As of today, we will no longer support the Alike Nearby iPhone and Web apps.
This presents a tough choice to the many firms that have become dependent on Web apps.
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With HTML5 Web apps, users don't have to download, install, launch or update anything.
In 1998 he backed an Oracle alum, Evan Goldberg, in launching a Web apps firm: NetSuite.
The DIY tool is focused on building web apps that work with your data.
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So far, iPhone Web apps have been offered for free and downloaded over the Internet.
On side note, developing for the iPhone and Android is simple when creating web apps.
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Sometimes the chats include talk about Zapier, which helps business owners sync data between Web apps.
Periodic Internet searches on topics such as "top Web apps 2013" can turn up helpful expert advice.
The rise of HTML5 mobile Web apps could also eat into profits from today's leading app marketplaces.
Built for the cloud, they run through a combination of the Chrome OS browser and Web apps.
Or perhaps it wants HTML5 web apps to be the playground for amateurs, not the App Store.
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In many cases, firms will use native, web apps and hybrid apps that combine features from each camp.
The apps Pokki offers are all free and many are like Web apps with the browser interface removed.
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Google has added offline access to its web apps such as Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Docs.
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During this time, it built almost 40 web apps, with some reaching performance boosts of 200% or more.
That's a powerful financial incentive for app developers, digital publishers, and online services to start deploying more Web apps.
The PSP has a lot of potential in terms of just Web Apps.
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Everything else was supposed to be accessible via the Web so called Web apps.
Or, they may want to access education-related web apps that require Java support.
But PBS also has smart phone, tablet and web apps for kids 2-8.
We've already turned 40 popular web sites into Ubuntu Web Apps and there are plenty more on the way.
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Famo.us wants to enable web apps to be the star of that show.
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Consequently, more and more mobile apps will actually be delivered through the mobile Web browser -- making them Web apps.
We believe it should be easier for users to discover web apps and for developers to reach a large audience.
Later this year the company plans to open itself to third-party mobile web developers, to host web apps on its platform.
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We're also told that learnings from Android will be carried over to Chrome, and further into the world of web apps.
At OSCON today, Mark Shuttleworth just revealed Ubuntu Web Apps, a new feature due to land in October's Ubuntu 12.10 release.
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Mozilla has therefore developed its web apps to be offline from the start, and to use equal-or-less bandwidth than native apps.
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Google Chrome users who find web apps in the store will be able to create convenient shortcuts in Chrome for easy access.
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