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Steve Jobs: Why Apple Does Not Allow Flash on iPhones, iPods, iPads
Microsoft Bus Tour Giving Free Windows 7 Ultimate Software
Slangwho People Powered Search Engine Challenges Google

Steve Jobs: Why Apple Does Not Allow Flash on iPhones, iPods, iPads

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:01 AM PDT

Steve Jobs has clarified why Apple does not allow Flash on iPhones, iPods, iPads. This hopefully clarifies all issues in mind of Apple product users, Apple critics and Adobe Flash fans.

Adobe recently pointed out that “Apple released a new draft of their iPhone developer program license which had the effect of restricting applications built with a number of technologies, including Unity, Titanium, MonoTouch, and Flash CS5″.

Then Kevin Lynch, Adobe CTO revealed that they “have already decided to shift our focus away from Apple’s iPhone and iPad devices for both Flash Player and AIR. We are working to bring Flash Player and AIR to all the other major participants in the mobile ecosystem, including Google, RIM, Palm (soon to be HP), Microsoft, Nokia and others.”

Now Steve Jobs replies point wise why Apple will not support Flash. Here we quote a few excerpts from his statement -

While Adobe's Flash products are widely available, this does not mean they are open, since they are controlled entirely by Adobe and available only from Adobe. By almost any definition, Flash is a closed system…. Rather than use Flash, Apple has adopted HTML5, CSS and JavaScript – all open standards.

Adobe has repeatedly said that Apple mobile devices cannot access "the full web" because 75% of video on the web is in Flash. What they don't say is that almost all this video is also available in a more modern format, H.264, and viewable on iPhones, iPods and iPads.

Symantec recently highlighted Flash for having one of the worst security records in 2009. We also know first hand that Flash is the number one reason Macs crash. We have been working with Adobe to fix these problems, but they have persisted for several years now.

To achieve long battery life when playing video, mobile devices must decode the video in hardware; decoding it in software uses too much power. Many of the chips used in modern mobile devices contain a decoder called H.264….Although Flash has recently added support for H.264, the video on almost all Flash websites currently requires an older generation decoder that is not implemented in mobile chips and must be run in software.

Flash was designed for PCs using mice, not for touch screens using fingers. For example, many Flash websites rely on "rollovers", which pop up menus or other elements when the mouse arrow hovers over a specific spot. Apple's revolutionary multi-touch interface doesn't use a mouse, and there is no concept of a rollover.

Flash is a cross platform development tool. It is not Adobe's goal to help developers write the best iPhone, iPod and iPad apps. It is their goal to help developers write cross platform apps. And Adobe has been painfully slow to adopt enhancements to Apple's platforms.

Basically Steve Jobs wants to suggest that the mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards where Flash falls short. 200,000 Apple Store Apps proves Flash isn't necessary for developers to create rich applications and games and creating HTML5 tools is the future.

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Microsoft Bus Tour Giving Free Windows 7 Ultimate Software

Posted: 02 May 2010 07:44 AM PDT

Join the Microsoft Get On the Bus Tour and get free Windows 7 Ultimate software copies. The Microsoft Bus Tour is a 10-city North American road show starting at Montreal en route to TechEd in New Orleans, June 7. Join the tour of the East Coast and learn more about Windows 7 and Office 2010.

Microsoft Get on the Bus The 2010 Tour Group brings together ten experts including senior Windows and Office team members and top IT Professionals. Join them at a stop nearest you for technical training, professional networking, hands-on experiences, and real world guidance from industry experts.

Microsoft Get On the Bus Tour

Week 1
May 21st — Montreal QC, Canada
May 24th — Boston MA
May 25th — New York NY
May 26th — Philadelphia PA
May 27-28 — Washington DC
Week 2

Memorial Holiday — no events
June 1st — Richmond VA
June 2nd — Raleigh NC
June 3rd — Charlotte NC
June 4th — Atlanta GA

Free Windows 7 Ultimate Software Giveaway

Microsoft is also giving away 50 copies of Windows 7 Ultimate for the first 50 Get On the Bus event attendees through the door at every stop! To receive free Windows 7 Ultimate, be in the first 50 people (who are US residents or Canada 18+) to arrive at a Microsoft Get On the Bus Tour afternoon event.

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Slangwho People Powered Search Engine Challenges Google

Posted: 02 May 2010 04:43 AM PDT

A new search engine is coming called Slangwho, a People Powered Search Engine set to redefine the way we search. Online buzz and advertising campaigns seems to be building around Slangwho as it gets poised to take on Google, Bing and Yahoo!

Slangwho People Search Engine

Slangwho launched live in Private Beta on March 1, 2010. Now they have released 3 videos directed by Italian director and producer Aaron Chiesa. At 1pm EST every day, a new video from the 12 part video series exploring conversations with real people will go live till the Slangwho launch on May 14, 2010.

These videos are a commentary on the 'black box' algorithms used by most search engines to determine search results. Slangwho's search results are determined by users…not by a box.

The videos specify people powered search is more trustworthy than a black box algorithm used by most search engines. What exactly Slangwho is, and how they will integrate social media will be revealed more in these coming videos till the launch on May 14, 2010. Meanwhile Slangwho cofounder Sasha Tcherevkoff is not revealing much on Twitter, except for that its Alexa rank is rising and advertising is in full swing.