‘web culture’ Articles

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development, future-proofing, web culture

Are native apps going the way of the dinosaur?

by Mac Heller-Ogden

The web is abuzz with talk of HTML5 and with good reason. It seems pretty clear to this web developer that HTML5 is on its way to replacing the native application. When will this happen? Probably sooner than you think.

social media, web culture

Social Media Helped Lead to Capture of Times Square Bomber

by Evan Samek

According to the Huffington Post, Social Media helped lead to the capture of Faisal Shahzad, the accused Taliban-Pakistani who attempted to bomb Times Square in the early morning of May 1st, 2010: Photos of Faisal Shahzad emerged via the suspect’s profiles on social networking sites, including Facebook and Orkut. These photos provided the world a[.....]

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Google’s April Fools Day Prank

by Evan Samek

Every year, Google does something special for April 1st, April Fools Day.  In the past years we saw fake products, including a new Gmail labs feature that allows you to send an email from the past, and an artificial intelligence entity named CADIE that powers all of Google’s services. This year, we all woke up on April[.....]