Tag Archives: Adobe

Who owns the platform? Adobe? Google?

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Kevin Tofel on the announcement of Android support for Flash: The key word in Adobe’s press release today being “expected,” which appears three times. Platforms other than Android are expected to integrate and work with Flash Player. All of the … Continue reading →

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Why Apple doesn’t want Flash on iOS

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

If you want to know why Apple wants Flash kept away from iOS, you should ask Palm: Adobe hasn’t given any signs that it’s close to porting Flash to webOS, Palm said in an AT&T online app development seminar on … Continue reading →

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ARM’s experience shows why Steve Jobs is right on Flash

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Image via CrunchBase Think that Steve Jobs is talking out of his behind when he says  that Apple needs full control over its platform? Perhaps ARM’s experience with Smartbooks will help you understand: ‘ARM dominates the mobile phone chip design … Continue reading →

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Adobe set to sue Apple?

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols: “Apples iron-bound determination to keep Adobe Flash out of any iWhatever device is about to blow up in Apples face. Sources close to Adobe tell me that Adobe will be suing Apple within a few weeks.” If … Continue reading →

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The best summary of the Apple/Adobe war

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Want a a simple, single-paragraph on what the Apple/Adobe iPhone spat is all about? Jean Louis Gassee supplies it: “Who, in his right mind, expects Steve Jobs to let Adobe and other cross-platform application development tools control his I mean … Continue reading →

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Will someone do to Photoshop what InDesign did to Quark?

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Back in the days when I did proper print publishing instead of all this new-fangled online nonsense, everyone used QuarkXPress – and everyone hated Quark with a passion. The price of the product always seemed to go up, never down, … Continue reading →

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