Adobe: There’s No Flash on iPad Because Apple Is Protecting Content Revenue

January 29th, 2010 admin

Why is there no Adobe Flash on the iPad? Adobe says it’s not because it’s buggy, as an Apple source claimed this afternoon to CultofMac.com. It’s because Apple is protecting revenue streams derived from content like movies and games. If users could watch free TV shows on Hulu, they wouldn’t buy them through iTunes. “It’s pretty clear


Originally posted on Cult Of Mac

 
  Related Posts
Apple removes display of Adobe Flash content from iPad promos
Following an AppleInsider report that highlighted two pieces of promotional iPad material showing the display of Adobe Flash content, Apple has removed the offending images from its Web site.  Read More →
Inside Apple’s iPad: Adobe Flash
Inside Apple’s iPad: Adobe Flash
Apple’s new iPad is being criticized for lacking the capacity to render interactive content built using Adobe’s Flash platform, but the company shows no sign of reversing course.  Read More →
Adobe CTO Weighs In On Apple, Flash and iPad
Adobe CTO Weighs In On Apple, Flash and iPad
Adobe’s chief technology officer has finally weighed in on the great Flash debate, and is taking potshots at Apple for not supporting Flash on the iPad. Adobe’s head software honcho Kevin Lynch says Flash on the iPad is essential to the “open” internet. Except Flash isn’t open. In a blog post published Wednesday, Lynch... 
Product News: Hulu Comes to iPad via Broader Subscription Service
Product News: Hulu Comes to iPad via Broader Subscription Service
Hulu announced a new subscription service called Hulu Plus Tuesday. The new service offers users expanded content, such as entire series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Law & Order, etc., that will be streamed in 720p HD, but even more importantly to Apple’s ecosystem, it’s the first and only way to watch Hulu streaming TV and movies on your... 
Adobe points finger at Apple over Flash for iPhone
Adobe points finger at Apple over Flash for iPhone
Filed under: Apple , iPhone , iPod touch The lack of Flash of the iPhone has been an issue , complaint and breaking point for many current (and potential) iPhone users. It seems that Adobe is just as fed up as the rest of us and has started to more publicly blame Apple for the lack of this technology. When a website requires a Flash plugin, it provides... 
Adobe slams Snow Leopard Flash Player security patch
Adobe slams Snow Leopard Flash Player security patch
Remember that old Flash war between Apple and Adobe? It continues, with Adobe slamming Apple for failing to include the most recent version of Flash inside the latest Snow Leopard security update. “10.6.4 update for Mac OS X includes Flash Player, but not the latest version,” said Brad Arkin, Adobe’s director of security and privacy,... 
Apple Context Machine Podcast: ACM 168: Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, Flash, HTC, & the iPad in Vertical Markets
Apple Context Machine Podcast: ACM 168: Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, Flash, HTC, & the iPad in Vertical Markets
In this episode of The Apple Context Machine Podcast, Jeff and Bryan talk about the ongoing feud between Apple and Adobe concerning Flash, Microsoft licensing its patents to HTC, and the iPad in vertical markets. Apple – Microsoft – Adobe Systems – IPad – Adobe Flash  Read More →
Adobe speaks up about Flash on the iPad
Adobe speaks up about Flash on the iPad
Filed under: OS , Software , Internet Tools The iPhone and iPod touch haven’t run Flash natively in the years since their respective debuts, and it’s pretty clear based on Steve Jobs’s presentation yesterday that the iPad won’t run Flash, either. When scrolling through the New York Times’s main page, for example, where... 
Adobe Flash And Other Third-Party Programs Will Now Be Able To Use GPU To Decode Video
Adobe Flash And Other Third-Party Programs Will Now Be Able To Use GPU To Decode Video
Apple has introduced a new Technical Note for OS X 10.6.3 that allows third-party developers to use hardware acceleration to decode H.264 video. Adobe’s failure to deliver acceptable performance under OS X has long been blamed by the company on the lack of this functionality. Only Apple computers boasting GPUs supporting the functionality... 
News: Adobe CEO: Mac Flash Crashes are Apple’s Fault
News: Adobe CEO: Mac Flash Crashes are Apple’s Fault
If Flash is the number one cause of crashes on the Mac platform, as Apple has asserted, it’s not Adobe’s fault, according to Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal said that such crashes have something, “to do with the Apple operating system.” Apple – Adobe Systems – Shantanu Narayen – Macintosh... 
  Related Tweets from Twitter
tarotno291 (???????????????????)  : ??????????? ?????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????? by ???? #meigen http://bit.ly/bsmGL2..
Updated : 2010-09-10T22:33:07Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
techtionary (CrossTalk)  : @google Android to be #2 in 2010 http://bit.ly/bOF4dP -- there is no business like show business and no brand like Apple @appleincnews..
Updated : 2010-09-10T22:33:07Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
fiftyjohn (John)  : #sun #apple #vim immense Erfolgsgeschichte Es schttet wie aus Eimern..
Updated : 2010-09-10T22:33:06Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
smilton08 (stacey)  : RT @SaraBareilles: Congrats to the first RT winners! Personalized CDs on their way! Who's next? Probably You. Retweet the following: http://..
Updated : 2010-09-10T22:33:03Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
Wadami ('W.)  : Hope that mean iPhone 4s. Shall read later! RT @mashable: Apple Looks to Officially Close Antennagate on September 30 - http://mash.to/2CA3m..
Updated : 2010-09-10T22:33:03Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
  Related News from Digg
No comments yet.

Spam Protection by WP-SpamFree

TOP