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
Adobe’s New Flash Server Plays Nice with iPad, iPhone
Geoff Spick, CMSWire, 9/8/2011 At the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam, Adobe has unveiled an updated Flash Media Server that works happily with iOS devices. IBC, Easy as 1,2,3… I hate events where they never tell you what the acronym stands for; this could have been the “Indecisive Bagel Chewers” convention for all I knew. But, [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, HTML5
Adobe launches preview of Flash alternative
Bit-Tech, 8/2/2011 Adobe has released a preview of its new web tool Edge, which is an alternative to Flash. Edge, which Adobe claims ‘allows designers to bring animated content to websites, using web standards like HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3′, is one of the first HTML5 editing tools available, and it’s currently free while the company [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash, HTML5
Adobe Flash Builder can now create apps for iOS, BlackBerry Tablet, and Android
Michael Oryl, MobileBurn, 6/20/2011 Today Adobe announced updates for its Flash Builder 4.5 and Flex 4.5 application development tools that allow developers to build applications for Apple’s iOS platform as well as RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook. This builds upon the Android support that was added back in April, and means that developers can now develop one [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash
Adobe CEO has no beef with Apple, no answer for poor Flash performance on Android
Amar Toor, Engadget, 6/3/2011 The Adobe-Apple Flash war used to be one of the juiciest catfights around, but, much like two aging boxers, both sides now appear willing to act like adults put it all behind them. Speaking at yesterday’s D9 conference in Palos Verdes, California, Adobe head Shantanu Narayen confirmed that he and Steve [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Flash
Android: The Smartphone OS with Multiple Faces
Christof Kerkmann, Mobile Tech Today, 5/31/2011 Many manufacturers have decided to make use of the open-source mobile operating system Android, but everything can change from one Android-operated smartphone to the next: interface, functions, options available. The one thing that stays the same: With an Android-enabled smartphone, you’re only a click away from the Internet. Android [...]