

The year 2012 is about to end, but for the technology giants Microsoft and Apple it’s the time for providing their fans and consumers with the latest technology enabled devices to make this year memorable. Just a few days before the official launch of Microsoft Windows 8, for which the world was waiting desperately, Apple has revealed a new iPad variant i.e., Apple iPad with Retina display... Continue reading →

Windows 8 : The new definition of Innovation

It’s been more than a year, since Microsoft Windows 8 was doing the rounds. On September 13, 2011, Microsoft released the Developer Preview of Windows 8, which was followed by The Consumer Preview, launched on February 29, 2012, and then on June 1, 2012, came out the Windows 8 Release Preview. But now the wait, which exceeded a year, is over as the all new Windows 8 is officially out for sale in the market... Continue reading →

HTML5 Is More Favored Than The Average Mobile Applications

Mobile devices use a number of applications for developing consistent utility for consumers. M-commerce from browsing, integrated e-commerce are the latest developing trends for the main mobile strategy. Applications that have led to making m-commerce is a lot faster as well as convenient for people from all ages and regions. It has encouraged many developers to come up with newer applications as the new markup HTML5 has a lot more to offer in the mobile space... Continue reading →

HTML5 “WebSockets” changing into a security threat

Hyper text markup computer programming language with the newly released “Websocket API” enables users to have two-way communications. Developing these sockets from a new range of specifications, there is a great advantage in the emerging use of faster communications rather than the traditional TCP or Transmission Control Protocol. Reports citing about the news also suggest of a greater security threat that is part of the HTML5 websockets. These new devices or sockets could be easily exploited by hackers and intruders.... Continue reading →

Apple Vs Android devices on HTML5

HTML5, which has emerged as one of the major web technologies for the development of mobile content is creating waves amongst web development experts. The Hyper Text Markup Language version 5 is not only considered as an ideal mobile solution of the future by the developers, but it is also considered as a key element to boost mobile commerce... Continue reading -->