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Maybe Steve Jobs was right about Flash on mobile
Apple’s unwillingness to support Flash on the iPhone was cemented this past April when Steve Jobs penned a letter outlining all the reasons why Apple is not too keen on the technology. At the same time, critics like to point to no Flash support as a key downside to iPhone ownership. All the while, the [...]
Continue reading...Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for the Mac finall enables hardware acceleration for H.264 video
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Adobe recently updated Flash Player 10.1 for the Mac which finally enables hardware acceleration for H.264 video content. You should notice now a nice difference when playing H.264 content on your Mac in terms of CPU usage. We rarely enable new features in security releases but we really wanted to enable such a cool feature. Note, if you [...]
Continue reading...EU joins FTC in investigation over Apple’s restrictive Flash policies
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
In yet another sign that the EU has too much time on its hands, the New York Post is reporting that the European governing body will be joining the FTC in their investigation into Apple’s decision to not support Flash on the iPhone. The investigation could reportedly last up to another 4 to 6 months. At [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs takes on The Flash
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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Nothin but some ole’ fashioned nerd humor as Steve Jobs and The Flash prepare to throw down. via Walyou
Continue reading...Palm confused about the delay in porting Flash over to WebOS
Monday, June 21, 2010
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Electronista reports: Adobe hasn’t given any signs that it’s close to porting Flash to webOS, Palm said in an AT&T online app development seminar on Thursday. When asked about the multiple delays, a representative said that Palm didn’t ‘know what the hold-up is’ with getting it ready. Adobe itself hasn’t commented on the state of the webOS [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs email: We respect and admire Adobe, we just don’t wan’t Flash on our devices
Sunday, May 30, 2010
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As the emails from Apple CEO Steve Jobs continue to trickle in, a MacStories reader named Josh Cheney last week emailed Apple’s big boss and asked him if he hated Adobe and their products or just their stance on Flash. The email exchange is as follows: “Do you hate Adobe and their products (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc) [...]
Continue reading...Time Warner and NBC Universal not willing to give up Flash
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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The NY Post reports: Sources said several large media companies, including Time Warner and NBC Universal, told Apple they won’t retool their extensive video libraries to accommodate the iPad, arguing that such a reformatting would be expensive and not worth it because Flash dominates the Web. Though the iPad has been a huge hit, media companies are [...]
Continue reading...Putting Google’s Froyo claims to the test vs. an iPhone and an HTC HD2
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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Google last week made some grandiose claims about how fast the web browser in its latest Android update, dubbed Froyo, is. And oh yes, did we mention that Froyo runs Adobe’s Flash player 10.1 Beta? Well, Pocketnow decided to put Google’s claims to the test and conducted some browser speed tests with the iPhone, a Nexus [...]
Continue reading...iPhone developer who used Flash development tools asks, and receives, refund from Apple
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Developer Stefan Richter, who successfully used cross platform development tools to create iPhone apps before Apple famously changed the developer agreement, recently decided to write Apple and ask for a refund. His letter read in part: 2) It seems clear that due to the recent changes in terms I am no longer able to develop iPhone applications [...]
Continue reading...Apple responds to Adobe’s “We love Apple” campaign
Friday, May 14, 2010
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Adobe this week launched a new online ad campaign professing their love of Apple, while at the same time, criticizing Apple for taking away the freedom of developers and from users who can’t access Flash content from Apple mobile devices. Not to be outdone, Apple responded with a love letter of its own. Ah, the things that [...]
Continue reading...Hulu has no plans to abandon Flash anytime soon as VP explains shortcomings of HTML 5
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Hulu today rolled out a number of welcome improvements to its already great video streaming service. Some of the tweaks include a bigger playback screen, more on-point content recommendations, and adaptive bitrate streaming. In a blog post (since removed) outlining some of Hulu’s new features, Hulu VP Eugene Wei took some time to explain why Hulu [...]
Continue reading...Adobe addresses Apple in new ad campaign as Adobe co-founders publish open letter
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Unless Adobe releases some sort of magical version of Flash that all of a sudden runs swimmingly on mobile devices, you can bet your bottom dollar that Apple will never support it on the iPhone or the iPad. Hell, even if mobile Flash becomes robust and extremely popular, Apple will still probably choose not to support [...]
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Monday, August 23, 2010
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