Why Adobe is Deflating Flash: HTML5

Release Date 11 Nov, 2011 in PC Magazine

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	Goodbye to Flash on mobiles and other tech news BBC News - 11 Nov, 2011 Software company Adobe announced it will abandon the development of its Flash Player plug-in for mobile devices. It says it will concentrate on the HTML 5 technology instead. Flash is used to run movies, games and other applications on Android devices ...
Adobe promises to keep patching Flash on mobile ... but doesn't say for how long Computerworld - 11 Nov, 2011 Computerworld - Adobe has promised to support the soon-to-be-orphaned Flash Player plug-in for mobile browsers, but has not said how long it will continue to patch security bugs in the software. In a blog post Wednesday, Danny Winokur, ...
Flash Player dirty dozen: Adobe plugs code execution holes ZDNet (blog) - 11 Nov, 2011 Summary: Adobe has slapped a “critical” rating on this bulletin and recommends that all affected users apply the patch immediately. Adobe has issued a warning for a dozen serious security vulnerabilities ...
The Risk of a Flash Point for Apple Wall Street Journal - 11 Nov, 2011 Adobe said it would stop developing its Flash software for mobile devices. Mr. Jobs had famously railed against the software and refused to support it on his company's iPhone and iPad. Apple has long-supported an open standard called ...
HTML5 Is Popular, Still Unfinished Wall Street Journal - 11 Nov, 2011 Many people in Silicon Valley agree that HTML5 is a big deal. There is less consensus about what it actually is. As the name suggests, the technology includes the fifth generation of the hypertext markup language that is a foundation of ...
	HTML5: A Look Behind the Technology Changing the Web Wall Street Journal - 11 Nov, 2011 A year and a half after Steve Jobs endorsed it in an unusual essay, a set of programming techniques called HTML5 is rapidly winning over the Web. The technology allows Internet browsers to display jazzed-up images and effects that react to ...
Without Adobe Flash, Is Android Safer? PC Magazine - 11 Nov, 2011 With Adobe killing mobile Flash in the browser, malware writers may have a tougher time attacking Android. Most exploit packs target Flash and other Adobe products, including Flash Player for Android. In fact Adobe updated its mobile Flash ...
Adobe gives up on mobile Flash Player, but RIM hasn't yet Los Angeles Times - 11 Nov, 2011 Adobe is dumping its efforts to build Flash Player plug-ins for Web browsers on tablets and smartphones and instead is focusing more on HTML5, but Research in Motion isn't ready to give up on mobile Flash just yet. Dan Dodge, the president and chief ...
	Ep. 1566: It's not so hard to say goodbye to Flash...on Mobile CNET - 11 Nov, 2011 To play this video, you need Javascript enabled and the latest version of Flash installed. Install Flash now Video description: Adobe puts their support behind HTML 5 and ends further development of Flash on mobile browsers. ...
Why Adobe is Deflating Flash: HTML5 PC Magazine - 11 Nov, 2011 Adobe's decision yesterday to stop development of its Flash Player for mobile devices and instead focus on creating tools for HTML5 seemed inevitable, given the near-universal support that HTML5 has garnered from the makers of ...
A Sugar Plum prepares Philadelphia Inquirer - 11 Nov, 2011 Pennsylvania Ballet principal dancer Amy Aldridge gets most of her exercise from her work. But she also likes to stretch and workout with light hand weights. We asked her about her routine - which may inspire you to workout, too. ...
	Adobe throws in towel to Apple in Web software war Reuters - 11 Nov, 2011 Customers check Apple laptops at the new Apple Store at Pudong Lujiazui in Shanghai July 10, 2010. By Jim Finkle NEW YORK (Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc halted development of its Flash Player for mobile browsers, surrendering to Apple Inc in a war over ...
What the End of Mobile Flash Means BusinessWeek - 11 Nov, 2011 Adobe confirmed on Wednesday that it will no longer be developing mobile Flash, saying that HTML5 is the “best solution for creating and deploying content in the browser across mobile platforms.” It's a major turning point for ...
Adobe Discontinues Flash on Mobile Devices Forbes - 11 Nov, 2011 Adobe announced it is ceasing development of its Flash plugin for mobile devices, as the company refocuses its efforts on HTML5. The company plans to continue revising current plugins for Android and BlackBerry platforms with bug fixes and security ...
RIM stands by Flash mobile as it pursues HTML5 Computerworld - 11 Nov, 2011 Computerworld - Research In Motion will continue to use Adobe Flash Player, at least for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, even after Adobe announced it will discontinue Flash for the mobile Web. RIM also said in a blog post that it will ...
