Google has unveiled a new project, dubbed Native Client, that could mean faster, more powerful web applications will soon be possible. Google's new Native Client project is a primarily a developer ...

Google on Friday began offering a revamped SDK for its Native Client open source technology for running Web applications that execute native code inside a browser. With the SDK, developers can start ...

Atlassian’s HipChat is stepping up to its commitment to roll out native clients for its real-time group chat and private messaging tool, with a beta release of the Linux client. The Linux client ...

The browser’s role is ever increasing. It already has become far more than a mere tool for accessing information. Today we use it to communicate, to collaborate, and to interface with applications.

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An application that was developed for the computer it is running in. For example, a Windows app runs only in a Windows environment, and a Mac app runs only in a Mac environment. Nothing is faster than ...

Google has released Chrome 14 to the Chrome beta testing channel, which includes, among other new features, the initial beta release of Google's "Native Client" technology, first announced in 2010. If ...

Wire, the sleek messaging client created by ex-Skype team members, has been one of my favorite IM apps since its launch last year, largely because of its clean interface and great audio quality. As a ...

Like Twitter, only less of a control-freak. Rhino has become the first native iOS client for Alpha.app.net available in the App Store. App.net, you may remember, is a Twitter-like platform whose ...

Though the official iPhone AppStore is only months away, developers are still delivering some incredible native applications built under the unofficial "jailbreak" umbrella. The latest is "fring," an ...