Creating Flash-less web animation for the iPad and other mobile devices has required more than a bit of HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3 coding wizardry. Sencha, which specializes in providing powerful web development tools, introduced a new desktop app for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux this week that lets designers create functional mobile web animation.


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There are a lot of ways to get a document from a desktop computer to an iPhone or iPad. However, generally speaking, this is a mulit-step process requiring at least two apps and some kind of synchronization service. LeadDoc (iTunes App Store) for iOS, which was available for free for a brief time earlier this week, may a solution for people who want to reduce the complexity of getting documents to an iOS device.


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Mercedes' RFID Facebook check-ins at the PGA Championship is enabled by RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) products from ODIN Technologies.Facebook & RFID – The Secret to News Feed OptimizationODIN's RFID Social Media EasyConnect uses Facebook's API to automate the process of "Like-ing," check-ins and even dealing with photos. As you can see in the embedded video an RFID tag can be embedded in a conference badge and associated with the wearer's Facebook account. This enables the ab [...]

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I have mixed feelings about check-in apps like Foursquare and Facebook Places. I some time like the idea of checking in at a location and sharing it with my social network as a way of sharing what I am doing. On the other hand, I don't always remember to check-in and the process can be cumbersome. Smart Places is an Android app that significantly improves the check-in process of Facebook Places.


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