Google Maps JavaScript API v2 will shutdown on November 19, 2013

Google Maps JavaScript API v2 will shutdown on November 19, 2013. On that date, Google will attempt to automagically turn remaining v2 maps into v3 maps, by way of a JavaScript wrapper Google will deploy. Expect this wrapper to work for most simple maps, but to avoid any last minute surprises it is strongly encouraged sites to complete their migration to v3 ahead of this date. Google have prepared an upgrade guide to help make the migration process as painless as possible.

Source and details: Google Geo Developers Blog - An update on the JavaScript Maps API v2 deprecation

Web Audio API

Go beyond HTML5’s Audio tag and boost the audio capabilities of your web application with the Web Audio API. Packed with lots of code examples, crisp descriptions, and useful illustrations, this concise guide shows you how to use this JavaScript API to make the sounds and music of your games and interactive applications come alive.

You need little or no digital audio expertise to get started. Author Boris Smus introduces you to digital audio concepts, then shows you how the Web Audio API solves specific application audio problems. You’ll not only learn how to synthesize and process digital audio, you’ll also explore audio analysis and visualization with this API.

• Learn Web Audio API, including audio graphs and the audio nodes
• Provide quick feedback to user actions by scheduling sounds with the API’s precise timing model
• Control gain, volume, and loudness, and dive into clipping and crossfading
• Understand pitch and frequency: use tools to manipulate soundforms directly with JavaScript
• Generate synthetic sound effects and learn how to spatialize sound in 3D space
• Use Web Audio API with the Audio tag, getUserMedia, and the Page Visibility API

Intel Introduce the new Intel® HTML5 Development Environment

Intel introduce the new set of cross-platform HTML5 tools as Intel's HTML5 Development Environment to help developer more easily develop great HTML5 apps for all of target devices.

Source: http://software.intel.com/en-us/html5

Gmail Blue

Introducing Gmail Blue


Fast. Beautiful. Powerful.
http://gmail.com/blue

















...happy :)

Profiling a mobile site with Chrome DevTools and Android

Learn how you can use Chrome DevTools against a page running on your Android device. Chrome DevTools is just as powerful for the mobile web as it is for the desktop web.

CSS for Windows 8 App Development

CSS for Windows 8 App Development is your learning guide for CSS – the language of great Windows 8-style apps. Learn the built-in styles that make the built-in controls shine, how to define them, and how to use CSS to give your custom app assets that beautiful Modern UI style.

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is the clear standard for styling web applications, and with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript now powering apps on Windows 8, it’s the clear standard there as well. CSS is a powerful styling and layout language that greatly simplifies the selection of page elements and their visual display, layout, and animation. Additionally, Windows 8 apps appear on a large variety of screen formats, and CSS is the primary means for uniquely defining these layouts.

• Learn the language of great Windows 8-style apps
• Raise your knowledge of the CSS3 standard
• Use the styles built-in to Windows 8 style apps
• Apply CSS styles to your app

What you’ll learn

•  Master the use of powerful CSS selectors
• Learn new CSS3 functionality such as flex boxes, grids, animation, and transforms
• Control your styles from JavaScript for really powerful interactions
•  See the styles implemented by built-in controls like ListView and override them
•  Learn style rules that will help you implement good Windows 8 style
• See how to use LESS in your Windows 8-style app

Who this book is for

CSS for Windows 8 App Development is for software developers of all skill levels working with web applications. If you’re new, the foundational CSS examples will bring you up to speed quickly. If you’re more familiar with CSS, you’ll gain critical insight into its application in Windows 8 for creating a great Modern UI.

Table of Contents

1. Windows 8 Design
2. Introduction to Windows 8 Development
3. Selectors and Style Rules
4. Text Properties
5. Box Properties
6. Transforms, Transitions, and Animation Properties
7. Layout Properties
8. Global Styles
9. WinJS Control Styles 
10. Overriding and Defining Styles
11. CSS Libraries and Resources
12. Styling SVG

Pro iOS Geo: Building Apps with Location Based Services

Deepen your app development skills with Pro iOS Geo. This book shows you how to use geolocation-based tools to enhance the iOS apps you develop. Author Giacomo Andreucci describes different ways to integrate geo services, depending on the kind of app you’re looking to develop: a web app, a hybrid app, or a native app. You’ll discover how to use the Google Maps API features to integrate powerful geo capabilities in your apps with a little effort.

You’ll learn how to: 

• Design geographic features for your apps while respecting usability criteria
• Design touristic geo apps
• Use HTML5 and the Google Maps JavaScript API to implement powerful geo functions in your apps
• Use Google Fusion Tables to display and query data in your maps
• Transform your geo web apps into hybrid apps that can be submitted to the Apple App Store
• Create native iOS geo apps using the new Apple Maps data through the Map Kit API

After reading Pro iOS Geo, you’ll have the knowledge and skills you need to add a geo dimension to all your apps, whether as a feature of a larger app— such as a social networking app that shows where friends are located in a selected area—or as the primary part of an app—such as a guide app that shows the monuments in your city. 

What you’ll learn

• Design geographic features for your apps while respecting usability criteria
• Design touristic geo apps
• Use HTML5 and the Google Maps JavaScript API to implement powerful geo functions in your apps
• Use Google Fusion Tables to display and query data in your maps
• Transform your geo web apps into hybrid apps that can be submitted to the Apple App Store Create native iOS geo apps using the new Apple Maps data through the Map Kit API 

Who this book is for

This book is for experienced iOS app developers looking to learn, use and integrate various geo-location based tools and APIs.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Part 2: Web Apps

Chapter 2: Map-based Web App Basics: Hello World

Chapter 3: Map Controls and Styles

Chapter 4: Creating a GUI for the App with jQuery Mobile

Chapter 5: Overlays

Chapter 6: Implementiong Geolocation

Part 3: Hybrid Apps

Chapter 7: Creating Hybrid Apps

Part 4: Native Apps with Apple Map Kit

Chapter 8: Introduction to the Core Location Framework

Chapter 9: Introduction to Apple Maps and the Map Kit Framework

Chapter 10: Displaying Ojects on a Map 

Appendix A: Understanding the Terms of Service