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== '''Market Insights''' == | == '''Market Insights''' == | ||
=== Desktop / Platform === | |||
==== Android ==== | |||
* In an interesting experiment, a development team led by Miguel de Icaza [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/xamarins-port-of-android-to-microsofts-c-five-questions-and-answers/12637 ported much of the Android OS' environment] to C#. | |||
==== Security ==== | |||
* Adobe [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9226921/Adobe_preps_silent_Flash_updates_for_Macs released] a new beta of Flash Player for Mac OS X that supports silent updates. | |||
* Concern was raised in the press that the impending arrival of Mac OS X Mountain Lion will mean that [http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9226949/Half_of_all_Macs_will_lack_access_to_security_updates_by_summer nearly half of all Mac users will no longer receive security patches] | |||
==== Microsoft ==== | |||
* Microsoft has started mailing [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-schedules-windows-phone-developer-summit-for-june/12631 "Save the Date"] invitations to Windows Phone developers for June 20-21 conference in San Francisco. | |||
==== Opera ==== | |||
* Opera [http://www.opera.com/company/investors/ posted their Q1 2012 financial results]. Total revenue for the quarter was $47m, up 28% from the previous year, and net income was up 76%. | |||
==== Research in Motion ==== | |||
* RIM posted the [http://devblog.blackberry.com/2012/05/blackberry-10-bbui/ latest version of bbUI], their HTML5 toolkit that makes HTML5 apps work more seamlessly on their platform. | |||
==== Tizen ==== | |||
* Sprint, the American wireless carrier, announced that it was [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120507006323/en/Sprint-Joins-Tizen-Association joining the Tizen Association] | |||
* Tizen also [http://www.tizenexperts.com/2012/05/expect-2012-tizen-developer-conference/ announced more details] about their upcoming developer conference, and noted that most of the sessions would be streamed over the web. | |||
==== WebKit ==== | |||
* The WebKit Inspector tool now offers [http://updates.html5rocks.com/2012/05/Websocket-Frame-Inspection-now-in-Chrome-DevTools web socket packet inspection] | |||
==== W3C ==== | |||
* [http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/05/new-proposal-could-end-the-css-prefix-madness/ A new proposal] by W3C member Florian Rivoal offers a potential solution to the CSS vendor-prefix issue. It would require browser vendors to support both prefixed and unprefixed features from day one, with aliases between the two. | |||
==== Other ==== | |||
* The Trustworthy Internet Movement launched [https://www.trustworthyinternet.org/ssl-pulse/ SSLPulse], a "continuous and global dashboard for monitoring the quality of SSL support across the top one million web sites. " | |||
* An [http://www.technologyreview.com/business/40319/#.T6fn_4Jf8dg.twitter interesting piece by Technology Review magazine] about how they, and other magazine and newspaper publishers are looking to move away from proprietary platforms and to HTML5. | |||
== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | == Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | ||