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HTML5 - and Adobe - Finally Kill Off Flash
Finally, after years of external pressure, Adobe announced a timeline for the decommissioning of its Flash platform. The company has been working with the web browser teams at Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Apple to make the demise as painless as possible.
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Google Kills Flash, Makes Everyone (Even Adobe) Happy
Flash has proven to be remarkably vulnerable to hackers, earning it the ire of the tech community.
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Why Digital Marketers Don't Fear the End of Flash
To hear the Wall Street Journal tell it, Adobe's Flash might as well hang it up right now. The paper recently concluded that the software application is a "top contender for the technology dead pool." Why? Because the tech industry is tired of what they perceive to be the
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Google Chrome and Adobe Flash Updates Bring Game to the Browser
While many might still believe that games are just for the kids, the ever-evolving web is now increasingly capable of running advanced games-class technologies within the browser, and they can be deployed for much more than Angry Bird clones.
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Is Silverlight the Next Victim of HTML5?
With Adobe quitting Flash development for mobile, it looks like Microsoft could give up on Silverlight too, leaving users with no more "incompatible browser" messages and giving developers just one standard to focus on. No Silver Cloud? On the day that Adobe appears set to announce no more Flash for mobiles, Microsoft is not
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Adobe's New Flash Server Plays Nice with iPad, iPhone
At the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam, Adobe has unveiled an updated Flash Media Server that works happily with iOS devices. IBC, Easy as 1,2,3... I hate events where they never tell you what the acronym stands for; this could have been the "Indecisive Bagel Chewers" convention for all I knew.
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Adobe Enables Devs to Code for iOS, Android, BlackBerry
Adobe (news, site) updates to Flash Builder and Flex mean coders can now produce apps across the trifecta of mobile and tablet environments. We covered Adobe's aggressive moves into mobile app developing a few months back and now the updates that will turn on the magic are
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Adobe Gets Around: Brings Flash Apps to Social Web
Adobe (news, site) moves fast. You may recall that the company recently acquired analytics provider Omniture, to the surprise of many a tech nerd. The coupling of Adobe’s creative brand and analytics—which admittedly seemed odd at first —is already being reflected in its solutions.
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Yooba Flash CMS Up for Best of RIA 2009
In June we told you Yooba Studio (news, site) would be worth a first and second look for those interested in Flash-based websites but not the cost of a creative agency. Today it seems the platform has gotten more than a look or two, as they recently
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Adobe Goes Open Source With Two Media Tools
Adobe (news, site) has announced that is has taken another two of its products targeted specifically at the media and publishing industries and gone open source with them. Open Source Media Framework (OSMF ), which was originally launched as Strobe last April, gives developers the ability
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Moonlight Lets Linux Users View and Create Silverlight Apps
Microsoft generally likes to keep a tight lock on their products and services. Their update site not working on any browser other than Internet Explorer and Silverlight not working with Linux are perfect examples. But thanks to Novell’s newest release -- Moonlight -- Linux users can now utilize Silverlight apps
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Adobe Enables Flash Content to be Searchable
In an effort to entice consumers to visit its customers' sites and make Flash software more attractive to Web site developers, Adobe has taken steps to make pages with Flash-created images more recognizable to search engines like Google. Though its Flash technology -- which Adobe acquired when it bought Macromedia
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Adobe Expands Web Video Empire with HD Support
For all the Chocolate Rain lovers out there (YouTube knows who you are), wishing for a higher-quality video experience, the latest beta release of the ubiquitous Adobe Flash Player is your proverbial genie let loose from the bottle.
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Hold On, Adobe - There's a New Sheriff in Town
Adobe Flash has enjoyed a place in the spotlight for awhile now, and Microsoft hopes to shake that up.
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