Apple's Rejection Spurred Demise of Flash Player for Mobile WebPC Magazine - 13 Nov, 2011But in a blog post explaining the decision, Mike Chambers, principal product manager for developer relations at Adobe, admitted that Apple's decision not to support Flash Player on iOS was one of the major factors in its demise. ... |
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Story of the Week: Adobe ditches mobile FlashFinancial Times (blog) - 13 Nov, 2011Don Reisinger of eWeek compiled a list of reasons why Adobe lost the mobile Flash battle, which identified the resistance from Apple and the success of iPhones and iPads as the main reasons. Elsewhere, Jason Perlow of ZDNet's Tech Broiler blog argued ... |
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Adobe for Android gets an updateMoneycontrol.com - 13 Nov, 2011Adobe may be killing Flash for mobile devices soon and going HTML5, but it seems, they will not give up till they give it up. The company's released an update to Flash for Android, bringing with it some security fixes, including critical memory ... |
RIM Blackberry not abandoning FlashGMANews.TV - Nov 11, 2011Even if other major tech players in the mobile industry are keeping their distance from Adobe's Flash, Research In Motion (RIM) intends to continue supporting the platform. In a blog post, RIM QNX division president/CEO Dan Dodge said RIM will continue ... |
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Adobe Engineer: Here's Why We Killed Flash For Mobile (ADBE)San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 11, 2011Adobe's chief of developer relations Mike Chambers thinks the company didn't do a good enough job explaining why it's stopping work on Flash for mobile Web browsers. HTML5 is already almost universally supported in mobile browsers and Adobe realized ... |
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HTML5: A Look Behind the Technology Changing the WebWall Street Journal - Nov 11, 2011A 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. Don Clark has details on Digits. A year and a half after Steve Jobs endorsed it in an unusual ... |
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A Web Developer Speaks: Flash Player is Dead. HTML5 isn't ready. Long live AIR!ZDNet (blog) - Nov 11, 2011Jason Perlow: I received the following e-mail from a web and Flash developer that works for a large advertising/media production agency. With the exception of some minor editing to flow for style, ... |
The Week in Tweets: Adobe Pulls the Plug on FlashPC Magazine - Nov 11, 2011Adobe conceded that it's an HTML5 world, and will no longer develop Flash for the mobile Web. Steve Jobs's posthumous guffaws were tweeted far and wide. By Damon Poeter With rumors swirling, Adobe officially pulled the plug on Flash for the mobile Web ... |
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Steve Jobs prevails over Adobe's FlashCNET (blog) - Nov 11, 2011The company this week announced it is abandoning its work on a mobile version of the Flash Player and will now concentrate its mobile software development efforts on HTML5. ... |
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Apple killed the Flash starCanadianBusiness.com (blog) - Nov 11, 2011Ding dong, the witch is dead. And by witch, I mean Flash, that multimedia web platform that enables everything from video to games. That's good news for just about everybody, except, of course, for the people who are ... |
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Friday Poll: Will you miss mobile Flash?CNET - Nov 11, 2011There will be one last hurrah with the release of Flash Player 11.1 for Android and BlackBerry PlayBook. After that, Adobe will focus on HTML5 for its mobile development efforts. ... |
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Goodbye to Flash on mobiles and other tech newsBBC News - Nov 11, 2011Software 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 longComputerworld - Nov 11, 2011Computerworld - 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, ... |
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Maturing Web technologies bring OS-less era closer to realityZDNet Asia - Nov 11, 2011In particular, HTML5 and sophisticated browsers are pushing software-based operating systems for computing into background, say market players, but industry analyst argues otherwise. ... |
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Flash Player dirty dozen: Adobe plugs code execution holesZDNet (blog) - Nov 10, 2011Summary: 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 ... |
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The Risk of a Flash Point for AppleWall Street Journal - Nov 10, 2011Adobe 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 ... |
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HTML5 Is Popular, Still UnfinishedWall Street Journal - Nov 10, 2011Many 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 ... |
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Without Adobe Flash, Is Android Safer?PC Magazine - Nov 10, 2011With 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 ... |
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Adobe gives up on mobile Flash Player, but RIM hasn't yetLos Angeles Times - Nov 10, 2011Adobe 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 ... |
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Ep. 1566: It's not so hard to say goodbye to Flash...on MobileCNET - Nov 10, 2011To 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: HTML5PC Magazine - Nov 10, 2011Adobe'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 ... |
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Adobe throws in towel to Apple in Web software warReuters - Nov 10, 2011Customers 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 MeansBusinessWeek - Nov 10, 2011Adobe 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 ... |
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Adobe Discontinues Flash on Mobile DevicesForbes - Nov 10, 2011Adobe 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 ... |
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RIM stands by Flash mobile as it pursues HTML5Computerworld - Nov 10, 2011Computerworld - 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 ... |
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PlayBook has a Flash-filled future; RIM's worst decision to date?ZDNet (blog) - Nov 10, 2011Summary: 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) LightTIME - Nov 10, 2011Adobe'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. ... |
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Mm, Silverlight, what's that smell? Yes, it's deathRegister - Nov 10, 2011Microsoft 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 ... |
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“RIM has the ability to continue working on and releasing its own ...TIME - Nov 10, 2011Danny 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 ... |
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Adobe to stop making Flash PlayerHindustan Times - Nov 10, 2011Adobe 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 ... |
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