When I hear about this Mobile CMS offering, I thought it is expensive - but considering what it offers, it is not bad as you don’t really need to be a programmer to develop
your business's Mobile App. It is basically your DotNetNuke, Wordpress or Joomla for the mobile world. This allows developers to create apps for their clients too. so there is a reseller program.

HTML5 update on Video format challenges and some examples
By Salar Golestanian @ 17 May 2011 ::

Currently, html5 video is more and more used in websites, and we can say that html 5 video is the future of video on the web. HTML5 video is an element introduced in the HTML5 draft specification for the purpose of playing videos or movies, partially replacing the object element.

Browser compatibility is the biggest issue for HTML 5
By Salar Golestanian @ 17 Apr 2011 ::

There are a huge number of use cases for HTML 5 like mobility which is very promising. However, if the support of cross browser issues can't be resolved, HTML 5 can't leap forward. It is said that W3C is going to endorse HTML 5 in the middle of this year after API is finalized. Currently Chrome and Safari are on par with on another in terms of HTML 5 compliance. IE10 is also promising much better standards support and Aurora from Firefox will let developers to play with new stuff as they come out.

'YouTube Live' goes Live
By Salar Golestanian @ 09 Apr 2011 ::

YouTube with Google Behind it has been growing steadily in recent years and now it has over 2 Billion views a day. However it has been all about viewing a video that is recorded in the past. Now YouTube has announced the initial roll out of YouTube Live which will integrate live streaming capabilities and discovery tools.

WebGL & HTML5 based on OpenGL ES 2.0 for the Web - Can it replace Flash?
By Salar Golestanian @ 07 Apr 2011 ::

Khronos Group is the Open Standards for Media Authoring and Acceleration which is a non-profit consortium of companies like Google, Apple, Intel, Mozilla and more dedicated to creating open standard APIs through which to display digital interactive media — across all platforms and devices. Has provided the graphics library that basically extends the functionality of JavaScript to allow it to create interactive 3D graphics within older browsers as a cross-platform API within the context of HTML5, it brings 3D graphics to the Web without using plug-ins.

Good News for HTML5 with Mobile Firefox Skips Flash on Android
By Salar Golestanian @ 29 Mar 2011 ::

These days life is getting very difficult for web developers like me, It seems that we have to test against a bigger variety of devices than ever. It is no longer enough to check for IE 6-9, FF, Opera, Chrome, but also Safari for Apple for desktops. We now have to test mobile versions of Safari for iPad, iPhone, Android and no doubt soon Tablet variety of Android not to mention BlackBerry. Here at SalarO we have all of them except Android and now it seems this weekend I got to go out and buy one of these too since we have the first customer asking us to test against it.

WordPress Blogs just got a lot better with iPad Reader
By Salar Golestanian @ 23 Mar 2011 ::

As an iPad owner that is aware of the changing Web landscape and the fast advances that Tablet world is making. I was curious about what WordPress has...

A NEW WORLD ORDER IN SHOPPER MARKETING - Esomar Conference - Brussels
By Salar Golestanian @ 01 Mar 2011 ::

Companies face a new world order in shopper marketing as consumers have evolved following the recent recession. The global financial turmoil caused a profound change in shopping behaviour: motivations, values and priorities are creating new shifts in the mechanics of commerce, online Retailing is also continuing to grow at the expense of traditional commerce… what’s next?

Google Blog About The Plan to Combat Search Spam
By Salar Golestanian @ 25 Feb 2011 ::

Today SEO czar Matt Cutts published a detailed article on the Google Blog regarding the company’s efforts to improve the quality of Google search results. Matt is admitting what Google has been suspecting for months: there are more spammers trying to scam unsuspecting Googlers.

Record-Breaking $43.4 Billion in Q4 2010 U.S. Retail E-Commerce Spending
By Salar Golestanian @ 04 Feb 2011 ::

comScore Reports Record-Breaking $43.4 Billion in Q4 2010 U.S. Retail E-Commerce Spending, Up 11 Percent up from last year. comScore is a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its Q4 2010 U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates, which showed that online retail spending reached a record $43.4 billion for the quarter, up 11 percent versus year ago. This growth rate represented the fifth consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year growth and second quarter of double-digit growth rates in the past year.

