Chrome Experiments: Play With the Future of Web Browsing
For those of you who have only heard about HTML5, prepare to experience it first-hand. Chrome Experiments, a website created by Google about a year-and-a-half ago, now has over 100 user-submitted experimental websites that show off the newest ways HTML5 technology can work with your web browser.
Nook Color: Inspiring Frustration in Nook Users
The recent announcement of the Nook Color, to be released by Barnes and Noble November 19th, has been greeted with a wave of frustration from e-book readers. So many of them recently bought the original, black and white, e-ink Nook that next month’s release of an advanced version has them irritated about their decision.
I purchased the original Nook just a couple of months ago, putting me in the demographic of users who should be frustrated by the new Nook release. But contrary to the popular reactions, I feel the new Nook Color is only enhancing the world of e-readers for… Continue reading
The New Mac App Store: Implications
Steve Jobs and Apple recently announced its intentions to release a Mac App Store, a way for you to download instant-use applications to your Mac just like the iPhone. The Mac App Store should be available for use around the end of January 2010.
Apple hopes their new App store will not only provide a new outlet for people to find apps outside of their iPhones, but will also inspire third-party developers to create fresh and exciting new apps to keep users interested.
According to CNNtech, one of the developers of third-party software leaked the programming guidelines for the… Continue reading
Adobe Releases HTML5 Widget for Video
Have you ever tried to open up a website or video only to find a small clip-art image of that broken file? That’s because you didn’t have Flash, a plug-in for your web-browser that allows you to view videos. Now, with HTML5 and Adobe’s new widget, that won’t matter nearly as much.
Just today, Adobe released a new widget on their widget browser allowing programmers to embed videos in their websites using HTML5, without requiring the Flash Plug-in. If you try to open that video with a browser that does not support HTML5, it will revert back to the Flash… Continue reading
Facebook Disconnect for Web-browsing Privacy
Facebook users have been quite vocal about the social network’s recent privacy issues, but Google engineer Brian Kennish has come up with a solution that will keep your web browsing information from Facebook without forcing you to delete your Facebook account.
One of Facebook’s most popular features is called “Facebook Connect.” Basically, the feature allows you to post content directly to your Facebook page while you browse the internet. When you read an article online and click the Facebook ‘like’ button to share it with your friends, you are using Facebook Connect.
Privacy, however, is the thorn in Facebook Connect’s… Continue reading