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What is the best way to leverage HTML5 in our mobile apps?
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Groupon builds mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, Android (phone and tablet), Windows Phone and various other platforms. To better support a wide range of devices, some have suggested that we include more HTML5 implementations in our mobile apps.

Deliverables

Submit your analysis of this recommendation by answering the following questions:

1. Would you recommend more HTML5 implementations? Why or why not?

2. Where would HTML5 work well? Where would this not work well?

3. What are the technical pitfalls of this approach? What are the benefits?

Lastly, provide a code sample showing a specific situation (from your answer to question #2) where HTML5 would work especially well in a mobile app.

    Submissions will be graded on the following criteria:
  • Meets Deliverables
  • Creativity
  • Clarity
Reward Tiers
3 Winners
will receive $150 each
3 Honorable Mentions
will receive $50 each
Leaderboard
$150.00 Ravi Tadi University of Michigan
$150.00 Poojan Jhaveri University of Southern California
$150.00 Nicholas Zonak New Jersey Institute of Technology
$50.00 Yao Huang Johns Hopkins University
$50.00 Thomas Riddick University of Missouri - Columbia
$50.00 Tomer Shvueli North Carolina State University
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