November 14th, 2012

For Web Content Formatting, Apple Makes iPad Mini Indistinguishable From Regular iPad

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Apple made a big deal about the iPad mini providing an uncompromised iPad experience for users, and it’s standing by that by making it impossible for web developers to detect whether a web page is being read on an iPad or an iPad mini. Usually, devices provide a means with which developers can determine physical screen size, but the iPad mini looks exactly like the full-sized iPad to browsers. → Read More

September 27th, 2012

Website Creation Platform Joomla Debuts Version 3.0, Mobile And Tablet Optimized Thanks To Twitter Bootstrap

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Joomla, the open-source-based content management system that competes against WordPress, Drupal and others in the world of blog, website and intranet creation, has today taken a step up in the world of converged media. The opensource community, which says its platform powers 3% of all the websites in the world, has released version 3.0 of its CMS, which automatically optimizes content created on… → Read More

August 14th, 2012

MetaLab Relaunches A Sexy New Ballpark, Officially Becomes A “Design Capital” Investor

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You may not be familiar with MetaLab, but you’ve probably seen their work, as the Canadian design firm has designed for Google, Disney, TED, NBC, CBS and many more. Fluid, the company’s Tumblr theme, has become one of the most popular themes on the platform, for example.

The company initially started out doing web development and design consultancy, but, over time, has diversified into digital… → Read More

August 7th, 2012

Meet Easel, A YC-Backed Web App For Making Web Design Simpler

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In-browser web design app, Easel, has just launched. The WYSIWYG web design tool aims to make web design and development easier for teams who want to quickly get their ideas online without having to hire a designer.

Easel founders Ben Ogle and Matt Colyer first met while working as engineers at Adroll, and have been working on the Y-Combinator-backed design tool for about four months. → Read More

May 9th, 2012

Spire.io: A New Platform For Serverless Apps That Work On Web & Mobile

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What do you do when you’re a consumer apps company with apps that never hit the big-time, but whose development forced you to solve the same problems over and over again? Well, if you’re Border Stylo (makers of Glass, Retrollect, and Trivia Together), you turn your knowledge of developers’ needs for backend infrastructure into your new business.

And that’s exactly what Border Stylo is doing… → Read More

July 23rd, 2009

Video Interview: BaseKit – Dynamic web dev, no programming required

BaseKit is an automatic site builder for websites – No XHTML/CSS, PHP, Perl, or other programming languages required. BaseKit lets web designers build websites quickly and easily. It differs from other similar services by allowing users to implement functional, interactive and dynamic elements without coding. It doesn’t simply build a static site like the web site builders of a decade… → Read More