Web Services
Best practices, tips, business strategies, how tos and more about web service.
Startup Uses New Technology to Out-Akamai Akamai
With WebRTC, Real-Time Communications Come to the Browser
Wed, June 05, 2013 - The WebRTC standard aims to make peer-to-peer communication over the Web as easy as picking up a phone. Here's what developers need to know about WebRTC, including how to set it up and what limitations the protocol currently faces.
Looks Like Feedly Wins the Google Reader Expat Crown
Tue, June 04, 2013 - Feedly, the free RSS service that has been the safe harbor for millions of Internet refugees fleeing the soon-to-be-defunct Google Reader, announced Monday that several popular RSS apps will access its API free of charge.
No More Adobe Dreamweaver, So How About Xara Web Designer?
Thu, May 16, 2013 - If you're doing serious Web content engineering you might well choose an all-singing, all-dancing product such as Adobe's Dreamweaver. The latest version of Dreamweaver in Adobe's Creative Suite 6 (released just over a year ago) was really impressive with new features such as an improved user interface, support for jQuery UI widgets, better cascading style sheet Version 3 support and support for PhoneGap. All in all, a very cool and comprehensive Web development platform.
SAP Updates Line-of-Business Cloud Apps
Wed, May 15, 2013 - Selling SaaS (software as a service) applications aimed at specific lines of business is one way that SAP has tried to stake a claim in the world of cloud computing and during the Sapphire conference it unveiled a broad series of updates to the portfolio.
ESB Persists As Application Integration Tool
Wed, May 15, 2013 - The tried-and-true enterprise service bus--long the foundation of now-dated service oriented architecture deployments--is back in style thanks to the increasing need to integrate disparate applications. The secret to ESB's future success, some say, is a close tie to API management tools.
Microsoft Sends Gamblin' Pete Rose to the Plate in Swing at Google Docs
Fri, May 10, 2013 - Microsoft today took another shot at rival Google, calling its rival's online application suite, Google Docs, "too big a gamble."
How to Change Software Testing for New Cloud Configurations
Tue, May 07, 2013 - If DevOps means infrastructure as code,' then that code very well could have bugs. DevOps also means you may not see those bugs in a test environment because, well, there is no test environment. Here's what you can do to manage this risk.
Digg's Replacement for Google Reader Due in June; Might Cost Money
Wed, May 01, 2013 - With the clock ticking down to the demise of Google Reader, Digg promises a beta version of its Reader alternative will launch just in time.
Pinterest Responds to Feedback with Design Tweaks
Thu, April 25, 2013 - When a popular site introduces a new design, complaints are inevitable. But designers don't often make changes or bring back old features just to satisfy users.
6 Big Data Analytics Use Cases for Healthcare IT
Tue, April 23, 2013 - Making use of the petabytes of patient data that healthcare organizations possess requires extracting it from legacy systems, normalizing it and then building applications that can make sense of it. That's a tall order, but the facilities that pull it off can learn a lot.
10 'B' Movies to Stream This Month
Fri, April 19, 2013 - Here's a selection of so-called 'B movies' to catch on Netflix this month.
Twitter Unveils New #music App and Service
Thu, April 18, 2013 - Twitter today is releasing a service that the social network hopes will change how people find music and artists.
Google Apps, Gmail Services Disrupted This Morning
Wed, April 17, 2013 - Google Apps, including Gmail and Google Documents, suffered a disruption this morning.
Netflix to Dump Silverlight, Microsoft's Stalled Technology
Tue, April 16, 2013 - Netflix on Monday said it would abandon Microsoft's Silverlight media player plug-in for Windows and OS X in-browser video streaming, and replace it with a trio of HTML5 extensions.


