Ice Cream Sandwich WILL get Flash
Bill Ray, The Register, 11/21/2011 Android version 4, AKA Ice Cream Sandwich, will get a Flash player for its browser later this year, but it will be the last mobile platform to have one – from Adobe at least. Adobe has already said it won’t be developing any more versions of the embedded Flash player [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash
Google adds Flash-to-HTML5 conversion to Adobe development tool
Paul Krill, ComputerWorld, 11/17/2011 Flash Professional users can use their existing skills to develop HTML5 animations Google is enabling developers who use the Adobe Flash Professional developer tool to convert their animations to HTML5 via an extension based on Google’s Swiffy conversion technology. The debut comes in the wake of Adobe’s revelation last week that [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, HTML5
Is Silverlight the Next Victim of HTML5?
Chris Knight, CMSWire, 11/9/2011 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 [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, HTML5
Adobe confirms Flash Player is dead for mobile devices
Tim Stevens, Engadget, 11/9/2011 Flash Player for mobile devices is officially dead. Adobe is reaffirming its commitment to “aggressively contribute” to HTML5, a platform with broader support and capabilities than Flash was ever able to deliver. Adobe will of course also be pushing developers to work in its AIR platform for a more native experience, [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, HTML5
Flash Support coming soon to Firefox’s Android version
Tech Laze, 10/24/2011 It seems that the Firefox for mobile project is in full swing. With tablet support already underway, Firefox’s Android version will soon be getting a bunch of exciting new features. Planned for Firefox 10 are features like Flash Support, camera UI and safe browsing which will put the open source browser at par [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, Malware
NuCaptcha Brings User-Friendly Captchas To Mobile Phones And Tablets
Leena Rao, TechCrunch, 10/5/2011 NuCaptcha, a startup that develops a ‘human-friendly’ video captcha technology, is announcing a dedicated captcha produt for mobile devices, available for all mobile platforms including Android and IOS platforms. For background, captchas are security questions you find on Web sites that require you to decipher and type words or numbers and [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, HTML5
Adobe Acquires Developer Of HTML5 Mobile App Framework PhoneGap Nitobi
Lena Rao, TechCrunch, 10/3/2011 Adobe has acquired Nitobi Software, the creator of HTML5 mobile app framework PhoneGap and PhoneGap Build. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. PhoneGap’s open source platform allows developers to build cross-platform mobile applications with HTML5 and JavaScript, and distribute these applications to a variety of platforms. To date, PhoneGap’s [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, HTML5
HTML5 Scores a Point as SlideShare Ditches Flash Entirely
John Paul Titlow, ReadWriteWeb, 9/27/2011 Slideshare made an announcement this morning that is sure to thrill open Web standards advocates and iOS gadget lovers alike. The document and presentation-sharing site has done away with Flash completely and now uses HTML5 for its file embeds. Not only will millions of SlideShare uploads embedded across the Web [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, HTML5
Adobe bets on Flash 11 to fend off HTML5 invasion
Gavin Clarke, The Register, 9/21/2011 Adobe has announced the next version of its Flash Player, repositioning its media platform for a mobile world where it is being increasingly shunned. The company today unveiled the Flash Player 11 and the Flash-based runtime AIR 3, with a heavy emphasis on 3D gaming both in the features and [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, HTML5
How HTML5 may become the standard for apps
Roger Cheng, CNETnews, 9/12/2011 The mass adoption of HTML5 as a way to create applications may be coming sooner than you think. At least, that’s what Rob Chandhok, president of Qualcomm’s Internet services division, thinks. He recently sat down with CNET to talk about where apps are headed. And the direction solidly points to HTML5. [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, HTML5