5 More HTML5 APIs You Didn’t Know Existed
The HTML5 revolution has provided us some awesome JavaScript and HTML APIs. Some are APIs we knew we've needed for years, others are cutting edge mobile and desktop helpers. Regardless of API strength or purpose, anything to help us better do our job is a step in the right direction. I recently shared with you 5 HTML5 APIs You Didn’t Know Existed in the hope that some of them would inspire you to improve your own web apps. I'd like to share with you 5 more lessor known HTML5 APIs -- hopefully you find some of them useful! Fullscreen API The awesome Fullscreen API allows developers to programmatically launch the browser into fullscreen mode, pending user approval: Any element can be pushed to fullscreen, and there's even a CSS pseudo-class to allow some control over the screen while in fullscreen mode. Page Visibility API var hidden, state, visibilityChange; if (typeof document.hidden ! getUserMedia API Battery API Link Prefetching There's five more HTML5 APIs to research and tinker with.
The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Big Data | Most Innovative Companies 2013
1_Splunk For deploying its data crunchers to improve operations for its 5,000 clients, from Zynga to Rutgers University to Comcast to the FBI. 2_Quid For tracking emerging tech trends with trillions of data points. Quid funnels information from patent applications, research papers, news articles, funding, and others, to create interactive visual maps of current happenings in technology sectors. 3_Kaggle For pitting data scientists from across the globe against each other to solve research problems for prize money. 4_ZestFinance For hacking a new credit rating system by analyzing thousands of variables to determine an applicant’s credit score, with the goal of providing better access to loans for those with poor credit. 5_Apixio For curing data headaches by streamlining electronic health records. 6_Datameer For visualizing business intelligence by designing data sets into a spreadsheet-like interface, and then converting the analytics into stunning infographics and dashboards. 7_BlueKai 8_Gnip
The Web Platform: Browser technologies
Using data to create successful strategies
Data into Digital Strategies Turning data into strategies relies upon two core elements; gathering the information and then interpreting it. This first element can be achieved through technology and data compiling, but unless you know what you are looking for or have an innate ability to interpret large volumes of information, it is often the second variable that is the main challenge in creating successful digital strategies. When covering key digital campaign techniques, 4Ps Marketing looks into a number of methods for collecting that data and how they relate to meaningful strategies. Ad Exchanges With the rise in ad exchanges over the last few years, the possibilities for campaign analysts have exploded. There is still a lack of third party data for exchanges in Europe, but it will not be long before the same opportunities currently available in the US migrate to European shores. Strategies are not derived from data and data alone. Jack McLaren Digital Strategist 4Ps Marketing
HTML5 Canvas Tutorials
Mobile Consumer Spending: Big Data Insights for Holiday Retailers
Mobile devices captured nearly 20 percent of all online shopping in Q3 2012, which bodes incredibly well for online retailers heading into the holiday season. Over the past year, total shopping sessions from has risen 161 percent, while smartphones are not far behind with a 119 percent increase. Monetate shares these big data insights and more in their Q3 2012 Ecommerce Quarterly report. Their examination of trends across 100 million online shopping sessions contains a number of important data points for retailers looking to take advantage of the growing mobile opportunity through better understanding of consumer spending behavior. In each of their quarterly reports, Monetate focus on three primary visitor segments: Predefined: New versus returning; referring traffic sources; technographics; geography.Custom or Proprietary: Demographics; proximity to location.In-Session Behavior: Shopping cart activity; brand or category affinity.
Canvas From Scratch: Introducing Canvas
This is the first article in a series that will bring you up to speed with HTML5 canvas, the plugin-less drawing functionality built into modern browsers. In this introductory article, I'll show you how to access the canvas element, draw shapes, change colours, and erase things. It's a whistle-stop tour of the basics of this amazing new Web technology. Prefer a Video Tutorial? The series will be an exciting ride, and one that I hope you enjoy. Introducing the Canvas Element Using the canvas element is dead easy. When you think of canvas, you probably think about the new HTML5 canvas element. Using the canvas element is dead easy; it's one simple HTML tag, with a defined width and height. This doesn't do much yet. Browser support Browser support for canvas is pretty amazing. It's important to point out that the browser support for canvas is pretty amazing. Internet Explorer (9.0+) Safari (3.0+) Firefox (3.0+), Chrome (3.0+) Opera (10.0+) iOS (1.0+) Android (1.0+) Canvas dimensions Simple.
Big Data - You Can Start Small
So much data, so little evidence. So much information, yet unsatisfactory decisions...can big data change it, and how? Big data is transformative and its potential limitless - we've all heard that and some of us even believe it. The big question though is 'how do you actually do big data' - how do you make use of its apparently limitless possibilities, especially if you are not an organization teeming with data scientists or if your organization was not born digital and your existing business model treats data as a traditional rather than disruptive asset? This was the question that the World Bank Finances team posed to the two speakers at the 'Turning big Data into Big Impact' event at the World Bank on October 25, 2012. We wanted to know what we, as an organization committed to open data and open development, could do to better leverage the rapidly expanding data ecosystem around us. A few themes emerged from the session -- Event Storify - the event as it unfolded on social media
