Day one of the Google I/O saw demonstrations of the digital edition of Sports Illustrated done completely in HTML5. HTML5 is surely the next big thing and its benefits were clearly identified. Instead of building separate Apps for iPad, Android, etc, developers can build it once and users can view it anywhere. This saves a lot of time and rather than creating duplicate Apps for every platform, one global all-platform App can be created. And the fact that it can be cached for offline viewing is an icing on the cake!
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