It's about time for a first look at iOS 6, an update of the mobile operating system that runs iPhones, iPads and Apple's other Web-enabled mobile devices.
One of the surprising factoids to come out of Mobile World Congress this year was the number of carrier networks supporting Firefox OS, the forthcoming web-based mobile platform from Mozilla.
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Geeksphone has already shipped more than 10, 000 devices tailored to run Firefox OS, the new web-based mobile phone platform coded by Mozilla, to developers.
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Up until last year, the company had hoped to do an end-run around them with its Web-based mobile site, but it was too slow and cumbersome.
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In fact, Firefox OS is one of a handful of other web-based mobile platforms launching this year, including Tizen from Samsung and Intel, Sailfish from Jolla and Ubuntu from Canonical (in 2014).
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Derive (iPhone, Android) : A travel-inspired, tech-driven scavenger hunt, this global web-based mobile app instructs tourists to head out in a general direction, then uses a set of cryptic hints to prompt them to discover hidden gems.
This subtle war between native apps and web-based mobile search that has significant implications for revenue models of the large tech firms and indicates another area in which Apple could be disruptive, particularly as more people access the internet via a mobile device.
The internet radio service has just undergone a rebirth, with a brand new white and burnt orange logo and a completely revamped design -- on web, mobile and Xbox -- in an effort to reintroduce itself to the mainstream and stave off competition from the likes of Pandora, Spotify and Rdio.
Flurry predicts that smartphone users will continue to spend even more time proportionally with apps vs. the mobile Web -- and in fact, from June to December 2011, they observed that average daily time spent on the mobile Web decreased slightly.
Facebook's made no bones about the fact that its focus has shifted from a desktop web- to a mobile-focused company.
If you think about your financial data and how secure it needs to be, and how perhaps it is not always secure, then the work that banks and their tech teams do in developing web-based and mobile applications is hugely important.
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Like the early days of web applications, a thin (HTML-5 mobile web) versus thick (native device apps) argument has ensued.
This is exactly why focusing on developing a rich mobile web experience for your brand can pay off in the long run, especially since well-developed mobile web experiences are particularly well suited for tablet devices.
By contrast, four years after the introduction of the iPhone the market for smart phones has been flooded with me-too models that mix snappy web browsing, third-party mobile apps, and big touch-screens.
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Most smartphones and even many feature phones have good enough web browsers and data connections to display a simple mobile-friendly web page, but trying to correctly type a URL on even the best smartphone is a pretty tedious and error-prone activity.
But everyone in mobile content knows that revenues in mobile are a fraction of those in the old, pre-mobile web.
Generic mobile app , which are mobile web sites designed to match every web-enabled phone, like the Wikipedia mobile page.
With hands-free setup (they set up a mobile web app, custom video and branded micro-site for you) and ongoing management of your Google Mobile and YouTube Channel, you can sit back and reap the rewards of your mobile ads and video pitches.
Imagine if the street vendors no longer rely on their non-smart mobile phones but start using web-enabled tablet computers to conduct business.
The new version of WAP, or wireless application protocol - a standard that allows mobile devices to display Web-like information - is due out by January, and is expected to create a PC-type environment that could open the door to attacks.
The company delivers free and subscription-based access to millions of songs and hundreds of expert-programmed stations, plus news, sports and talk, on the web, mobile devices, in-car infotainment systems and consumer electronics platforms.
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As a result of the close collaboration with Twitter, the Ooyala solution has been certified by Twitter, meaning customers can quickly and easily integrate and distribute video content directly into their streams across all platforms -- including desktop, mobile web and native smartphone and tablet apps for both iOS and Android -- and trust that the player will work seamlessly within Twitter.
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Incidentally, industry specialists forecast that by 2015, 80% of all mobile applications developed will be hybrid or mobile-Web-oriented.
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In Ghana, one such center is Accra-based Mobile Web Ghana, a vibrant tech space with more than 300 members.
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In this world of instant publishing and the always-connected mobile web, Flip was artifact of an earlier time.
Consequently, more and more mobile apps will actually be delivered through the mobile Web browser -- making them Web apps.
Later this year the company plans to open itself to third-party mobile web developers, to host web apps on its platform.
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In recent months brands including Buick, Kraft and Walmart and have been building "M sites"--mobile phone-ready versions of their Web sites.
In a move to reduce its dependence on Apple and develop apps more quickly for rival tablet computers, the FT in June launched a Web-based version of its mobile app, the first of its kind by a major publisher.
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They have delivered dozens of complex and large-scale content solutions for deployment on the web, ITV, IPTV, mobile and in-flight entertainment platforms.
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