Mobile Flash dropped by Adobe

HTML5 is the new standard for mobile

Adobe Flash

Adobe “will no longer continue to develop Flash Player in the browser to work with new mobile device configurations,” according to a blog posted by Danny Winokur, general manager of interactive development for Adobe. Those configurations include the chipset, browser, OS version and more, he said. The changes will take place following the upcoming release of Flash Player 11.1 for Android and BlackBerry PlayBook, he added. Continue reading

Windows 8 will be touch screen on desktop, tablet and smartphone

Next version of Windows due in 2012 brings desktops and laptops closer to the mobile world

Windows 8 launch screen with active tiles (beta)

Microsoft will play catch-up with Apple iPhone/iPad and Google’s Android in 2012 with the release of the evolutionary Windows 8 interface.
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Apple joins stampede to the Cloud with OS X Lion

Apple moves software distribution to the cloud where many companies already are

Apple OS X Lion only available as download from the Cloud

From NJN – With the release of OS X or Lion, Apple has stopped shipping software in white boxes with CD ROM media.

Most of us are already using the Cloud whether we know it or not.

Apple software is only available by download from the App Store. To reinforce the point, the latest MAC hardware doesn’t have a CD ROM drive.
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