Tag: Adobe Flash
Video: Steve Jobs bashes Flash at D8
Apple's Steve Jobs was interviewed at this weeks D8: All Things Digital conference. In this short clip from the event, Jobs speaks openly about his problems with Adobe and their Flash software. Jobs has been vocal in his dislike…
JooJoo tablet creator slams the iPad
Chandra Rathakrishna, creator of the iPad-rivalling JooJoo tablet, has laid into the new Apple tablet product on the day of its UK launch. Rathakrishna highlighted the lack of Flash support in the iPad, something which is present in the JooJoo…
Google showcases Android 2.2 at I/O conference
Google have been showing off their Android 2.2 "Fro-yo" update for their mobile OS at the I/O conference. Adding loads of new functionality, it's looking like a mammoth upgrade over 2.1. With a gentle poke at Apple, Google introduced Flash…
Battery-friendly hardware-accelerated Flash on the way, but will it ever make it to the iPad?
Adobe Systems have announced that a release candidate version of their latest Flash plug-in is now available. Adobe claim that the 10.1 release candidate for Windows, Mac, and Linux will significantly reduce the amount of resources needed to power the…
Steve Jobs: Flash would bring iPad battery life down to 1.5 hours
It's well known that Steve Jobs isn't a fan of Adobe's Flash, but a recent meeting with Wall Street Journal executives has brought the Apple / Adobe slagging match to a whole new level. Jobs is currently on a media…
BBC iPlayer goes HD and Adobe Flash secures TV deal
Here’s a no-brainer for you with them both stuck next to each other on the BBC News page. On the one hand, iPlayer is going HD today. On the other, we’re going to see Adobe Flash chips in TV sets and set-top boxes.
Now seeing as iPlayer, and YouTube for that matter, are both Flash based, it looks as if live broadcast TV is taking another step towards an ultimate demise. The issue before, as far as I’m concerned was that the likes of iPlayer and the Tube were too hideously pixelated and rubbish to ever watch on the big screen but in full resolution, there’ll be nothing left to stop them.
So far, they’ll be no Adobe love for the likes of Sony and Samsung but we should be looking at 420 million bits and pieces of hardware as made by Broadcom, Intel, NXP and STMicroelectronics within the next three years. Worth having a little think before you buy AV.
