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Oct 20, 20080

Flash poor performance on Mac OS X could force Apple to rival Adobe

Categories: Adobe, Apple, Featured

Adobe poor dedication to the mac could really force Apple to add new programming features to Quicktime or to Keynote, if those features rival Flash on the iPhone or make Keynote a more iPhone oriented application then the future of Flash Mobile for the iPhone is in real problems, Apple has been tweaking Keynote with new interativity features that in next upgrades could easily be transform to meet the iPhone needs. You can port your Keynote presentations to the iPod in a Quicktime movie, but there isn't a scripting language that helps you control any aspect of it, Keynote only needs to evolve to this point and could really be a rival to Flash. Other candidate to replace Flash supremacy on Mac OS X is Quicktime, Apple only needs to adds more Applescript commands that help to create interactivity in Quicktime and because Quicktime nature, the final product could be multiplatform, Windows, Mac and the Net. Remember that when Adobe literally abandoned the Mac video market Apple created Final Cut and when innovation in the photography space was slow, Apple launched Aperture, so Apple is watching Adobe's moves and believe me, Apple is just waiting for Adobe's mac abandonment to hit it ...

Sep 13, 20080

Apple: Killing two birds with one shot (Adobe and Microsoft in Apple’s crosshair)

Categories: Adobe, Apple, Application, Finance

Apple has the chance of Steve Jobs' entire life to take on Adobe and Microsoft in just one shot, how? Easy, if Apple merges itself with Corel, which market value is US$231,552,240, polishes Corel applications to meet the Mac guidelines, drop those applications that don't represent a good chance to dominate any market segment, puts some resources in Corel Wordperfect, which the last time I used it in the ancient Mac OS 9 was an excellent application that took advantage of all the Apple technologies by that time, Office looked dull when compared with Wordperfect. 1) In the recent transformation of Adobe into a Microsoft-like model delaying mac applications and acting as if the mac platform were a second-class citizen, slow in fixing bugs that plague their mac versions of their suites , slow in adapting to new features of the new Mac OS X, slow in providing Flash version to the iPhone, high prices for softwares with few new features and too many products that overlap each others and only help to create confusion to people, promising Windows only versions of their applications and letting the mac community in the dust. With a possible Apple-Corel merger, Apple can force Adobe ...

Jun 2, 20080

Adobe Launches Public Beta of Acrobat.com

Categories: Adobe, accesories, internet

Adobe Systems today introduced Acrobat.com , a suite of hosted services available as public beta for free signup, that put communication, productivity, and collaboration tools right within a Web browser. Much like Adobe® Acrobat® software enabled the publishing of high-quality electronic documents that anyone can read, Acrobat.com enables individuals to truly work collaboratively on electronic documents. Acrobat.com is a set of online services — file sharing and storage, PDF converter, online word processor, and Web conferencing — that take advantage of PDF, Adobe Flash® and Adobe AIR™ technologies to deliver engaging online experiences that go well beyond traditional office productivity tools. Also accessible through Adobe Acrobat 9 software (see separate release issued today), Acrobat.com delivers a new way for people to work together online. The hosted services in Acrobat.com include: - Adobe Buzzword®, a Web-based word processor that can be used to easily co-author and share documents for comment and review, creating high-quality print results; - Adobe ConnectNow, a personal Web conferencing service that includes desktop sharing, video and voice conferencing and integrated chat; - Centralized online file sharing with access controls, online PDF conversion for up to five documents, and support for high quality, Web-embeddable documents; - Developer APIs for real-time collaboration, file sharing ...

Mar 19, 20080

Yahoo News: Flash will make its way to the iPhone, Adobe

Categories: Adobe, Ads, Apple, Application, Applications, Content, Corporate, Flash Lite, internet, iphone, ipod

Adobe Systems is committed to bringing Flash to the iPhone, according to CEO Shantanu Narayen, even though Steve Jobs said last week that Flash isn't suitable for the iPhone But Narayen isn't wavering. "Flash is synonymous with the Internet and, frankly, anybody who wants to browse the Web and experience the Web's glory really needs Flash support," he said during a conference call Tuesday with investors, according to a transcript at seekingalpha.com. He is sure adding Flash support to the iPhone isn't a problem. "We've evaluated the SDK , we can now start to develop the Flash player ourselves and we think it benefits our joint customers," Narayen said. But he was also diplomatic, saying twice that Adobe wants to work with Apple. "We think it benefits our joint customers. So we want to work with Apple to bring that capability to the device," he said. Via Yahoo News Notice: Whataboutmac.com is not recommending this product and is not endorsed by any company which products are portrayed in any of our post. Right Now We do not have any business relationship with the manufacturer of this product or service. If you do business with them, Nice, but we are out of that equation. Visit Desinformado.com ...

