It’s a good year to be a developer. With the release of Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 5 for Windows 8 Consumer Preview, it’s never been easier to build sites that work well in all modern browsers. The web continues to evolve and IE10 PP5 supports 33 new HTML5 & CSS3 site-ready web standards...

In the run up to Internet Explorer 9 Beta’s celebration of the Beauty of the Web on 9/15, we’ve been out talking to web developers and designers about the web. In this interview, I sat down with Rick Barraza, Principal Experience Architect at Cynergy . Cynergy is a leading software product concept, design...

Today, on BuildMyPinnedSite.com , we announce an easier way to enhance your site with pinning.  Pinned Sites are a set of features in Internet Explorer 9 that help make the websites that you build more interactive. Notifications pull your customers in from outside the browser. Users click once and...

We have previously looked at shopping and news sites that are taking advantage of IE9’s focus on putting sites at the center. Today we’ll look at one of the fastest growing areas of the Internet: social networking and social gaming. hi5 is a social entertainment destination site that provides millions...

We’ve previously covered our philosophy of putting sites at the center . This starts with the point of view that users go to their browser to visit sites, not for the browser itself. The browser should give sites the tools to build more engaging user experiences without getting in the way. This has also...

We continue to learn from partners about how they are taking advantage of Pinned Sites. Many are pushing the limits of these features and getting more impact from the website they already have in less than a day of development. Over 1,000 sites globally have done the same, reaching over one billion active...

Developers and designers took center stage Wednesday at the launch of Internet Explorer 9 beta, showing off the ways web standards like HTML5 coupled with a fully hardware accelerated browser like IE9 makes their sites shine. One of the coolest sites to check out, unveiled Tuesday night at a small...

Previously we’ve shown you sites that take full advantage of the unique capabilities with Internet Explorer 9 and Windows 7. These sites deliver a better web experience and get more measureable results from users through Pinned Sites like: Business Insider – read 57% more pages, spend...

We continue our series of highlighting sites that are pushing beyond the browser box using Pinned Sites features. Today we’ll take a look at how putting sites at the center can help users live healthier. LIVE STRONG .COM is dedicated to being one of the most valued online source of inspiring, relevant...

We earlier outlined nine reasons why you should use IE9 for business. Now, Groupon provides 100,000 more reasons to use IE9. Groupon features daily deals on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in thousands of cities worldwide. Since inventing the local daily deal model in November 2008, they’ve helped...

Previously, we shared with you that websites are seeing up to a 50% increase in engagement when users pin their site with IE9. Today, our second blog on the economics of web specifically looks at the cost to implement a Pinned Site . Developers can extend their website outside the browser in less than...

One of the core principles that has guided IE9 is putting sites at the center . Users go to their browser to visit sites, not for the browser itself. The browser should give sites the tools to build more engaging user experiences without getting in the way. Huffington Post is a leading social news and...

Over the past few months, we’ve been helping developers get their sites ready for Internet Explorer 10. Like web standards, browsers evolve , and our approach to the browser continues to evolve. With IE10, our work with developers is focused on writing HTML5 & CSS3 code that works reliably...

Today, we announce that BuildMyPinnedSite.com is available worldwide in 38 languages and 40 geographies , making it easier than ever to enhance your site with pinning. BuildMyPinnedSite.com provides you the ideas and all the code you’ll need to enhance your site with pinning in just a few easy steps...