Ingrid Lunden
Nov 9, 2011 5:04 AM
Update: Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) how now posted an item on its own blog confirming that it will stop developing Flash for mobile devices, and will instead concentrate on apps using Adobe Air and HTML5. It will continue to support Flash for PC browsing, it said. Original post below. Widely debated,…
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Tom Krazit
Sep 21, 2011 2:21 PM
Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) has little choice but to press ahead with its Flash and AIR products, even as operating system vendors start to move away from its technology in favor of HTML5. The latest versions of the technology are probably welcome to those with content-distribution strategies based around Flash and…
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Joe Mullin
Jun 14, 2011 3:39 PM
So-called “Flash cookies” got some headlines in the online privacy world last year, after some prominent researchers noted that they were sometimes being used to track users—even users who took steps to protect their privacy, like clearing their regular (HTTP) cookies. Flash cookies were mentioned by the FTC as a…
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Joe Mullin
Feb 1, 2011 2:40 PM
The tracking uses of so-called “Flash cookies,” the data packets stored in the computers of users of Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) Flash Player, started getting a lot more attention last year, when they were the focus of an article about online privacy in the Wall Street Journal, as well as several…
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Joe Mullin
Jan 12, 2011 8:00 PM
Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) is moving to address concerns, raised by the Federal Trade Commission and privacy advocates, about potential privacy loopholes in its popular Flash Player program. Flash Product Manager Emmy Huang says in a blog post that the company will dramatically simplify how users access privacy settings for the…
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Joe Mullin
Dec 1, 2010 8:01 PM
Updated with response from Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE). So-called Flash cookies—chunks of data embedded in the Adobe Flash Player on internet users’ browsers that can’t be eliminated with standard privacy controls—have been on the radar of privacy advocates since last year. But the FTC made it clear today that it’s now…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jun 2, 2010 12:37 AM
Steve Jobs insists he didn’t plan a war with Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) over Flash. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), he told interviews Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at D8, simply made the choice that was best for its products and Adobe didn’t like it. Asked why he was cutting off customers, Jobs…
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James McQuivey
Forrester Research
Apr 30, 2010 12:00 PM
The Apple-Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) tussle is heating up to bizarre proportions, with Steve Jobs yesterday issuing a public defense for Apple’s anti-Flash stance. Call it a blog-heard-round-the-world, due to how quickly Jobs’ comments spread. Appropriately, much of the focus has been placed on Jobs’ technical arguments. But there’s another big…
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Tricia Duryee
Apr 29, 2010 3:43 PM
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs surprised Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) today by publishing a 1,671-word essay on his thoughts on why Apple does not allow Flash on iPhones, iPods and iPads. This afternoon, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, made an appearance at the WSJ’s office to participate in a live blog,…
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Staci D. Kramer
Apr 29, 2010 10:10 AM
Whether you’re a customer or a critic, Steve Jobs wants you to know once and for all why he does not allow Flash, made by his very old and dear friend Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE), on iPhones, iPods and iPad. In a 1,671-word message posted in Apple.com Hot News section. Jobs…
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Staci D. Kramer
Nov 17, 2008 6:08 PM
Major League Baseball Advanced Media, the digital arm of MLB, is dropping Microsoft’s Silverlight after a year, for a return to Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) Flash beginning in 2009. MLBAM gave Silverlight a boost when it switched from Adobe Flash in 2007 as part of the media player’s launch. But MLBAM’s…
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Rafat Ali
Jul 1, 2008 12:03 AM
In a major step forward in search technology, Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) is working with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) to make Flash files searchable in online search. The project will enable searches on Flash content to return text and links, which can then be indexed, and hence available…
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