No other OS has come close to this level of integration between web and desktop.
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Developers can build standalone mobile Flex applications with the same ease and quality as on web and desktop platforms.
An update to the open source Flex framework provides developers with a common framework for building web, desktop and now mobile applications.
Originally the product came in desktop and Web versions, but in April 2011 Kopic scrapped the desktop software so he could deploy faster in different countries.
The narrow sense is in being able to search almost all of the web from a desktop.
Many against one, these parties will escalate the search wars as the desktop web goes ever mobile and cloud based.
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Facebook's made no bones about the fact that its focus has shifted from a desktop web- to a mobile-focused company.
This allows users to bypass both dumb phones and the desktop web.
Mobile is a new and completely open medium, so resorting to the same tactics we used in print and even desktop web will simply not work.
As uncertainty builds over whether advertising on mobile devices will work anything like their desktop Web counterparts, YouTube today tossed out its bet that they will.
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The advantage of instant access to information regardless of device, operating system or location is a huge factor in the dominance of web apps over desktop apps.
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Yahoo's hoping to hit the proverbial two birds tonight with Axis, which combines a desktop web browser extension (your choice of Chrome, Firefox or Safari) with a mobile app on the iPad and iPhone.
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In fact, argues Nicholas Carr, the former editor of the Harvard Business Review and author of the new book The Big Switch, those Web applications are signs of a fundamental change, a shift from the desktop to the Web that could redefine computing--and Google's business model.
The Gracenote Developer program supports a variety of development platforms, including mobile, desktop and Web APIs.
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If you can, begin accessing and managing your email from the Web rather than the desktop.
From the Dropbox desktop, web, and mobile applications, the "Get link" button generates a unique link to a file or folder.
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Bitcasa offers access to an Infinite Drive across all devices with support for iOS and Android, Web Access, Mac desktop, Windows Desktop, and Windows RT.
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The way we engage with our news and entertainment changed from print to the web, from the desktop to the phone, from browser to Kindle and Nook.
Zipwhip has partnered with many mobile operators to offer this new functionality, and Zipwhip text messaging supports all web browsers, all desktop operating systems (Windows, Mac, Linux), iPad, Android tablets, Amazon Kindle, and Windows 8 desktop.
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Customers can tinker with their creations over the Web as quickly and easily as they would on desktop software because Zazzle uses the Web software tool kit known as Ajax.
Potential targets for acquisition include Moveable Type, a software-based Web-log service, and Radio Userland, another desktop software product used for publishing Web logs produced by privately held UserLand Software of Acton, Mass.
Enhancements and alterations to driver profiles will be enabled via vehicle systems, desktop and mobile Web portals and smartphone apps.
Users are simply too familiar with this Web search pattern on a desktop browser to be ready for radical changes in the product for mobile.
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That means that as the computing world shifts to the Web from the increasingly irrelevant desktop, Intel's Classmate could flourish while the XO is left behind.
Seesmic Social is a suite of social media management applications, available on your mobile, desktop, and web specifically for the Buyer Enablement portion of the Buyers Journey.
According to CNET, 10 different businesses from desktop software to web security will be closed to allow Google to focus more on the markets with higher margins.
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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You can do a similar maneuver on your desktop Mail or Gmail web client.
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The most basic version of the new Office 365, as it stands, would be completely web-based, with no desktop tools required.
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