Mar 19, 20080

Microsoft licenses Flash Lite from Adobe

Categories: Adobe, Applications, Flash Lite

Adobe announced that Microsoft has licensed Adobe® Flash® Lite™ software, Adobe’s Flash Player runtime specifically designed for mobile devices, to enable web browsing of Flash Player compatible content within the Internet Explorer Mobile browser in future versions of Microsoft Windows Mobile phones. Microsoft has also licensed Adobe Reader® LE software for viewing Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) documents including email attachments and web content. Both Adobe products will be made available to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, who license Windows Mobile software. The Flash Lite 3.x browser plug-in for Internet Explorer Mobile on Windows Mobile will provide users with access to rich and interactive web content created using Adobe Flash® technology. As the most popular and ubiquitous format on the Internet today, Adobe Flash powers many rich and engaging web sites, applications and animations. Adobe Reader LE will allow Windows Mobile users to easily and reliably view and navigate rich PDF content using innovative features developed to improve document readability on smaller screens. “People want vibrant web experiences and access to entertainment and information anywhere, anytime,” said John O’Rourke, general manager, Mobile Communications Business at Microsoft Corp. “Bringing Flash Lite and Reader LE to the Windows Mobile experience will give consumers more ...

Mar 19, 20080

Adobe Flash Lite Shipments Pass Half Billion Mark

Categories: Adobe, Applications, internet

Adobe announced that more than 500 million mobile devices shipped with Adobe® Flash® Lite™ software to date. Flash Lite, Adobe’s award-winning Flash Player runtime specifically designed for mobile devices, has seen over 150 percent growth over the last year and is now delivered on mobile phones and devices from all major handset manufacturers worldwide. Adobe also announced that Microsoft today became the latest company to license Flash Lite, for use in Microsoft Windows Mobile phones. “With over half a billion devices now running Flash Lite we’re extending the reach of high impact web experiences to our connected mobile world,” said Al Ramadan, senior vice president, Mobile and Devices at Adobe. “With Microsoft, the latest addition to our list of mobile partners, Flash technology’s footprint continues to expand, promising more opportunities for Flash developers and more great content for mobile consumers around the world.” All major handset manufacturers worldwide license and ship mobile devices with Flash Lite today including LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and many others. New devices like the Nokia N95, the Nokia N96, the Sony Ericsson C-Series, the NTT DoCoMo’s 905i series, and the Sony Mylo support Flash Lite 3, the latest version of the software. Flash Lite runs ...

Mar 8, 20080

Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta, Includes SDK & Built-in Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync

Categories: Adobe, Apple, Applications, Business

Apple today previewed its iPhone 2.0 software, scheduled for release this June, and announced the immediate availability of a beta release of the software to selected developers and enterprise customers. The iPhone 2.0 beta release includes both the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) as well as new enterprise features such as support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to provide secure, over-the-air push email, contacts and calendars as well as remote wipe, and the addition of Cisco IPsec VPN for encrypted access to private corporate networks. “We’re excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community with potentially thousands of native applications for iPhone and iPod touch,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPhone’s enterprise features combined with its revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface and advanced software architecture provide the best user experience and the most advanced software platform ever for a mobile device.” The iPhone SDK provides developers with a rich set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and tools to create innovative applications for iPhone and iPod® touch. Starting today, anyone can download the beta iPhone SDK for free and run the iPhone Simulator on their Mac®. Apple today also introduced its new iPhone Developer Program, giving developers everything they need to create native applications, ...

