HTML5 has been billed as a means for developers to create modern Web applications, complete with support for multimedia functionality like video and Canvas 2D. Its emergence has led to questions about ...

Steve Jobs wants to make something very clear: Apple is both open and closed. "We support two platforms at Apple," said Jobs, the company's CEO. "The first is HTML5, a fully open, uncontrolled ...

Sometimes if you can’t beat ’em, it’s better to join ’em. Take what Adobe is doing in the HTML5 space, even though momentum behind standards-based HTML5 presents a serious challenge to Adobe’s own ...

One of the pieces of functionality commonly discussed when distinguishing HTML5 from previous versions of HTML is the standardization of geolocation via the Geolocation API. Although some browsers ...

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 scored an early public relations victory when the first round of HTML5 compatibility tests from the World Wide Web Consortium had IE9 topping Google Chrome and Firefox.

AppMobi has launched version 1.0 of HTML5 mobile app framework jqMobi an open source, mobile optimised rewrite of the jQuery framework. The 1.0 release of is designed to simplify the development of ...

Social publishing site Scribd is making a big bet on HTML5 and scrapping its three-year-old Adobe Flash investment. The site, which features content from such publishers as Simon & Schuster and the ...