Tag archive: Flash

Following reports earlier this week that ever-secretive Apple was in talks to buy Israeli flash technology firm Anobit, Reuters is reporting that Apple has concluded the deal for a total of $500 million. But that's not all: Reuters also has Apple planning to open a new research and development facility in Israel—the first time the company would have taken its development work outside the United States. At $500 million, the acquisition of… Read More

Announced in an official blog post earlier today, Adobe pushed out Flash Player version 11.1 for Android devices. The new software supports version 4.0 of the Android operating system otherwise known as Ice Cream Sandwich. The update for Flash Player is available on the Android Market and owners of the brand new Samsung Galaxy Nexus can download the update immediately. Adobe also announced the upcoming release of Adobe AIR 3.1, software that… Read More

Android users have long touted support of Adobe Flash as one of the many ways their mobile devices are superior to uppity Apple handsets. But with the release of Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwhich,” they must put their boasting on hold: Adobe Flash is not yet available for Ice Cream Sandwich. Fortunately for Flash fans, that's not the end of the story. Google tells SlashGear that, while “Flash hasn't been released… Read More

As 'Occupy' protesters around the country fight on the streets to eliminate the supremacy of the richest 1 percent of Americans, a new 'Occupy' movement has begun online. This time, however, the enemy is something else entirely: Adobe Flash. As CNN reports, a group of developers calling themselves 'Occupy Flash' are taking steps to end the use of Flash once and for all. In a “manifesto” posted to… Read More

Yesterday Adobe finally admitted defeat and gave up on Flash for mobile. The news came to the delight of Apple fanboys everywhere, and to the frustration of jaded Adobe developers. Flash plugins for smartphones and tablets (with the exception of the PlayBook, interestingly enough) are out, and in their place HTML 5 has been fully ushered in. But mobile isn’t the only product market affected by the decision. Adobe says it will also drop Flash for… Read More

After more than four years of tit-for-tat sniping and surprising vehemence, Adobe has finally thrown in the towel: Adobe is abandoning Flash on mobile devices, choosing instead to focus on HTML5 tools for mobile content. For the time being, Adobe says it plans to continue to support Flash on the desktop—and it will offer security updates for mobile Flash on Android and PlayBook for an unspecified amount of time. But the message is clear: Flash… Read More

Back when Apple launched the iPhone in 2007, haters declared what would become the world's most popular phone dead in the water because it didn't (and still doesn't) support Adobe Flash. Everyone laughed at Apple. How stupid and arrogant could Steve Jobs really be? Countless forums on the topic and jibes at Apple's expense followed. Fans of other operating systems touted their superiority because of their ability to use… Read More

Some technology flaws don't go away—they just get a Band-Aid applied to them that eventually falls off. Adobe says it is working on a fix to an Adobe Flash vulnerability that enables attackers to trick Flash users into turning on their microphone and/or webcams, potentially enabling attackers to visually spy on them, overhear and record conversations, and obtain sensitive information. However, unlike most zero-day Flash exploits,… Read More

Currently available to download and install, Abode announced the launch of version 11 of Flash and version 3.0 of Air. With these new versions of the software, Adobe has tied hardware acceleration into the programming allowing for more robust applications. With this upgrade, Adobe now supports 3D gaming as well as Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound. Adobe claims that Flash 11 is capable of up to 1,000 times faster rendering over previous… Read More

Announced in an official blog post earlier this week, Microsoft explained why the company wouldn't be supporting plugins within the Metro version of Internet Explorer 10. Designed to improve security and reliability as well as preserve precious battery life, Microsoft believes leaving out support for plugins like Adobe Flash should ultimately offer the best experience for the consumer. Microsoft claims to have studied nearly 100,000… Read More

ViewSonic has ended plans to release a Boxee-powered, high definition television as of this month due to a lack of consumer interest in the concept and expensive development costs. A 46-inch version of the ViewSonic display was previously featured at CES 2011 and was powered by the Intel Atom CE4100 capable of delivering 1080p HD content, HTML5, Adobe Flash and a vast variety of Web applications. While the television was previously scheduled to… Read More

Today, Boxee launched a new iPad app for free on the App Store. The app aggregates video content from social feeds like Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter and allows the user to watch those videos on the iPad screen. The user also has the ability to share content on the social networks through the app. The Boxee iPad application can also stream video content from a PC or Mac onto the iPad screen, assuming the user is running the Boxee Media Manager… Read More

Even though the box office and critical reception for Director Martin Campbell’s Green Lantern was slightly on the terrible with a side serving of meh and the film has yet to come close to making its money back, Warner Bros. is considering boldly moving forward with the franchise and developing a sequel to the film, despite the utter lack of fans clamoring for it. Green Lantern has only pulled in $114 million domestically and $40 million… Read More

Adobe has been locked in a death-grip battle with Apple over its Flash technology: once ubiquitous on the Web for serving up video, animation, and uncountable “skip intro” monstrosities, Flash's hegemony has been seriously challenged by Apple's iOS, which has proven a mobile platform doesn't have to support Flash in order to achieve market dominance. (Apple doesn't ship Flash on Macs anymore either, although… Read More

Pandora announced this morning that it now has over 100 million users, and that isn’t the only exciting thing happening for the music streaming service. Soon the site will begin rolling out an entirely new design – one that won’t only look better, but work better. Pandora will begin opting to use HTML5 on the front-end, which should create “a much faster experience.” Saying goodbye to Flash isn’t the only makeover though. The site’s UI will look… Read More