Feb 25, 20082

AOL Introduces Xdrive Desktop Lite Mac compatible

Categories: Adobe, Applications, Mac OS X, internet

AOL today announced the release of Xdrive Desktop Lite (www.xdrive.com), an all-new version of the Xdrive software on Adobe® AIR™, which was also launched today. The Xdrive Desktop Lite product features an enhanced user interface as well as desktop integration and offers consumers the opportunity to use the Xdrive software on a Mac computer for the first time. Designed to make it easier to upload and store digital files in one place, Xdrive Desktop Lite reduces the amount of time it takes to upload files by fully integrating the consumer’s desktop into the application. Users uploading digital files stored on a local hard drive will be able to see the contents of that drive appear within the Xdrive application, and can easily drag the files from the local drive to the Xdrive service in one simple step. The new software also offers a cleaner, more intuitive user interface, and is both PC and Mac-enabled, offering users the opportunity to easily store up to 5 GB of files from any computer on the Xdrive service for free. “AOL has long been a leader in the online storage space, and we continue to enhance Xdrive to ensure ...

Feb 20, 20080

Is Adobe the next Netscape?

Categories: Adobe, Apple, Microsoft, Multimedia, online

Today Microsoft chairman and mastermind, Bill Gates, announced that the software giant is giving away million of dollars in developer applications with a new iniciative called DreamSpark, which will provide professional software tools available at no charge to high school and university students worldwide. Wow, good software samaritan, we all love Microsoft, we really do. The problem here is that for Microsoft it is nothing more than another Netscape, why? See it this way, why on earth would you like to give away professional softwares at not charge if in the end you won't end up earning twice what you have already given? It is an investment and giving away those applications only hurts the Microsoft competition. This time is Adobe, which Microsoft chose as its favorite enemy. Adobe and Microsfot danced a Tango for a very long time, the Tango is an amazing dance, where you must do your best to harmoniously orchestrate the must beautiful movements, the Tango ended being a disgraceful dance and Microsoft has decided to step in Adobe turf, competing directly with Adobe hardcore applications. To achieve this new attack Microsoft created and is intensively marketing, Expression Studio, Expression Web, Expression Blend, Expression Design and Expression ...

Feb 19, 20080

Adobe Launches Director 11

Categories: Adobe, Finance, Games, Mac OS X

Adobe today announced Adobe® Director 11 software, a major upgrade to the company’s powerful multimedia authoring tool for building interactive applications and rich content. The latest release contains a flexible and easy-to-use authoring environment enabling multimedia authors, animators and developers to create powerful interactive applications, games, e-learning and simulation products. With Director 11 or a combination of Director 11 and the Adobe Shockwave® Player, users can author once and publish content for the Web, CDs/DVDs and the desktop simultaneously. This robust environment complements Adobe’s ecosystem of creative products, enabling users to add Adobe Flash® SWF files to Director projects, play them in Director and Shockwave, and easily edit them with Adobe Flash CS3 Professional. In addition, Director 11 supports a wide variety of third-party add-ons creating the most extensible authoring environment possible. Director 11 also enables content creators to localize applications through Unicode, create new levels of lifelike motion in games and simulations with the Ageia™ PhysX™ physics engine, and deliver more engaging experiences with enhanced text and native 3D rendering. “With the new Director 11, users can unleash their creative capabilities and broaden their market reach with less effort, producing more engaging multimedia applications in less time,” said Naresh Gupta, senior ...

Feb 8, 20080

Adobe Stock Photos to be discontinued

Categories: Adobe, accesories, internet, online

Adobe has announced Adobe Stock Photos, the service integrated into Adobe Bridge, will be discontinued as of April 1, 2008. An FAQ is posted to address common questions (especially if you're an ASP user), and there are uninstallers for Mac and Windows that let you remove ASP from Bridge if you'd like. The FAQ is very light on the rationale for the decision, but in an interview with StockAsylum's Ron Rovtar (subscription required for part of it), Adobe director James Alexander says, "We thought we went to market with a set of features and functionality that were going to improve workflow. It was just not as compelling as we thought it was going to be." I don't have a lot of additional context to offer, other than to say that we're working hard to make Photoshop, Bridge, and the other Creative Suite apps much more easily extensible so that they can support whatever services customers find useful--whether from Adobe or from third parties. The product page read: Thank you for using Adobe Stock Photos As of April 1, 2008, the Adobe® Stock Photos royalty-free image service will be discontinued. Adobe made this decision in order to focus efforts in other areas. We ...

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