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Adobe responds to Apple’s issues regarding Flash on the iPhone and the iPad
It’s no secret that Steve Jobs and Apple don’t think too highly of Flash, with Jobs reportedly noting during an internal Apple meeting that the majority of crashes on Safari are due to Flash related bugs. Apple has refused to budge from its position of not supporting Flash on the iPhone, and with the Flash-less iPad set [...]
Continue reading...HP looks to battle iPad with flash-enabled Slate
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
At this year’s CES, Steve Ballmer briefly showcased an upcoming HP slate device running Windows 7. Largely positioned to contend against the iPad, HP’s slate offering promises “all day battery life”, and of course, the much ballyhooed flash support the iPad famously lacks.
Continue reading...Steve Jobs goes off on Flash during visit with the Wall Street Journal
Friday, February 19, 2010
A few weeks ago, Apple CEO Steve Jobs reportedly made a trip down to New York City where he hobnobbed with executives from both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal in an effort to further highlight the potential of the iPad as just the device to save print media. While we’re obviously not privy [...]
Continue reading...Adobe CTO Kevn Lynch talks Apple, says Flash on the Mac will improve
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Apple’s stance on Flash is pretty well-known, with Steve Jobs going so far as to say that the majority of crashes on Safari are because of Flash. Below, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch took some time to talk to Kara Swisher from All Things D about all things Apple and Flash, while also addressing some of the anti-Flash sentiment [...]
Continue reading...Adobe: Over 7 million attempts to download Flash from iPhones and iPod Touches
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Amidst all the grumbling back and forth over Apple’s decision not to support Flash on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad comes an interesting report courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle saying that in December alone, that were more than 7 million attempts to download Flash from Adobe’s website via iPhones and iPod Touches Developing…
Continue reading...More details on Steve Jobs’ irritation with Adobe
Friday, February 5, 2010
Steve Jobs made headlines last week when he reportedly referred to Adobe as lazy during a company townhall meeting about the iPad. Now, Hardmac reports, citing a source close to an Apple executive, some of the more precise details surrounding Jobs’ characterization of Adobe as lazy and why Apple and Adobe haven’t been seeing eye [...]
Continue reading...Andy Ihnatko nails flash
Sunday, January 31, 2010
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In response to the extreme public reactions that followed OJ Simpson’s acquittal on murder charges, Chris Rock once quipped that black people were too happy and white people were too mad. In a similar vein, the back and forth bickering over the iPad’s lack of Flash is getting to be a bit ridiculous, with people acting [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs calls Adobe lazy, says Google’s “Don’t be evil” mantra is BS, and promises A+ upgrade for the iPhone
Sunday, January 31, 2010
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Last week, Apple held an informal town-hall style meeting where company employees engaged in a Q&A session with CEO Steve Jobs. Wired, citing an anonymous person who was there, yet not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, writes that Jobs addressed a bevy of issues, including Apple’s stance on flash, the next-gen iPhone, and [...]
Continue reading...Adobe takes Apple to task for lack of flash on iPad
Friday, January 29, 2010
In a post titled “Broken link?”, Adrian Ludwig of Adobe calls Apple out for not including flash on the newly announced iPad, and argues that Apple is ultimately ruining the end-user experience. As I drove by Yerba Buena Theater in San Francisco this morning, I couldn’t help but be impressed. Apple certainly has the ability to [...]
Continue reading...iPad promo materials show Safari running flash
Friday, January 29, 2010
Sometimes aesthetic considerations supercede reality when it comes to advertising. To wit, check out some promotional shots of the iPad below - the New York Times pages it displays all have flash elements to them, yet if you recall Steve Jobs’ demo, a missing plugin icon appeared on the iPad when Jobs was browsing the [...]
Continue reading...Adobe calls out Apple for restrictive flash policies [Photo]
Monday, November 2, 2009
The iPhone still can’t run flash and it probably won’t support flash anytime soon, if ever. But that hasn’t stopped Adobe from lobbying to get flash up and running on the iPhone, with their most recent move being to basically call Apple out. When iPhone users visit Adobe’s flash download page, they’re greeted with non [...]
Continue reading...Adobe announces Flash Player 10.1, iPhone support nowhere to be found
Monday, October 5, 2009
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At the Max Conference in LA, Adobe announced the arrival of Flash Player 10.1, an upgrade which promises to make delivering flash video more of a reality than it has been in the past for devices that haven’t been up to snuff. Flash 10.1 will improve performance by taking advantage of GPU acceleration on a [...]
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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