Here’s a look at the top stories published across O’Reilly sites this week.
The U.K.’s battle for open standards
Influence, money, a bit of drama — not things you typically associate with open standards, yet that’s what the U.K. government is facing as it evaluates open options.
Mobile web development isn’t slowing down
Over the last two years, mobile web development has continued its rapid evolution. In this interview, Fluent speaker and “Programming the Mobile Web” author Maximiliano Firtman discusses the short-term changes that caught his attention.
Editorial Radar: Functional languages
O’Reilly editors Mike Loukides and Mike Hendrickson discuss the advantages of functional programming languages and how functional language techniques can be deployed with almost any language.
Jason Grigsby and Lyza Danger Gardner on mobile web design
In this Velocity podcast, the co-authors of “Head First Mobile Web” discuss mobile website optimization, mobile design considerations, and common mobile development mistakes.
Parliament / Big Ben photo: UK parliament by Alan Cleaver, on Flickr
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