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I’m sure one way or another you will know about the disaster that is Apple’s Maps…whether you have an iPhone with iOS 6 installed or whether you have heard friends ranting about it, you will probably have heard that Apple’s maps fell flat on their face.

Apple remained reasonably quiet on their maps issue, until now…

Tim Cook (CEO of Apple) has just released a statement apologising to Apple customers all over the world and admits Apple “fell short on commitment” as they “strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible”.

The new web standard for HTML (hyper text mark-up language), HTML5, has been around for a couple of years now and is starting to become extremely widespread in it's use for coding up new desktop websites.

Basic HTML5 elements (the actual new HTML5 tags such as nav, section etc.) are now supported in the latest versions of most of the major browsers and also most legacy browsers (with a bit of fiddling).

What aren't as widely supported are the new HTML5 web applications, graphics, embedded content, audio/video codecs and form elements.

For those that do not know, QR Codes (Quick Response Codes) are the black and white squares that are becoming increasingly popular on magazines and posters. They enable smartphone owners to scan them like a bar code and be taken directly to a website.

The most important thing about QR codes is the implementation of them. There have been many bad examples over the years which have caused them a lot of bad press; however, there are also some which proved to be very clever. For example, the virtual store in a Korean subway.

With the up and coming Olympics, Wimbledon has been used to test BBC’s new interactive video player and even though it crashed earlier this afternoon (oops) it seems as though it will be impressive once the Olympics comes around.

The key features that the video player offers are:

Thanks to all those who took part in the first HR Innovators event on 15th June. The event was a great success; we had a good turnout and hope you all enjoyed the day and took away something useful.

Special thanks to all the speakers who did a great job and also to the COSLA team for the use of their facilities.

You can find the speaker presentations from the event here and view images from the event on Flickr.

Ross Hamill