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Mozilla and Epic Games Bring Unreal Engine 3 To The Web

Mozilla and Epic Games Bring Unreal Engine 3 To The Web

By Zach Walton March 27, 2013

For the longest time, HTML5 was far behind Flash in terms of game development as it didn’t offer a native experience. Mozilla and others have been bridging that gap over the last year, however, and the non-profit’s latest move inspires …

Mozilla Kills The PDF Plugin In Firefox 19 Mozilla Kills The PDF Plugin In Firefox 19
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We just got Firefox 18 earlier this week, but Mozilla already has its sights set on the future. That future is one devoid of PDF plugins, like Adobe Acrobat Reader, that could harbor dangerous security flaws. Instead, the non-profit will …

Firefox 18 Now Available For Desktop And Android Firefox 18 Now Available For Desktop And Android

After a successful beta period, Firefox 18 is now available for download to all users of Mozilla’s Web browser. The latest iteration includes a number of enhancements that should make HTML5 performance much better across both desktop and mobile. The …

Facebook Details Open Graph Changes Facebook Details Open Graph Changes

It was announced yesterday that Facebook would be enacting a number of changes in Open Graph. It would force developers to increase the quality of their apps while increasing user satisfaction across the platform. Facebook now has more details on …

TypeScript Makes JavaScript Development Easier TypeScript Makes JavaScript Development Easier
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JavaScript has been one of the core foundations of HTML5 since the beginning. Microsoft has been aggressively pushing HTML5 in Internet Explorer 10. So what happens when you take Microsoft’s desire to create proprietary programming languages and their insistence on …

Google Adds JavaScript Support To Google Drive Google Adds JavaScript Support To Google Drive

Google really wants you to develop for Drive. It has the potential to become the next great collaborative portal for creators to share their latest work with others. Developers are already building apps for Drive that take advantage of the …

JavaScript Takes The Number One Spot In September JavaScript Takes The Number One Spot In September
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What’s your favorite programming language? JavaScript? C++? Or are you aligned with the Python camp? Either way, you have a favorite language that you just prefer working in. It can have a big effect on the overall development ecosystem as …

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Facebook and the W3C have contributed greatly to the development of mobile browsers with Ringmark. The simple test makes sure that your browser is compliant with the latest and greatest HTML5 technologies. Google has taken that concept and applied it …

This Exquisite Forest Might Be The Future Of Art This Exquisite Forest Might Be The Future Of Art
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I grew up watching a lot of flash animation on sites like Newgrounds. That experience is what turned me into such an animation fanatic and I love that we have the tools for amateur animators to share their creations with …

Twitter Has More Mobile Improvements Coming Twitter Has More Mobile Improvements Coming
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It’s been a big week for Twitter’s mobile presence. First, the company unveiled updates to its Android and iOS apps, bringing more desktop features to the mobile experience. Then, as reported, Twitter and MediaTek announced a partnership to make Twitter …

Microsoft Explains JavaScript Improvements Microsoft Explains JavaScript Improvements
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As a long time follower of Microsoft, it’s still surprising to see the company embracing open Web standards. The company is so enamored with the open Web that they are building Windows 8 Metro apps and Internet Explorer 10 with …

Twitter Becomes Faster Than Ever Before Twitter Becomes Faster Than Ever Before

I think Twitter is pretty fast and I bet most of the service’s users do as well. Pretty fast is never good enough, however, so the microblogging site has gone back to the drawing board to make it even faster. …

Is Googlebot Getting More Human-Like? Is Googlebot Getting More Human-Like?
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Google may be getting better at crawling javascript and Ajax. In a Tumblr post, developer Alex Pankratov wrote this week about spotting an “ajax request issued from document.ready() callback of one website’s pages.” “This means that the bot now executes …

Facebook Developer Changes For The Coming Week Facebook Developer Changes For The Coming Week
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Last week’s Operation Developer Love was a little disappointing as it contained no updates. At least it meant that there was nothing bad happening under the hood on Facebook and no major changes that developers needed to worry about. That …

Anybody Can Make AR Applications Now Anybody Can Make AR Applications Now

A big theme in the development scene these days is how we can make creation via code easier and more fluid for the average user. Not everybody has the time, patience or education to learn a programming language, let alone …

V8 Gets Better Code Optimization In Chrome V8 Gets Better Code Optimization In Chrome

Chrome is widely regarded by users for its speed and ease of use. The speed is definitely the biggest selling point though with the code running in the background really helping that along. To help speed things along even more, …

Matt Cutts Talks About How Google Handles Ajax Matt Cutts Talks About How Google Handles Ajax
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Google’s Matt Cutts put up a new Webmaster Help video, discussing how Google deals with Ajax. He takes on the following user-submitted question: How effective is Google now at handling content supplied via Ajax, is this likely to improve in …