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items for 08.12.2009

August 13, 2009
  • Simple non-programmer explanation of REST architecture – Hacker News
  • Will HTML 5 Break Apple’s Stranglehold on Apps? – GigaOM
    It’s no secret that the iPhone App Store is a walled garden. Mobile platform developers like Apple have several ways to control what can run on their devices: Prohibit plug-ins like Flash, cripple the Java they run, or simply limit the installation process. But HTML 5, the next big standard for the web, will dramatically reduce this control by creating a new generation of web sites that look and feel like they’re iPhone apps.

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