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Aligning Cordova and W3C device APIs

Earlier this year, members of the Cordova and W3C teams started a process to better align W3C and Codova specifications. Indeed, Cordova (from which the Phonegap framework derives) is one of the major projects used to build hybrid applications —

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[Web Payments] Activity Update

Long time no update on the Web Payments Activity! After a successfull workshop in March, the last months have been busy and I want to thank again all those who participated in the discussions and contributed to the development of the

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[Survey] Mobile APIs

As part of the HTML5Apps standardization work, I have started developing a survey of mobile APIs. In this repository, I have begun documenting what APIs mobile platforms expose, in native ecosystems (iOS, android, Windows) and in Web-based ones (FirefoxOS, Chrome

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Trust and permissions in Web apps [HTML5Apps/W3C meeting]

The W3C SysApps Working Group is organizing a meeting on trust and permissions in Web apps in Paris on 3-4 September 2014. The two day meeting, hosted by Gemalto, will review the limitations of existing standards, and discuss insights gained

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HTML5Apps at the Berlin’s Extensible Web Summit

Quite a few HTML5Apps related topics will be discussed at the European Extensible Web Summit on September 11, 2014, in Berlin, Germany. This summit is designed to bring in platform developers, framework developers and Web developers with an interest in

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[New edition!] Standards for Web apps on mobile – Apr. 2014

The HTML5Apps project is proud to present the latest edition of the “Standards for Web Applications on Mobile: current state and roadmap”. This April 2014 edition notably features a new section on security and privacy. This document summarizes the various technologies

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Web Payments Workshop Report Now Published

W3C is pleased to publish its report from the March Workshop on Web and Payments. This document summarizes the activities and results of the first W3C Workshop on Web Payments. Participants recorded key outputs from the meeting, including a recommendation

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Getting ready for W3C Workshop on Web Payments

We are getting ready for the W3C workshop on Web Payments that will take place next week in Paris. This event is already a success. We had far more applicants than the room can handle, and the seats were assigned

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New W3C mobile Web apps course – MWC’14 special offer

Registration is open for W3C’s Mobile Web 2: Programming Applications online course. W3C is offering a special price for the duration of Mobile Web Congress, where W3C is exhibiting in Hall 8.1. The course starts 31 March 2014 and runs

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HTML5Apps team at Mobile World Congress 2014

The HTML5Apps team will be present at MWC’14, from 24 to 27 February 2014, In Barcelona. Meet with us in App Planet, Stand 8.1G15, at W3C’s booth! We will showcase many Open Web Platform (as the premier platform for application

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Closing the Gaps
Native vs. HTML5?
The HTML5Apps project's goal is to close the gaps! Read more in the project's factsheet pdf file.
Project Funding
EU logo This project is funded by the European Union through the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2013-2015) under grant agreement n°611327 - HTML5 Apps.