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Linkedin’s New iPad App Is 95% HTML 5… Might We See It On The BlackBerry PlayBook AnyTime Soon?

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In case you haven’t heard already, LinkedIn recently released a much anticipated iPad app that is getting  pretty good reviews.

As it turns out, LinkedIn for iPad is a lot more HTML 5 web app than it is native iPad application.  According to an exclusive report by Venture Beat, LinkedIn for iPad is 95% HTML 5 and only 5% native iPad app.

The BlackBerry PlayBook is known to have one of the best HTML5 implementations in a mobile device, thus, the question has to be asked…

Might we see an HTML 5 LinkedIn for BlackBerry PlayBook application any time soon?

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Adobe scraps Flash Plugin for mobile devices

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It looks like Steve Jobs was right about Flash on the mobile web after all…

We just heard word this morning that Adobe Systems has done a complete about face on its position on Flash for the mobile web as the company has (sort of) announced that it is ceasing development of Flash for mobile browsers to focus on packaging up Flash apps into stand-alone Adobe AIR applications as well as HTML 5.

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HTML 5 Twitter page now available on the BlackBerry PlayBook

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It looks like Twitter has recently updated their HTML 5 website so that it will work on the BlackBerry PlayBook, and, I have got to admit that it looks and functions pretty well.  I would still like to see a dedicated Twitter App (read TweetDeck for BlackBerry PlayBook) with multiple account support, but, the HTML 5 Twitter page gets the job done if you are just looking to view your stream and post quick Tweets…

[Via BerryReview]