Former Apple executive Jean-Louis Gassée comments on Apple’s decision to disallow developers from creating iPhone apps using multi-platform development tools: Who, in his right mind, expects Steve Jobs to let Adobe (and other) cross-platform application development tools control his (I mean the iPhone OS) future? Cross-platform tools dangle the old “write once, run everywhere” promise. […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 24, 2010
In anticipation of the April 12th release of CS 5, Adobe has released a number of videos highlighting some of the more compelling features in its suite of design and editing software. One such feature, Content-Aware Fill on Photoshop 5, is particularly tantalizing. Check out the video below and prepare to be amazed.
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Comments Off on Adobe to launch CS5 for the Mac on April 12th
Adobe will launch the latest series of its Creative Suite software on April 12th accompanied by an online launch event that will enable interested consumers to check out some of the new features of CS 5. Many of the new and upcoming features haven’t been fully made public, but Adobe has included a number of […]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 11, 2010
It’s no secret that Steve Jobs and Apple don’t think too highly of Flash, with Jobs reportedly noting during an internal Apple meeting that the majority of crashes on Safari are due to Flash related bugs. Apple has refused to budge from its position of not supporting Flash on the iPhone, and with the Flash-less […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Comments Off on Adobe CTO Kevn Lynch talks Apple, says Flash on the Mac will improve
Apple’s stance on Flash is pretty well-known, with Steve Jobs going so far as to say that the majority of crashes on Safari are because of Flash. Below, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch took some time to talk to Kara Swisher from All Things D about all things Apple and Flash, while also addressing some of the anti-Flash sentiment […]
Continue reading...Friday, February 5, 2010
Steve Jobs made headlines last week when he reportedly referred to Adobe as lazy during a company townhall meeting about the iPad. Now, Hardmac reports, citing a source close to an Apple executive, some of the more precise details surrounding Jobs’ characterization of Adobe as lazy and why Apple and Adobe haven’t been seeing eye […]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 31, 2010
Comments Off on Steve Jobs calls Adobe lazy, says Google’s “Don’t be evil” mantra is BS, and promises A+ upgrade for the iPhone
Last week, Apple held an informal town-hall style meeting where company employees engaged in a Q&A session with CEO Steve Jobs. Wired, citing an anonymous person who was there, yet not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, writes that Jobs addressed a bevy of issues, including Apple’s stance on flash, the next-gen iPhone, and […]
Continue reading...Friday, January 29, 2010
In a post titled “Broken link?”, Adrian Ludwig of Adobe calls Apple out for not including flash on the newly announced iPad, and argues that Apple is ultimately ruining the end-user experience. As I drove by Yerba Buena Theater in San Francisco this morning, I couldn’t help but be impressed. Apple certainly has the ability […]
Continue reading...Monday, November 2, 2009
The iPhone still can’t run flash and it probably won’t support flash anytime soon, if ever. But that hasn’t stopped Adobe from lobbying to get flash up and running on the iPhone, with their most recent move being to basically call Apple out. When iPhone users visit Adobe’s flash download page, they’re greeted with non […]
Continue reading...Monday, October 19, 2009
Last week, Adobe released its Photoshop.com Mobile app for the iPhone. The app, naturally, is a striped down version of Adobe’s popular Photoshop editing program and so far it’s off to a more than impressive start. John Nack, writing for Adobe, writes that the app has already been downloaded over 1 million times in less than 2 […]
Continue reading...Monday, October 12, 2009
Comments Off on Adobe releases Photoshop app for the iPhone
Adobe recently released its Photoshop.com Mobile app for the iPhone. As you’d expect, the app is a striped down version of Adobe’s popular Photoshop editing program. iPodnn writes: The new app can crop, flip and rotate photos, or adjust exposure, saturation and tint, with option of converting to black-and-white. Two filters are included: Sketch renders […]
Continue reading...Monday, October 5, 2009
Comments Off on Adobe announces Flash Player 10.1, iPhone support nowhere to be found
At the Max Conference in LA, Adobe announced the arrival of Flash Player 10.1, an upgrade which promises to make delivering flash video more of a reality than it has been in the past for devices that haven’t been up to snuff. Flash 10.1 will improve performance by taking advantage of GPU acceleration on a […]
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Monday, April 12, 2010
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