Mobile e-commerce study shows large increase in transactions via SmartPhones
By Salar Golestanian @ 10 Jan 2011 ::

Last week we reported "Mobile Sales growing fast! Is your E-commerce App ready for SmartPhones?" Today we have more evidence for this trend and the future looks similarly bright for mobile shopping. Mobile commerce is the ability to buy and sell a product or service through a mobile device. With the increased usage of mobile phones, PDAs and smartphones, mobile commerce is starting to pick up speed. New applications for the iPhone and Blackberry and Android phones are leading the way for thiw growth. This topic covers the soon-to-be lucrative business of mobile commerce.

BT Wholesale move with 'Content Connect' and the 'net neutrality'
By Salar Golestanian @ 09 Jan 2011 ::

There is a lot of chatter about Neutrality these days. There are the furious disagreements from activists and the hard-hearted pragmatism of the big communications companies. Therefore, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that what is at stake is the way we access information on the internet. And Inaction on this subject can affect the quality of internet as we use it today.

Mobile Sales growing fast! Is your E-commerce App ready for SmartPhones?
By Salar Golestanian @ 06 Jan 2011 ::

eBay: Mobile Sales Grew From $600 Million To $2 Billion In 2010. The report says that in December eBay's Gross Mobile Sales was up to $230 Million. However, during the holiday period the growth was much faster. For example in United Kingdom has apparently been the fastest adopter of mobile-commerce, with more Brits shopping through the eBay app than anywhere else in Europe.

Tips on Designing for Tablets, as 1/3 of Online Consumers Will Own a Tablet By 2015
By Salar Golestanian @ 04 Jan 2011 ::

It is no secret that Apple enjoys a huge lead in the touch tablet market. The last major accounting put Apple at an incredible 95% market share. This is mainly because the alternative tablet Operating System like Android is not really made for Tablet use. This week we have every other PC manufacturer is rushing to revamp or bring out their own tablet computers. New tablets are expected to dominate at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Web Founder Asking For Open Standards/Neutrality: Long Live the Web
By Salar Golestanian @ 12 Dec 2010 ::

A few months ago Wired magazine started the conversation with the question "Is the Web Dead? This was the article that created a stair. At the time, I wanted to blog about the subject, but I did not have a blog site. Now I do. So I thought its better late than never. And here is a little bit about the controversy it caused.

Mobile OS & Browser Landscape is changing, should we change too?
By Salar Golestanian @ 10 Dec 2010 ::

For more than 3 years we have been producing mobile specific modules and skins/templates for DotnetNuke platform. When we first started this path the king of mobile browsing was just Apple iOS and the rest were not man enough to even consider them.

What does it means to software developers when smartphones & tablets overtake PC sales?
By Salar Golestanian @ 08 Dec 2010 ::

As a web developers we do need to watch global hardware and software sales as it can impact our employment prospects. Having worked for IDC research back in 1990s, I always follow their assessments of the market with great interest. This week when I heard the news that Shipments of Smartphones, tablets and other app-enabled devices will overtake PC shipments in the next 18 months,

The Seven Principles You Need to Know to Build a Great Social Product
By Salar Golestanian @ 26 Nov 2010 ::

Next six months let alone the next five years is going to be exciting to watch changes in Social Networking. Designing and developing compelling social products that have the best tools to break through the noise and capturing people’s time and money is in being extremely clear on how your social product meets a few key design principles.

Second Life Launches Beta Web Browser
By Salar Golestanian @ 25 Nov 2010 ::

Linden Lab is launching web-based Beta access of Second Life (mentioned.) See the screenshots, apparently it works on your browser. According to Katharine Berry, it requires a Java plug-in in your browser. The Beta version apparently logs you into selected locations as a guest avatar for a short period of time. Second Life blogger Alicia Chenaux has a illustrated write-up.

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