Business Insider believes HTML5 apps are primed to overtake native apps on smartphones in the coming years. Steve Jobs was also big on webapps when the iPhone first came out—sans native app ...

The ongoing debate over how to best get applications onto mobile devices — either through native deployments or writing a mobile Web application — is going to remain a front-burner question for ...

The truth is, despite its powerful capabilities, HTML5 isn’t the solution for every problem. Its additional features are compelling and will help make web apps formidable competitors for native apps, ...

Cloud-based HR software company Workday has launched the latest version of its suite with an emphasis on mobile access through HTML5 web apps, the company announced today. Workday competes with SAP ...

Sencha has introduced Space, aiming to make it easier for IT departments to manage HTML5 apps running on Android, iOS or BlackBerry devices. Sencha is best known for its cross-platform development ...

In my agency we tend to work for companies who want anything we create compatible back to commodore 64s. I never get to ride the edge of anything. I am an iOS developer (very, very new at it) and am ...

Box.net plans to develop “semi-local” apps for various mobile operating systems using a common HTML5 codebase, in a bid to keep up with the proliferation of smartphone and tablet platforms. Box.net ...

The mobile development world is split into two camps. On the one hand, you have the purists who suggest that only native development can make the best use of platform-specific features. On the other ...

Following the launch of its own HTML5 app platform, social network Facebook has acquired app delivery network Strobe in a bid to strengthen its hand in the market. The move, of which terms were not ...

It's hard to argue with the reasoning behind the launch of Particle Code's SDK beta. Developers looking to launch titles on multiple platforms simultaneously are faced with the prospect of working on ...

LinkedIn has just launched the latest versions of its mobile apps, and in a stunning reversal, it’s gone from mobile web-based apps back to fully native. Less than a year ago, the company was touting ...