Blogger Nate Hoffelder claimed in post yesterday that Amazon’s next generation ebook format, the HTML5-powered Kindle Format 8, is already being used in Kindle Fire-exclusive graphic novels and ...

With its Android-powered, full-color Kindle Fire tablet just around the corner, Amazon has announced a new e-book format to take advantage of its richer features. The new file format, Kindle Format 8 ...

Amazon's new full-color Kindle Fire tablet will arrive next month and with it will come a new e-book format that uses web standards to take advantage of the Fire's new and improved features. The new ...

Amazon has announced an update to the Kindle file format integrating many HTML5 tags and CSS attributes. Many expected a concession by Amazon in the form of an EPUB-compatible upgrade, and this comes ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Amazon is talking up the new features that it is adding to the Kindle Format 8 (KF8) upgrade for ebooks. The key feature is the support of ...

The company describes KF8 as a better alternative to the current Mobi 7 standard, allowing publishers to create “great-looking books†in genres that require rich formatting, such as children’s ...

We reported recently that online document sharing site Scribd will start to ditch Flash across its tens of millions of uploaded documents and convert them all to native HTML5 Web pages, another win ...

Spongecell, a provider of programmatic creative technology, on Tuesday announced the release of a new HTML5-based video format that’s designed to help advertisers work with personalized, data-driven ...

Adobe's new Web development tool, Edge, aims to offer the same dynamic motion as Flash, but in the industry standard HTML5 format compatible with the iPhone and iPad. Heidi Voltmer and Josh Hatwich of ...

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of "Playing the Edge." Apply to speak here and learn more about ...

Among the announcements made at today’s Google I/O keynote is WebM, a new open-source, royalty-free video format based around the VP8 codec intended for use with HTML5 video. The WebM project’s goal ...