Facebook Officially Replaces Adobe Flash With HTML5 For Videos
Facebook has officially moved away from Adobe’s Flash to HTML5 for videos on its platform. Facebook is now using HTML5 instead of Flash for video in the News Feed, on Pages and the Facebook embedded...
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How Akamai Survived The Darkest Era Of The Web To Become A Backbone Of The...
Coming down Broadway Street from inner Cambridge, Akamai is the gatekeeper to Boston’s oldest and most mature innovation district. Akamai is more than just the gatekeeper to Kendall Square. The world’s...
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Why Smartphone-Only Could Become The Norm On The Web
The world is digitizing every aspect of its existence. For instance, the simple matter of acquiring food is now a digital experience with delivery of groceries or a ride to the store just a click away....
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JavaScript, HTML5 And The Web Made Big Comebacks In 2015
The Web made a comeback in 2015 … reinforcing the idea that the Web was never in any actual danger. The hottest topics of the year in software development and the apps economy had more to do with...
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10 Apps That Are Designed For Mobile Accessibility
People with disabilities face challenges every day of their lives, even more so now that we live in a constantly connected and mobile society. Mobile accessibility was one of the hot topics in 2015,...
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The Fragmentation Of The Web Will Continue In 2016
Every year I make the same prediction: the mobile Web will die. Every year, I am basically wrong. Sure, the Web is slowly moving away from the archaic architecture derived from the time of WAP browsers...
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Apple Was A Mild Bright Spot In A Dismal Year For PC Makers
Windows 10 created some hope that the second half of 2015 would be better for the PC market with new hardware and holiday season upgrades. But it appears that nothing can stop the PC market from...
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Why Native News Apps Have A History Of Failure
By all accounts, Circa was a popular app. Circa performed news aggregation and some original reporting to present the day’s events in a sleek and consumable form. Some people loved Circa in the same...
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3 Fixable Problems That Could Drastically Increase The Speed Of The Web
When you dial up a website or an app on your smartphone and it takes more than 10 seconds to load, this is a problem. For all the strides that the computer industry has made to make smartphones more...
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What Google’s AMP Means For The Mobile Web
The rage about speed and performance of the Internet is never as altruistic as its sounds. Few companies, organizations or individuals create systems to speed up the Web out to of the kindness of their...
View ArticleJava Slams The Door On The Era Of The Web Plugin
The era of the plugin on the Web is about over and Java is one of the last shoes to drop. Oracle announced this week that it would deprecate the Java browser plugin with the rollout of the latest Java...
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How Trump Trusted The Laundry … And Got Moneyballed By Ted Cruz
Sometimes you wear the shirt. And sometimes the shirt wears you. The shirt has been wearing Donald Trump for probably his entire life. Why? Because Trump seems to always bet on the laundry. Trump came...
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3 Seconds To Fail: Why Speed Matters For The Mobile Web
Mario Andretti was a man who liked speed. He famously said that if everything seems to be under control, then you are not going fast enough. In today’s Internet, speed matters. People don’t have the...
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How Google Plans To Unlock The Next $50 Billion In Advertising Revenue
Google has its eyes on the next $50 billion in digital advertising revenue. The plan to unlock it? Speed up the mobile Web, simplify processes to build better digital experiences. The theoretical...
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JavaScript Dominates As The No. 1 Most Used Programming Language
We have said it before and we will say it again … JavaScript is eating the world. An established favorite in the developer community, the programming language has become the one to beat. Developer...
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How JavaScript Came To Rule The Internet Of Things
JavaScript first invaded the Web, the lynchpin to what made browsers functional. Next JavaScript came for the server, installing Node.js on the backend. Later JavaScript arrived on for the apps with...
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Facebook Reactions: Tap How You Really Feel
Facebook users didn’t get the “Dislike” button that some may have wanted but they can now display an element of empathy to events or friend updates on the News Feed. Facebook announced that Reactions...
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Global Internet Connection Speeds Rose 23% In 2015
The Internet is getting faster. According to content delivery network Akamai’s Fourth Quarter 2015 State of the Internet Report, the average global connection speed is now 5.6 Mbps—an increase of 8.6%...
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Google’s Accessibility Scanner App Will Improve Life For Disabled Persons
A common consensus among accessibility advocates is that making an app available to all people (including disabled persons) is often the last consideration for developers. Accessibility guidelines for...
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Twitter Makes Photos Accessible To Visually-Impaired
Photos are an integral part of what a social network offers. When a new baby is born, the proud parents post pictures. If you are impressed by what your food looks like, it makes perfect sense to show...
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