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Asia rocks Web, social scene in 2012
The boom in e-commerce and mobile messaging, use of Internet blackouts as a form of protest, and the online phenomenon known as Psy top the industry's headlines for what was an eventful year.
Why is Microsoft contributing to WebKit?
If Apple and Google won't work on supporting the proposed W3C standards for touch in WebKit, then Microsoft will - to get it adopted on websites that will then work better on Windows and Windows Phone.
Internet could contribute US$100B to India's GDP by 2015
Country is on the verge of an "Internet boom", and could see Web industry raise its contribution to GDP from 1.6 percent to 3.3 percent, but limited infrastructure will be key challenge.
Five good Instagram replacements
If Facebook playing games with Instagram's terms of services has left you with a bad taste in your mouth, here are some Instagram alternatives for you.
Facebook adds online portal, tools to marketing developers program
Facebook is expanding its marketing program with a new online hub for building enterprise tools and apps.
HTML 5 Foundations with Matt West (Podcast)
Matt West, author of HTML 5 Foundations, and I discuss his new book on the topic.
Facebook boasts new developer stats, especially on mobile
Facebook continues to tout itself as a hotspot for app developers during LeWeb 2012 in Paris.
Please stop the madness: The Mac's Fusion Drive isn't about caching
The words "caching" and "Fusion Drive" keep being used in the same sentence, or in the same paragraph. This is all wrong, so please save that cache reference for another day and another product.
Shumway looks to replace Flash with JavaScript
Mozilla has launched a project that aims to create a JavaScript-backed implementation of Flash's SWF format.
Windows Surface RT: Microsoft's greatest hardware fiasco ever?
Kin, Zune, and now Surface, Microsoft shows once more that as a hardware company it's a fine software business.
SK Hynix posts small Q3 operating loss
Spike in demand for mobile and flash memory chips helps South Korean chipmaker limit the impact of a slumping PC market to book an operating loss of US$13.6 million.
Adobe and Microsoft release Flash security updates in sync
Adobe today announced the release of a major security update for its Flash Player and Air software. Microsoft delivered its version of that patch roughly an hour later, significantly improving on its embarrassingly late performance last month.
Adobe customers hit by charging error: 'Bank account at zero'
Around 200 Adobe Connect customers were charged multiple times after a glitch in the firm's online order processing system. One customer said their bank account "just went to zero."
Adobe Flash: I'm not dead yet!
We can wish Adobe Flash were dead all we want, but there's still no universal replacement for it. And, there won't be one anytime soon.
Why Flash updates might need to be delayed for IE, at least briefly
IE's Flash problem was communication not security, but there are reasons why Flash updates might sometimes take longer. The bigger question is how long Flash stays around.