What’s New in HTML5 – Week of March 26, 2012

HTML5 based ads are
gaining on Flash.  For ads that will be seen on mobile devices,
developers are focusing on HTML5.  Read original content

Systems management and monitoring firm DN2K is turning to
HTML5.  It announced that HTML5 is now, “one of its core technologies in its business and
industrial application platform”.  Read original content

ChronoZoom is a new HTML5-based web
application developed by Microsoft Research, Russia’s Moscow State University,
and UC Berkeley.  The site uses mixed
media to let visitors visualize the universe.  Read original content

A free HTML5 video converter service has been launched to
provide a method to convert video files to HTML5 compatible formats.  http://www.html5-converter.com/  Read original content

I found a series on using HTML5 and CSS3 to
transform a website into a mobile site.  Read original content 

Mozilla updated HTML5 video controls in the latest version
of Firefox version 12, which was just released in beta.  Read original content

With all major browsers now supporting the HTML5 Geolocation
API, it would be interesting to understand what can be done with it.  In this linked article, Danwei Tran Luciani for The Code Project  explores the possibilities.  Read original content

Opinion piece – Native apps will be around for some time to come, but the
push for HTML5 standardization from powerful groups like Facebook and others are starting to push apps from native to web.   Read original content

The HTML5 Canvas element and Google Maps were used by
Vizzuality to create an interactive map that provides visualization of the
intensity and location of deforestation.  Read original content

WSX, a new feature from VMware, uses the HTML5 Canvas
element and Web Sockets to let users access virtualized desktops remotely
through a web browser.  WSX is compatible
with Firefox, Chrome, and Safari on the desktop and Safari on iPads.  Read original content

MoSync has announced its new mobile development SDK, MoSync
AB, which will allow developers to use HTML5 technology to, “Create hybrid apps
or native apps with native features and UI experience for Android, iOS and
Windows Phone and submit them to multiple app stores within hours instead of
weeks.”  Read original content

Seventy-nine percent of mobile developers report they will
integrate HTML5 in their apps this year, according to a survey conducted by IDC
and Appcelerator.  The survey responses
indicated that developers are planning to develop HTML5 and “hybrid” apps.  Read original content

A new Internet Explorer 9 website for The Hunger Games film
shows off the possibilities for HTML5-based sites.  The website (http://thecapitoltour.pn/) was
launched by Microsoft and Lionsgate.  Read original content

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