Tag Archives: Apps

High performance HTML5 content in Metro-style Apps

Metro style apps in Windows 8 have all the performance benefits of IE10 when showing Web content. In Metro style apps, Web content is always JIT compiled and hardware-accelerated. Other platforms do not provide the same level of performance in … Continue reading

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Windows 8 blog talks about power efficiency for apps

The Windows 8 blog has posted up a new entry that describes how Microsoft is trying to gain better battery life for PCs by making Windows 8 applications more energy efficient. Read more… Neowin.net

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Rumor: Facebook close to introducing ads to mobile apps?

Facebook is getting ready to launch ads, or “sponsored stories”, in the news feeds of its various mobile apps within a matter of weeks, according to a new report. Read more… Neowin.net

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CoreMobile wants to cram a lot of apps on one screen

Combine the gargantuan information flows from the web available to us everywhere with the small screen and processing power of a smartphone and you get a pretty evident bottleneck. Who among us hasn’t quickly thumbed from one app to another … Continue reading

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Apple removes lookalike apps from App Store

Apple has removed a number of apps from its iOS app store that have names that are similar to well known apps such as Tiny Bird, Cut the Birds and Temple Jump. Read more… Neowin.net

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