HTML5 apps are designed to function on the smaller screens of handheld devices. They can be used with any standard web browser. These apps are an example of cross-platform development since they can ...

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 ...

Today, Amazon announced that their Appstore for Android now supports the submission of HTML5 apps. This is a game changer for HTML5 because now there is a direct channel to consumers. software ...

A new browser and set of APIs and code libraries for iOS and Android devices promise HTML5 apps that tap into native capabilities HTML5 has been promised as the way to escape paying Apple its 30 ...

Amazon has extended the opportunities for distributing web apps and mobile optimized websites by opening up its Mobile App Distribution Portal to HTML5. This means that developers can now market HTML5 ...

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 ...

Long established on native apps, social gaming giant GREE has unveiled plans to expand its compatibility with HTML5 to allow web app devs to tap into the platform for the first time. This new ...

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 ...

Apple and Google may have kicked the official Grooveshark apps out of their respective app stores, but Grooveshark has found another way onto your mobile device. The company has launched an HTML5 app ...

Apple iOS devices don’t support Adobe Flash. But Adobe wants developers to use Flash to write apps for the web as well as mobile apps for Android and other platforms that can support the technology.

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 ...

AT&T announced a new API platform, which it said offers developers “frictionless access to APIs.” The company is set to enable operator billing in HTML5 apps, enabling web developers to more easily ...