Benedict’s What’s New in HTML5 – Week of May 20, 2012

Rotterdam at the Enterprise Mobility Exchange 2012

This week I was the Chairman of the Enterprise Mobility Exchange in Rotterdam.  During this event HTML5 was a popular topic.  Most of the CIOs and other mobility thought leaders were predicting HTML5 is and will play a big role in their enterprises.  I also spoke to Gil Bouhnick, Mobility Product Manager for ClickSoftware in Spain 2 weeks ago and he was telling me about several large field services implementations they had recently deployed using HTML5.  He also says there are still some unique security issues that need to be addressed by vendors using HTML5. I see progress.

As I am writing this article, I am noticing a trend.  There are several media and advertising companies announcing the use of HTML5 apps and platforms.  Interesting!

Now for the news…

Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs predicts that more than 2 billion
mobile devices will sport fully compliant HTML5 browsers by 2016, and states
that HTML5 “will usher in an explosion of innovation”.  Read Original Content

According to IDC Research, 79 percent of mobile app developers surveyed plan to integrate HTML5 in the apps they will launch in 2012; there will be more than 1 billion HTML5 mobile browsers in the market in 2013; and over 80 percent of all mobile apps will be wholly or in part based upon HTML5 by 2015.  Read Original Content

When it comes to streaming video, HTML5 wins out over apps
as the best way to provide content to readers and viewers, states Jason Pontin,
editor-in-chief and publisher of Technology Review, which is published by MIT.  Read Original Content

Digital advertising company Exponential Interactive has
launched a mobile advertising division, Appsnack, which provides advanced HTML5
rich-media advertising.  Read Original Content

Gaming Club Casino has gone mobile with an HTML5-based mobile
casino game platform.  Read Original Content

LEAD Technologies has launched two new HTML5 add-on products
for multi-platform and mobile device application development, a document HTML5
module and a medical HTML5 module.  Read Original Content

Facebook has announced its new App Center, which will
include free and paid Facebook apps plus HTML5 apps that exist within the
Facebook app itself.  The App Center is
expected to officially open in late May or early June, 2012.  Read Original Content

In a decision based in part on user input, Bank of America
has opted to develop functionality in HTML5. 
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The Elinext Group is striving to increase involvement with
HTML5 technology for mobile, web and television app development.  Read Original Content

The DevCon 5 HTML5 and Mobile App Developers Conference will
be held July 23-24, 2012 in New York. 
“DevCon5 will offer attendees a comprehensive HTML5 program; from HTML5
design and execution, to gaming and animation to building new HTML5 business
models for the mobile web”.  Read Original Content

SAP has recently launched many new mobile apps, and HTML5
versions of its SAP Store for iPads.  SAP has and is a vocal advocate of HTML5 for enterprise mobility.  Read Original Content

FunMobility has opened a new division, FunMobility
Professional Services, which will offer HTML5 cloud-based mobile
solutions.  Read Original Content

Internet Broadcasting has announced the launch of a group of
mobile advertising products created in HTML5, “the emerging standard for
interactive media on smartphones and tablets”. 
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A video from the recent Tizen Developer Conference showcases
HTML5, with the OS running HTML5-based apps “as smoothly as if they were
written in native code”.  Read Original Content

Kevin Benedict, Mobile Industry Analyst, Mobile Strategy Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus

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Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.