HTML5 has been in development since 2004 now and we’re still far from being able to call it finished, or even close to finished! It will however, provide a great, new platform for website designers and developers to show their creative flare and make better use of their time with simplified tags and all-round options. Whilst there have been quite a few examples of HTML5 in the past year or so (https://lights.elliegoulding.com) we’re still a long way off from seeing it on every website, as well as actually being able to see it in a wide range of browsers. Below I have made a quick overview of 5 features within HTML5 that will make your lives easier and your code a bit more lively!
Space at a premium? Trying to look “hip” with one the latest trends coming from notebook and laptop manufacturers? Then an Ultrabook may be what you’re looking for! A whole host of companies have got in on the act and are now producing a range of notebooks under what Intel are calling Ultrabooks. Ultrabooks have been designed with the aim of reducing the size and weight in relation to the regular notebook, whilst extending battery life and still providing great performance for the end user. Obviously, with Ultrabook being the brainchild of Intel’s development crew, the notebooks all contain Intel Core processors in addition to a wide range of other, low power components such as Solid State Drives. These have been brought in in favour of their mechanical cousins for their versatility on the move (own up, who’s dropped their laptop before?) and extremely low power usage, which when you’re trying to get weeks of battery life out of your machine (as Acer are claiming with the specific Ultrabook we’re going to look at today) is extremely helpful.
Let’s start off with letting you know what exactly is inside the incredibly thin Acer Aspire S5 (it’s only 15mm thick at it’s thickest point!) and what will be powering it! Read More »
If you are looking to move your site to a new hosting company, perhaps to change the URL of your website or setup a copy of the site for testing and development purposes this guide will give a general overview of how to go about this. The steps tend to be fairly similar for any content management system so this will point you in the right direction, though for specific tips we’d recommend checking out the documentation and community sites for the CMS you are using.
Step 1 – Backup!
The importance of creating a backup of your site before making changes to it can never be overstated, using cPanel this can be done with just a couple of clicks and could save you hours if not days of work down the line. This process shouldn’t affect your existing site however mistakes can happen so it’s always best to be on the safe side. Read More »
We’ve had a look at some of the best WordPress themes updated/released in 2012 so far, here is a selection of some of the best, all free to download and use on your blog! Some of these use HTML5 and CSS3 so your blog will be using the latest web languages and looking very pretty at the same time!
BlogoLife is a simple and attractive theme built in HTML5 & CSS3 for personal blogging , it’s fully customisable and clean so can be styled if you want to change it, otherwise it can be used straight away. Read More »
A team of US engineers working at the University of California, Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology have revealed the result of their latest research, a material they claim to be the world’s lightest. Read More »
Yesterday Apple announced the iPhone 4S at a press conference in California which you can view here. A quick breakdown of the new and improved features over the iPhone 4 follows:
Upgraded Camera – To 8MP from 5MP, increased aperture size, additional lens, improved start-up time, face-recognition & image stabiliser
Upgraded Video Recording – To 1080P@30FPS from 720P@30FPS
Added Siri – Voice command system
Added iCloud – Adds features sharing all media, documents, photos, apps, calendar, mail, contacts between Apple devices, remote backup to iCloud, find friends and locate iDevices remotely and wipe them. Read More »
