HTML5: It’s fast becoming one of those industry buzzwords -- like "Web 2.0" was in 2005 and "Social Media" is at the moment. And just like those two phrases, many people talk about HTML5 but few of them have a clear idea of what it means. Buzzword or not, it’s important to understand the ins and outs of the new standard.But don't just take my word for it. Bob Muglia, the head of Microsoft's Server and Tools division, recently said ...

mig33, the world’s largest mobile-first community, today introduced its new Game Developer Program, giving social game developers the promise of fast, easy and profitable access to its 40-million registered users and fast-growing virtual economy.For mig33, the new program will radically expand its social game offerings, which already enjoy over 1-million game plays in Q3 this year.In turn, social game developers worldwide now have access to the 40-million registered mig33 users who access the mobile social entertainment service via its J2ME ...

Over the last two years I've owned four different BlackBerry Bold 9000 handsets. I've been accused of having an obsession and even found myself on the receiving end of an intervention, during which I had my BlackBerry confiscated for being exceedingly anti-social.I've tweeted from the shower, almost lost a limb filming lions with the built-in video camera, skydived with my Bold in my back pocket and successfully navigated out of the Johannesburg CBD after discovering that Alberton is not, in ...

Electronic Arts said Tuesday that it has reached a five-year agreement with Facebook that calls for the social network's virtual currency to be the exclusive payment method for EA games.More than 200-million people play games on Facebook every month and "Pet Society" and "Restaurant City" from EA division Playfish are among the top 10 games on the social network.The Redwood City, California-based videogame maker bought the London-based Playfish, the largest supplier of Facebook games after Zynga, a year ago for ...

Check-in and check-out and even opening the door to your room -- a mobile phone is the only key you need at a Stockholm hotel conducting a pilot project of new mobile applications, the participating companies said on Tuesday.Starting this week, a number of guests at the Clarion Hotel Stockholm will be provided with telephones equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology.The chosen clients will not only be able to reserve their rooms and receive confirmation on the devices, they ...

Twitter continues to provide a world-wide snapshot of the most popular subjects being spoken about around the globe. But keeping a handle on all of it is impossible, which is why people turn to What The Trend, a Twitter aggregator that positions itself as "the front page of the real time web", to follow the global conversation. It's another week where sports is fairly dominant, and it marks a return to the Top 10 for Justin Bieber and some ...

Curation is becoming an increasingly important term and for good reason: the online world is increasingly messy, muddled and full of blind alleys. Search used to be the best way to navigate online but today it is only one part of an Internet user's dashboard. Finding things is fine if you know what to look for, but search is increasingly less effective in judging the quality of links, or putting those links into a context.Blekko, the recently launched search engine ...

News International, the publisher of British newspapers The Times and The Sunday Times, has released figures showing that around 105 000 people have paid to read their respective online editions after erecting a paywall. Around half of these figure are monthly subscribers, the paper's owners said in a statement.The experiment is being closely watched around the world as newspapers battle falling sales and advertising increasingly moves online.But the gain in paid readers comes at a huge cost in general readership ...

We all know about the celebrated political social media campaign that played a part in putting US President Barack Obama in the White House. It was unprecedented, using advanced social networking functionality and integration with social media platforms like YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.Politicians today realise that Facebook, in particular, is a platform they cannot ignore. It's where many of society's influencers and do-ers hang out. If you consider that there are now nearly three-million South Africans on Facebook, that's quite ...

In August Memeburn reported that a new search engine called Blekko, backed by millions in venture capital, was coming to a browser near you.It has been open to a limited amount of beta-testers, but on Monday officially went live. Challengers to Google have come and gone (anyone remember Cuil?) but this new startup is stepping up to try to make its mark in Internet search."When we started this company our goal was to build a search engine that not only ...