Adobe to end Flash Player development for mobile

MarketWatch - 9 Nov, 2011
By Benjamin Pimentel.

Adobe kills Flash on mobile devices

USA Today - 9 Nov, 2011
Steve Jobs had long fought against the Flash standard. The Apple iPad does not play Flash content. Steve Jobs had long fought against the Flash standard. The Apple iPad does not play Flash content. ...

Adobe stops development of mobile "Flash"

NDTV - 9 Nov, 2011
Adobe has killed the mobile version of its Flash in its intra quarter update. The company was developing Flash plugins for the Android and BlackBerry PlayBook platforms but now plans to redirect all development towards its Adobe Air platform for HTML 5 ...

Adobe: We're ditching Flash Player for mobile

CNET - 9 Nov, 2011
The company says it is abandoning its work on a mobile version of the Flash Player and will now concentrate its mobile software development efforts on HTML5. ...

Adobe Drops Flash for Phones, in Reversal

Wall Street Journal - 9 Nov, 2011
Adobe Systems Inc. said it plans to stop development of its Flash player software for mobile browsers, saying it will focus its efforts on HTML 5, another media presentation standard. The move follows criticism, including a series of ...

Steve Jobs wins: Flash being phased out from mobile devices

Toronto Star - 9 Nov, 2011
Jobs, the late founder of Apple, famously vowed its devices would never use the Flash programs. Steve Jobs appears to have won the Flash wars, even from the grave. Adobe Inc. is phasing out the platform for mobile devices, a tech website says. ...

Tech Today: Adobe to Drop Mobile Flash, 750 Jobs

Wall Street Journal (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
Adobe to Drop Mobile Flash, 750 Jobs: When the iPad launched without Flash capability, Flash maker Abode and Apple traded barbs that culminated in a 2010 open letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs who called Flash a battery hog: “The mobile ...

Flash is dead. Long live HTML5.

ZDNet (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
Summary: It's official, Adobe is putting its future mobile video efforts behind HTML5. So, do you really think that desktop Flash will survive for long? Good-bye Adobe Flash. ...

Steve Jobs was right: Adobe kills Flash for mobile devices

San Jose Mercury News - 9 Nov, 2011
Adobe's (ADBE) Flash multimedia platform will no longer be developed for mobile devices, the San Jose software company announced Wednesday, years after Apple (AAPL) and Steve Jobs refused to use the technology on their mobile devices ...

Adobe abandons Flash Player on mobile browsers for HTML5

CBS News - 9 Nov, 2011
(CBS) - Adobe announced Wednesday it will abandon its mobile Flash Player, instead switching support to HTML5. ZDNET obtained an email meant for Adobe's partners Tuesday, which said "Adobe is stopping development on Flash Player for browsers on mobile. ...

Adobe cuts Flash development, conceding to Apple

Reuters - 9 Nov, 2011
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen speaks at the Samsung keynote address on the opening day of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 6, 2011. By Jim Finkle (Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc is halting development of its popular Flash Player for ...

Adobe said ready to drop mobile Flash

Computerworld - 9 Nov, 2011
Computerworld - Adobe Systems Wednesday is expected to disclose plans for 750 job cuts, cutting its investment in enterprise software and a halt to mobile Flash browser development. The job cuts and reduced enterprise software ...

Adobe Halts Flash Plug-In Development For Mobile Platforms

Huffington Post - 9 Nov, 2011
On Wednesday morning, Adobe confirmed rumors that it will end development of its Flash Player plug-in for mobile browsers. Danny Winokur, Adobe's Vice President and General Manager of Interactive Development, announced the decision in a blog post, ...

Exclusive: Adobe ceases development on mobile browser Flash, refocuses efforts ...

ZDNet (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
Summary: Adobe has briefed developers on the impending cessation of mobile flash browser plugin development. Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash developers to ...

Apple's Steve Jobs vindicated as Adobe kills mobile Flash

Computerworld (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
"Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?" Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Android-lovers and Apple-friends, lend me your ears: I come to bury that failed, foolish Flash for mobile ...

