Apps that include an embedded browser using UIWebView don't appear to have permission to execute code stored in writeable memory, so JavaScript runs at the same speed as it did in iOS 4.2. A ...

This can be avoided by loading the code from a local server or by running it in a Node.js instance. Due to JavaScript’s small standard library, a great deal of the functionality JavaScript apps ...

iOS 5 will remedy that situation, however, finally putting home-screen Web apps on equal performance footing with those that run in the browser. Apple brought its Nitro JavaScript engine to Mobile ...

However, although these in-app browsers are based on Safari’s WebKit on iOS, developers can modify them to run their own JavaScript code. As a result, users are more susceptible to being tracked ...

"We're clarifying the Device and Network Abuse policy to prohibit apps or SDKs with interpreted languages (e.g., JavaScript) loaded at run time from violating any Google Play policies,” shared ...

Apps that use the “new Windows” approach to programming will be built in HTML and JavaScript, said Windows president Steven Sinofsky at D9’s Windows 8 announcement today. Windows 8 will run ...