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Time Warner and NBC Universal not willing to give up Flash
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading...Opera doesn’t see Flash in its long term future
Saturday, May 8, 2010
The folks behind the Opera web browser have no plans of abandoning Flash anytime soon, but going forward, they firmly believe that the future of the web lies with open web standards. Speaking on the matter, Opera product analyst Phillip Grønvold explained: Today’s internet content is dependant on Flash. If you remove Flash you do [...]
Continue reading...Jesse Warden calls Steve Jobs out on his Flash “lies”
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
In the interest of fairness, a rebuttal to Steve Jobs’ letter regarding Flash courtesy of Jesse Warden. Here’s a sampling: Lie #3: “…75% of video on the web is in Flash. What they don’t say is that almost all this video is also available in a more modern format, H.264, and viewable on iPhones, iPods [...]
Continue reading...Apple faces federal antitrust inquiry in light of its anti-Flash stance
Monday, May 3, 2010
According to a recent report in the New York Post, Apple for the first time may find itself on the wrong side of a federal anti-trust investigation. Citing a person familiar with the matter, the paper reports that the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are currently in negotiations to figure out which regulatory body [...]
Continue reading...Why Apple prefers to control its own destiny
Monday, May 3, 2010
Apple’s been on the receiving end of a lot of criticism in light of its updated developer agreement which prohibits the use of cross platform compilers such as the Flash-to-iPhone compiler found in the recently released CS 5. Apple’s actions have been labeled anti-competitive, with some calling Apple downright evil, and their latest moves have [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft says HTML 5 Video is the future of the web, IE 9 to support H.264 video only
Friday, April 30, 2010
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Man, it sure is a tough week to be a Flash advocate. Hot on the heels of Steve Jobs’ position paper highlighting all of Flash’s shortcomings, Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft’s General Manager of Internet Explorer, explained that HTML 5 Video is the future of the web and that IE 9 will only support video playback of [...]
Continue reading...Former Adobe engineers say Adobe executives ignored the growing influence of the iPhone
Friday, April 30, 2010
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Steve Jobs’ letter on Flash elicited a strong response from Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, who in a video interview with the WSJ yesterday, attempted to rebuke many of the complaints, both technical and otherwise, listed by Jobs. Now, two former Adobe mobile engineers are speaking up and are laying the blame for Adobe’s Flash woes [...]
Continue reading...Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen responds to Jobs’ critique
Friday, April 30, 2010
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Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, who actually began his career at Apple, speaks with Alan Murray of the Wall Street Journal to discuss many of the issues raised in Steve Jobs’ letter about Flash. If you watch the video below and are up for a little bit of fun, here’s a quick and dirty drinking game [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs pens thoughts on Flash
Thursday, April 29, 2010
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Steve Jobs today penned a letter detailing why Apple doesn’t allow Flash on its line of mobile products. Jobs’ arguments aren’t necessarily, but they’re straight from the horses mouth, so take heed, people! “Apple has a long relationship with Adobe. In fact, we met Adobe’s founders when they were in their proverbial garage. Apple was [...]
Continue reading...What Adobe can do to get Flash on the iPhone
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Louis Gerbarg of devwhy nails it: If Adobe actually wants to persuade Apple to support Flash on iPhone (either as a plugin or compiled to native apps), I know how they can do it. They can get an awesome, high performance, Flash environment working on Android, and get a bunch of great Flash apps running on [...]
Continue reading...Facebook Videos go HTML 5, now iPad and iPhone compatible
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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So long, Flash error messges! MacStories reports that uploaded videos on Facebook will now be played back in HTML 5, thus making them viewable on the iPad and iPhone. Videos uploaded before the recent change, however, will still require the Flash plugin for the time being.
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
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