According to spaekers at the  “Network, Social Media and Political Change in Middle East and North Africa (MENA)” conference at the University of Victoria, journalists covering the political situation in the region are using maps, HTML5 and video to report the events of the Arab Spring instead of relying only on text. Speakers at the conference discussed the technologies that citizen journalists, activists and bloggers used to better fit their needs, including HTML 5 and various mapping tools.

Adobe has dropped its Flash Player support for mobile browsing. Such a move surrenders mobile browsing to the universally supported HTML5 that works on major mobile devices. 

Gmail will soon be available offline for internet users, including Calendar and Docs in efforts to improve productivity and increase the products' offline use. There is an expressed demand for offline access to either email or calendar said Rajen Sheth, Group Product Manager.