HTML5 is a new technology that allows developers to build rich web-based apps that run on any device via a standard web browser. Many think it will save the web, rendering native platform-dependent apps obsolete. 

The promise of HTML5 for mobile apps is truly compelling; a single code-base, developed using the most prevalent web language, delivering an interactive mobile app, offering immediate updates and distribution. No app stores, no fees, no downloads, no installs. 

Tim Cook, successor to the inimitable Steve Jobs, is one year into his tenure as CEO of Apple. Congratulations, Tim!

Despite initial hand-wringing over the future of Apple after Jobs passed away last October, Cook seems to be doing a bang-up job by most measures. Not least among Apple's accomplishments under Cook, the company recently became the world's most valuable firm ever (nominally, at least).

After a year of scorched-earth litigation, a US jury this Friday decided that Samsung ripped off the innovative technology used by Apple to create its revolutionary iPhone and iPad.

The jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1.05 billion. An appeal from Samsung is expected.

Google is looking to boost its team of privacy-focused software engineers, according to a new job posting.

The Mountain View-based position is for a data privacy engineer within Google's "Privacy Red Team."

If you have a website or blog, or if you work with anything related to the Internet, you’ll certainly need to know a bit about search engine optimization (SEO). A good way to get started is to familiarize yourself with the most common terms of the trade, and below you’ll find 20 of them. (For those who already knowSEO, consider this post as a refresher!).

San Francisco - AWS (Amazon Web Services) unveiled this week an SDK (software development kit) intended to make it easier for developers to build Microsoft .Net applications that can access the AWS platform for cloud computing.

The free AWS SDK for .Net includes the AWS .Net Library, featuring "developer-friendly" APIs for .Net that hide low-level plumbing associated with programming for the AWS cloud. APIs cover functions like authentication, request retries and error-handling. The downloadable SDK also includes Visual Studio project templates, C# code samples and documentation.