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Famo.us CEO Steve Newcomb Nerd Stalker was invited to the long awaited announcement party from the ground breaking tech startup Famo.us . The announcements are bulleted below. Will be free and open source. Available April 9. Will release a viable alternative to Phonegap that performs orders of magnitude better. Will support the major MVC's but will soon after release an MVC alternative that will "blow away" the competition, Steve Newcomb specifically called out Angular and others. Out of the box support for iOS, Android and Blackberry. They will not support Windows Phone. Within the year they will release an IDE inspired by Unity and will not be a web IDE. Will extend Chrome Dev Tools to add another Famo.us tab. Dave Fetterman Q&A Admittedly Newcomb said Famo.us was not easy nor was it for the junior javascript developer and this was confirmed by the non Famo.us develoopers we spoke with who had early access. The developers told us that very chall...

Nerd Stalker interviews Jake Ströh the Lynda.com author of " Up and Running with Hype ". Jake enjoys the balance between practitioner and educator. He operates an interactive design and development company, Lake Effect Multimedia , LLC, where he manages and directs web-based projects that focus on brand-centric development and integration for regional and national clients. He also teaches motion graphics, web design, and digital storytelling at his alma mater, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, where he enjoys educating young talent on the latest creative technology and career trends.

This week for the Nerd Stalker Techweek Update, Adolfo and Greg discusses Tizen, Device Addiction, Famo.us, Samsung Wallet and more.

Download MP3 Adolfo Foronda of Nerd Stalker interviews Pablo Neirotti, the creator of Senses, an HTML5 Media Center. For more information on what Pablo is up to see below: ArtPulse artpulse.me Pablo's current projects: Senses sensesproject.com Buglets  an HTML 5 game - currently being rewritten, what you see online now is an engine prototype. Pixelsize pixelsize.net Artise is the current platform for Senses and Buglets. Pixelsize (Pablo and two other collaborators) will be a new Object-Oriented platform and product that is somewhat related to Senses. The new platform will replace Artise on all current projects, anyone who is enthusiastic about Object-Oriented development will, "drop their jaws when they see it" as Pablo said. Follow Pablo on Twitter: @PabloNeirotti

Adobe gives us a sneak preview of Edge an interesting early stage HTML5 tool.