Steve Jobs Was Right: Adobe Halts Flash for Mobile Devices

Fox News - 9 Nov, 2011
AP Jan. 27, 2010: Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds the new iPad during a product announcement in San Francisco. SAN JOSE, Calif. â€" In a stunning move, software developer Adobe is reported to be throwing in the towel when it comes to getting multimedia ...

Report: Adobe Ditching Support for Mobile Flash

PC Magazine - 9 Nov, 2011
Adobe will stop development of its Flash Player for mobile devices in favor of native AIR apps for the major app stores, according to a report from ZDNet. "Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling ...

Steve Jobs Vindicated; Adobe Reportedly Abandoning Mobile Flash Plug-In

Forbes - 9 Nov, 2011
Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) is being hammered this morning, with the shares off more than 10% ahead of the open as traders react to a slew of negative reports â€" including the end of development for its mobile Flash Player plug-in. ...

Ding-dong! Adobe Flash is dead (on mobile).

Computerworld (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
Adobe Systems (NASDAQ:ADBE) has killed Flash for mobile devices. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. It has run down the curtain ...

Adobe abandons mobile Flash development, report says

CNN International - 9 Nov, 2011
(Wired.com) -- In an abrupt about-face in its mobile software strategy, Adobe will soon cease developing its Flash Player plug-in for mobile browsers, according to an e-mail sent to Adobe partners on Tuesday evening. ...

Mobile Flash Abandoned for HTML5: Adobe Surrenders, Apple Wins?

TIME - 9 Nov, 2011
You can look at this one of two ways: Steve Jobs was right on the money about Adobe Flash, or Steve Jobs shrewdly worked to ensure he'd be right about Adobe's mobile multimedia plugin by using Apple's leverage to put ...

Killing Flash for mobile is best thing for Android

ZDNet (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
Summary: While often touted as a big advantage of the Android OS, killing Flash for mobile will benefit that platform as much as anything. Colleague Jason Perlow reports that Adobe is throwing in the ...

Adobe Ends Mobile Flash Development, Report

PCWorld (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
Adobe is finally ready to concede defeat in the mobile Flash wars and will halt development of its mobile Flash Player plug-in for phones and tablets. According to a ZDNet report, Adobe will no ...

Adobe job cuts cloud Flash future

BBC News - 9 Nov, 2011
Software developer Adobe Systems is cutting 750 jobs, while reports say it is halting development of its Flash Player plug-in for mobile devices. The firm said the job cuts were being made in Europe and North America and represented more than 7% of the ...

Adobe is killing off Flash for mobile web browsers

Inquirer - 9 Nov, 2011
By Kate O'Flaherty SOFTWARE OUTFIT Adobe is killing off flash for mobile browsers, according to a leaked announcement. The company will instead focus on HTML5 development, which enables web browsers including those on mobile phones to perform ...

Adobe kills mobile Flash, giving Steve Jobs the last laugh

The Guardian - 9 Nov, 2011
Adobe is killing off development of its mobile Flash plugin, and laying off 750 staff as part of broader restructuring. Photograph: Paul Sakuma/AP Mobile Flash is being killed off. The plugin that launched a thousand online forum arguments and a ...

Flash in the pan

Mail & Guardian Online - 9 Nov, 2011
Something momentous happened on Wednesday -- something most people will never even hear about. Adobe, a software firm, announced that it is ceasing development on the mobile version of its Flash platform. That probably doesn't sound very momentous, ...

Adobe ditches mobile Flash, refocuses on HTML 5

ZDNet Asia - 9 Nov, 2011
After announcing layoffs, Adobe reportedly halting work for mobile Flash plugin, bringing Apple's anti-flash stance back to the spotlight. Adobe has reportedly decided to kill off Flash for ...

Today in Tech: Adobe layoffs, gives up on Flash mobile?

Fortune - 9 Nov, 2011
Fortune's curated selection of newsworthy tech stories from the last 24 hours. Sign up to get the round-up delivered to you every day. *Adobe (ADBE) is restructuring and laying off 750 ...

Adobe Systems

CNET (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
Apparently experiencing what Adobe Systems called the "full Web" on mobile devices isn't so important after all. In a momentous about-face, Adobe Systems is scrapping its high-profile effort to bring its Flash Player software to smartphones and tablets ...

 

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