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Apple faces federal antitrust inquiry in light of its anti-Flash stance
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.
Continue reading...Apple responds to Adobe’s claims that iPhone is a closed platform
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Apple’s recently updated iPhone developer agreement explicitly states that apps for the platform must be originally written in C, C++, and Objective C. This new rule, which naturally created a firestorm of controversy, put a damper on Adobe’s plans to get apps developed in Flash onto the iPhone via its new Flash-to-iPhone compiler. In response […]
Continue reading...Adobe to stop development of Flash to iPhone compiler, will focus on Android
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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Well, it appears that Adobe got the hint. Though not as sensationalized as a missing iPhone prototype, Apple created quite a stir a few weeks back when it updated its iPhone developer agreement with the following clause: Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit […]
Continue reading...What no Flash on the iPhone really means [Photo]
Friday, April 16, 2010
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Ah, now I get it! via The Duty
Continue reading...Why an intermediate layer on top of the iPhone ultimately hurts users
Thursday, April 15, 2010
This past weekend, Apple CEO Steve Jobs explained why the new iPhone developer agreement forbids the use of apps developed with cross platform development tools. The most notable victim of this new rule is Adobe, whose Flash-to-iPhone compiler was a heavily touted feature in its new CS 5 suite of software. “We’ve been there before,” […]
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Monday, May 3, 2010
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