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Scribd To Convert Embedded Documents Into HTML5, Press Release
Scribd To Convert Embedded Documents Into HTML5, Press Release
Scribd
to
Convert
20
Million+
Documents
Across
the
Web
into
HTML5
Content
Top
News
Sites
Benefit
from
Improved
Mobile
Reading
Experience
SAN
FRANCISCO—March
17,
2011—Scribd,
the
world’s
largest
social
reading
and
publishing
company,
today
announced
the
roll-‐out
of
HTML5
code
for
all
websites
currently
displaying
Scribd
content
in
Flash.
The
update
comes
less
than
a
year
after
the
conversion
of
more
than
a
billion
pages
of
content
on
Scribd.com.
The
company’s
patent-‐pending
technology
turns
offline
material,
including
books,
magazines
and
PowerPoint
presentations
into
easy-‐to-‐read
web
pages.
Starting
today,
all
new
material
uploaded
to
Scribd
and
embedded
on
third-‐party
websites
will
display
in
HTML5,
the
web
language
supported
by
most
mobile
devices
such
as
iPhones,
iPads
and
Android
smartphones.
In
addition,
all
content
previously
embedded
using
the
Flash-‐based
reader
will
convert
to
HTML5
in
the
coming
weeks.
The
update
will
benefit
tens
of
thousands
of
web
publishers,
including
Dropbox,
FindLaw,
Monster.com,
Notehall,
Posterous
and
SAP.
Other
Scribd
users
include
media
organizations
that
frequently
include
supporting
material
such
as
printed
illustrations,
research
and
legal
briefs
within
their
stories.
They
include
local,
national,
international,
blog
and
multimedia
brands
such
as
Business
Insider,
CBS
News,
CNBC,
The
Chicago
Tribune,
Forbes,
Fortune,
GigaOm,
The
Globe
&
Mail,
The
Guardian,
The
New
York
Times,
PaidContent,
TechCrunch
and
USA
Today.
Scribd
pioneered
the
movement
of
web
documents
into
HTML5
in
May
2010
in
anticipation
of
the
staggering
growth
of
the
smartphone
market
and
readers’
desire
for
a
better
way
to
read
from
within
a
mobile
browser.
“The
bottom
line
is
that
reading
is
just
better
in
HTML5,”
said
Scribd
CTO
and
co-‐founder
Jared
Friedman,
the
mastermind
behind
Scribd’s
technology
innovations,
including
its
path-‐breaking
document
and
HTML5
conversion
technology.
“The
material
loads
clearer,
faster
and
can
be
read
from
any
mobile
device.
We
made
the
transition
on
our
own
site
last
May
and
engagement
has
more
than
doubled.
We
want
the
same
results
for
our
publishers.”
More
than
10
million
readers
access
Scribd
documents
on
third
party
websites.
The
embedded
Scribd
reader
will
also
allow
readers
to
easily
“Readcast”
and
share
the
story
with
connections
on
Scribd,
Facebook
and
Twitter.
About
Scribd
Scribd
is
the
largest
social
reading
and
publishing
site
in
the
world
with
more
than
65
million
users
each
month.
We’ve
made
it
incredibly
simple
for
anyone
to
share
and
discover
informative,
entertaining
and
original
written
content
on
the
web
and
mobile
devices.
Our
mission
is
to
liberate
the
written
word,
to
connect
people
and
organizations
with
the
information
and
ideas
that
matter
most
to
them.
Our
innovative
HTML5
document
reader
technology
has
lowered
the
barriers
to
publishing
by
enabling
anyone
to
easily
upload
and
share
their
work
in
any
file
format.
Scribd
is
a
venture-‐backed
company
based
in
San
Francisco.
For
more
information,
please
visit
http://www.scribd.com/about.