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Shantanu Narayen, Adobe Systems CEO, is now saying this his company’s qualms with Apple over Flash, the software used in websites, is now over. In an interview at the the D9: All Things Digital conference, Narayen was asked about the argument Adobe had with Apple last year over the software otherwise known as Flash. Flash, which has been the most popular video format on the Web and is also used for animation and advertising is made by Adobe. Apple last year criticized Flash and Apple CEO Steve Jobs banned Flash from all iOS devices.
Recently, Narayen said the following regarding the issue it had with Apple: “Yes, the argument is over from our point of view. [...]
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Flash has been one of the few downsides of Apple ever since the release of the first iPhone, which shipped almost 4 years ago. While many users have grown accustomed to their iOS devices not being able to display Flash content, it’s unfortunate that Apple and Adobe haven’t been able to reach some sort of compromise before now. Finally, Adobe as come up with a solution to the Flash dilemma once and for all with their latest version of Flash. Recently, at the National Association of Broadcasters trade show in Las Vegas, Adobe recently previewed the latest version of Flash that incorporated HTTP live streaming. With this new version of Flash, the iOS devices will [...]
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The new version of Flash is reported to be released on March 18th. Thanks to BBCrackman from My Droid World, you can download a leaked copy of version 10.2 now. Just as promised, it includes support for Honeycomb, meaning you can watch your favorite Flash videos on your XOOM. Users who have tested the version of Flash have noticed their experience wasn’t without its flaws with video quality not being top-notch, some controls being hard to utilize, and Hulu still not working.
On the upside, many were able to download, install, and use the APK onto their Xooms even without running the latest 3.0.1 firmware update. After upgrading to the Android 3.0.1 system update, [...]
Continue reading: Adobe Flash 10.2.155.67 Leaked For Android; Compatible With Honeycomb
Google made it official today that it would be dropping support for H.264 video in Chromes’s HTML5 component. Google admits that the popular format had an “important role” but had hoped it could force adoption of its open yet internally-developed WebM format as well as Ogg Theora. Google has said that opening up the VP8 codec underneath was a cause of major speed improvements as well as widespread adoption.
If the change were to take place it would be over the next 2 months and would be detailed in advance in the hopes that sites would voluntarily switch from HTML5 video to WebM. As of now, its unknown if there are any extensions or [...]
Continue reading: Google Chrome Drops H.264 To Support Open Source Codecs
Just in time for the Consumer Electronic Show (CES), RIM is showing off the BlackBerry PlayBook again, this time with a deeper dive into the web browser. You can check out the video below to watch Matthew from the web browser group at RIM really put the PlayBook’s browser to use. In the video he views content in both HTML5 and Adobe Flash, logs into Facebook (the full Facebook), and even plays flash games on the web. Overall, it’s looking to be a really compelling experience.
Multimedia, games, and social networking were all shown in the video and they seemed to be pretty fluid. If RIM can keep this up then the PlayBook will definitely have [...]
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There is some exciting news for iPad fans. The SkyFire browser, which allows you to play Flash content within a web page is heading to the iPad after launching succesfully on the iPhone with a very cool social feature. SkyFore for iPad comes packed iwth powerful social media features, including embedded Facebook, Twitter, and Google Reader, a “universal” Like button, and the Fireplace, a pop-up window containing a boiled-down Facebook newsfeed that just has posts with the links.
For those of you who don’t already know, the SkyFire browser app automatically converts Flash video into compatible HTML5 format so it is playable on Apple’s iOS, which doesn’t support Flash to begin with. [...]
Continue reading: Skyfire Browser Brings Flash Videos To iPad With Facebook Connect
It is no secret that Apple’s latest line of MacBook Airs are shipping without Adobe’s Flash Player due to battery and performance concerns and Adobe’s CEO has shed light as to why these issues may occur.
According to Engadget, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen noted that the key to conserving battery life lies in hardware acceleration, and reported that the company currently has a version of Flash Player optimized for the new MacBook Air in testing.
He said it’s really all about optimizing for silicon:
“When we have access to hardware acceleration, we’ve proven that Flash has equal or better performance on every platform.” You wouldn’t be blamed for thinking that [...]
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Research In Motion (RIM) is currently trying to build some early pre-release hype for its PlayBook tablet, which won’t be out until Spring. This isn’t stopping the maker of the BlackBerry from throwing down though. They produced a new video in which they say shows the PlayBook beating the iPad at web browsing. There isn’t any way to know if the video is rigged and it is worth noting that it isn’t entirely fair to compare a 2011 PlayBook to an iPad which was release in 2010. It does show that RIM is trying to compete in the tablet market, in which Apple has a big head-start on.
The PlayBook is [...]
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As mentioned by MobileCrunch, alternative 3rd party iPhone browser Skyfire did great in its first weekend in the App Store. Even though the app wasn’t exactly off to a great start (the developers had to pull the app as they couldn’t keep up with the server demand), it still managed to win the hearts of thousands of iPhone users who apparently needed a browser capable of playing Flash videos:
The company isn’t sharing exact numbers, but they did just tell me that their download numbers for their first weekend on the store were well over 300,000. At $2.99 a pop, that works out to one hell of a bounty. SkyFire isn’t walking away with that [...]
Continue reading: Skyfire CEO Talks iPhone, Apple, And Adobe With CNN
Flash on the iOS devices has been a hotly debated topic ever since the iPhone was first introduced several years ago. Apple and Adobe have not been able to resolve their differences and there still seems to be no end in sight. There was some hope however with a new WebKit app called Skyfire. It wasn’t a perfect solution to flash on the iPhone, but it did give people access to a fairly large number of Flash videos on the web. Unfortunately, Skyfire removed the app voluntarily soon after it was released.
In just it’s first five hours of it’s initial release, the app did amazingly well. Enthusiasm for the app was so great that it [...]
Continue reading: Skyfire App Pulled Because Of Its Success
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