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Protecting a Free and Open Internet

01/18/2012 By Sean Robertson In Technology

The United States Congress is currently considering a pair of bills, H.R. 3261: Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and S. 968: Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (PIPA) which aim to combat the problem of intellectual property theft on the internet. These bills would allow the United States government to block web sites via a method known as DNS blocking, preventing browsers...

iKnowNow: Using HTML5’s Offline Capabilities

01/16/2012 By Will Larche In Mobile

One of my more exciting duties at DOOR3 is R&D, aka “Will! We heard about this magic; Is it true?!” My boss then gives me the description of a new technology and I create a ‘Proof of Concept’ (POC) that it works or a report explaining that it doesn’t.

Just this last Friday, I was briefed on HTML5’s offline features referred to sometimes as ‘Application Caching’. The trend on the web as of late is to call things ‘Applications’ probably...

iOS Programming - Converting from...

12/19/2011 By Will Larche In Technology

There are times in everyone’s life when we know we must sit down and do something unpleasant for our own good: prepare a tax return, make an OkCupid profile, delete an OkCupid profile, shave our toes, etc. Forcing yourself to learn a new API can seem just as un-fun but often it must be done.

ASIHTTPRequest. What can I say? I don’t have a problem with it. I love it. It’s simple and allows me to quickly whip up code...

Bye Bye Blackberry?

12/11/2011 By Lisa Becker In Mobile

As a relatively recent business school graduate, it doesn’t seem too long ago that I was sitting in some of my, ahem, less scintillating lectures wherein seemingly everyone was checking emails, playing games or texting on their Blackberrys. In 2008 Blackberry was the undisputed industry standard boasting 14 million subscribers and virtually becoming a pre-requisite for working professionals and business students...

Tis the Season for eCommerce

12/5/2011 By Lisa Becker In Digital Strategy

As December encroaches upon us, the holiday shopping season is in full swing. By now most of us are familiar with the deeply discounted deals offered in the wee hours of the morning the day after Thanksgiving, ie “Black Friday”. Additionally, “Cyber Monday”, the ecommerce-driven follow-up to Black Friday, was introduced in 2005. While it is hardly a new concept, it wasn’t until 2009 that the internet saw more sales on Cyber...

Responsive Web Design - The Universal...

11/21/2011 By Andres Bohorquez In UX & Design

Imagine having a jigsaw puzzle that adapts to any surface you set it on, from a humble coffee table to a grand marble dining table. This, in essence, is what responsive web design is all about. The multitude of new device platforms and respective resolutions give us the opportunity to reach our target web visitors and potential clients in many different places; we are no longer constrained to the screen at the office or to wired...

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