	PlayBook has a Flash-filled future; RIM's worst decision to date? ZDNet (blog) - 11 Nov, 2011 Summary: Now that Flash has had its day in the sun, the PlayBook may now have a chance to quietly sail off into the deathly sunset. Research in Motion plans to continue supporting Adobe Flash, ...
Hey Adobe, Thanks for Seeing the (Flash) Light TIME - 11 Nov, 2011 Adobe's decision to switch to HTML5 deserves plaudits, as the company's doing something Apple probably wouldn't. By Matt Peckham \| @mattpeckham \| November 10, 2011 \| + Maybe you don't know what Adobe Flash is, or maybe you don't care. ...
Mm, Silverlight, what's that smell? Yes, it's death Register - 11 Nov, 2011 Microsoft hasn't denied rumours that they are about to pull the plug on Silverlight, its development platform for rich Web design. Often compared to Flash, Silverlight could be about to get the same treatment ...
“RIM has the ability to continue working on and releasing its own ... TIME - 11 Nov, 2011 Danny Winokur, VP & GM, Interactive Development, Adobe Systems Inc. in a blog post on the official BlackBerry blog. Research in Motion has put a lot of effort into ensuring Flash works well on its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, yet Adobe announced it ...
Adobe to stop making Flash Player Hindustan Times - 11 Nov, 2011 Adobe Systems Inc halted development of its Flash Player for mobile browsers, surrendering to Apple Inc in a war over Web standards as the company surprised investors with a restructuring plan. and iPad users, who have trouble accessing sites built ...
RIM Tries To Ease Developer Fears On Flash InformationWeek - 11 Nov, 2011 If there's one thing RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis loves to brag about, it is the PlayBook tablet's ability to play Flash-based content. Adobe announced Wednesday that it will no longer develop new mobile Flash products, ...
Mobile Flash: Our Long National Nightmare is Over PCWorld - 11 Nov, 2011 Adobe and hardware makers kept telling the world that mobile Flash was fabulous, but my own eyeballs told me otherwise. By Harry McCracken, Technologizer "Over the past two years, we've delivered Flash Player for mobile browsers and brought the full ...
RIM Pledges Continued Development of Flash Player for PlayBook PC Magazine - 11 Nov, 2011 Research in Motion this week pledged to continue developing Adobe Flash for its BlackBerry PlayBook despite Adobe's decision to ditch Flash for the mobile Web. "As an Adobe source code licensee, we will continue to work on and ...
	Adobe dumps Flash Player for mobiles... it's what Steve Jobs would have wanted Daily Mail - 11 Nov, 2011 By Daily Mail Reporter Adobe has confirmed rumours that it has ceased development of its Flash Player plug-in for mobile browsers. In a blog announcement from Adobe's Vice President Danny Winokur, it was revealed Adobe would focus on the HTML5 web ...
	Adobe kills mobile Flash, giving Steve Jobs the last laugh The Guardian - 11 Nov, 2011 Mobile Flash is being killed off. The plugin that launched a thousand online forum arguments and a technology standoff between Apple and the format's creator, Adobe, will no longer be developed for mobile browsers, the company said in a note that will ...
Adobe Falls After Plan to Cut 750 Jobs, Stop Flash Mobile San Francisco Chronicle - 11 Nov, 2011 Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Adobe Systems Inc. fell the most in 13 months after announcing plans to cut 750 jobs as it stops making Flash technology for mobile devices and shifts investment to programs for digital publishing and advertising. ...
	Adobe throws in towel to Apple in Web software war Reuters - ‎Nov 10, 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 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc halted development of its Flash Player for ...
The beginning of the end for Adobe's Flash CNN - ‎Nov 10, 2011‎ Adobe will no longer develop its mobile Flash app, though it will continue to support it for Android users. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Adobe is abandoning its Flash software for mobile devices. ...
Adobe vs Apple on Flash technology Times of India - ‎Nov 10, 2011‎ Here is a timeline of the battle between consumer technology giant Apple Inc and software company Adobe Systems over the latter's Flash technology. NEW YORK: Here is a timeline of the battle between consumer technology giant Apple Inc and software ...
Flash fried The Economist (blog) - ‎Nov 10, 2011‎ THE headline puns were inevitable. "Gone in a Flash" was a particular favourite. (Babbage couldn't resist giving it a whirl.) On November 9th Twitter and tech-news sites reverberated with schadenfreude and told-you-sos after Adobe Systems announced ...