In the mid-nineties, web browsing was still a fledgling phase, where best practices and standards had not yet been firmly established. Two web browsers dominated the industry: Netscape Navigator and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. These two software behemoths adopted a “take no prisoners” approach, incorporating an increasing number of proprietary features to lure users and capture […]
A common plot device of dystopian fiction is the forceful interpolation of a hostile or overbearing technology. The Orwellian backdrop of an invasive monitoring system or an evil supercomputer handily sets the stage for tension and dramatic conflict. Thankfully leave the most sinister of technological machinations in the pages of fantasy. At the same time, […]
On July 10, 2008, Apple launched a digital distribution platform that proved to be a harbinger of tremendous change for how users engage the Internet. In addition to popularizing the word “app” as a shorthand term meaning “application software,” the Apple App Store offered its userbase an integrated repository of services for utilizing Internet resources. […]
The OpenStand Principles promote the values of cooperation and collaboration as critical to the development of an open and thriving web. Where security is concerned, cooperation and collaboration help ensure that stakeholders on all sides of the development and application process can provide input receive due consideration, to maximize benefits for all. Furthermore, when organizations […]
New devices continue to proliferate into even the most mundane corners of our everyday life, through mobile, wearable technology, smart-home and smart health devices. However, according to Fast Company tech blogger Ross Rubin, the proliferation of proprietary Android and IOS software and devices doesn’t always support an environment in which open standards flourish. In a […]
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a leading standards development organization and affirming partner and signatory of the OpenStand Principles, recently unveiled a proposal that calls for ad networks and other companies to stop collecting data from users who have turned on do-not-track signals, except for auditing, security, debugging and frequency capping purposes. This proposal, […]
How is the current generation of Internet technologies advancing the Open Web Platform? This is the question that W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) contributor Philippe le Hegaret recently sought to address in his Web Applications column. According to Hegaret, tremendous work is being done to advance the Web Platform but there are many fronts that […]