Earlier this week, Apple announced macOS Sierra which comes with an array of new features like Siri, Apple Pay and more. The new OS also comes with new version of Safari dubbed as Safari 10 which will block Flash plugin by default across all websites.
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Google is looking forward to implement HTML5 by default in Chrome by the end of Q4 2016. The company will continue the removal of Flash for the browser .
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Google has updated Chrome OS beta to improve your laptop’s battery life. The latest update that bumps Chrome Beta OS to version 44 makes Flash content more power-efficient.
Nokia recently launched a brand new variant of its popular Lumia 920 smartphone on Verizon in the US. The handset went on sale on 16th May and while in New York we decided to step into a retail store to get a feel for the handset. Here’s a quick photo gallery to whet your appetite while we work on a brief impressions post.
Jealous of the Nokia 808 PureView owners who can take low light images and party shots with ease because of the xenon flash in their phone but not impressed by the thickness of the phone ? Researchers at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University might have just the solution.
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ZTE is well known for providing quite compelling hardware at a bargain basement price point. After announcing the Grand X for Europe, it is now bringing its next high-end device to the US. Coming to Sprint in the 4th quarter, the phone sports specs like a 1.5Ghz dual core processor and 1GB of RAM.
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If you are big fan of Adobe Flash Player on your Android phone or BlackBerry Playbook , bad news ! Adobe has announced that it is stopping development of Flash Player for mobile browsers and mobile devices. It will however provide critical bug fixes and security updates. This info comes from ZDNET who got early access to this announcement from Adobe. Looks like Adobe is increasing investment in HTML5 and shying away from Flash player on the mobile browser.
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Opera just released Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 browsers at CTIA and here is a first look at the Opera Mobile 11 Browser for Android which comes with Adobe Flash support. The browser includes a slightly redesigned UI with a Opera button which acts like the Windows start button Continue reading “Opera Mobile 11 for Android with Adobe Flash Support : Video”
The folks from Skyfire have released more info about their upcoming iPhone app.
watch the video below to see the browser in action
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The Motorola Droid 2 was launched today and will be available in stores soon. We have received word from Adobe that the Droid 2 will have the Adobe Flash Player 10.1 pre-installed . Adobe has also hinted that the several Android handsets such as the HTC Incredible , EVO 4G , Desire , Samsung Galaxy S , Motorola Milestone and Droid X will support Flash Player 10.1 in the following weeks. What interesting is that the Flash Player on the Droid 2 is also hardware accelerated and looks pretty smooth in the video. Watch it below.
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The Apple iPad and other i products such as the iPod touch and iPhone don’t support Flash content simply because Apple thinks Flash obsolete and that HTML5 is the future . But someone has managed to port the Android version of Flash to Jailbroken iPads and here is a video demo which shows Flash movies playing on the iPad. The project is called Frash and a developer version of the app is out . Continue reading “Video : The iPad runs Flash !”
The Folks at Engadget have posted a nice video comparison between the HTC Desire running Flash Lite and the Nexus One running Flash 10.1 Beta and it looks like the Nexus One with the latest FroYo upgrade has better overall Flash performance compared to the Desire.
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Steve Jobs recently explained in an open letter why Flash is banned on iPhone and put forward his views regarding the Adobe Flash. He says that Flash is the number one reason Macs crashes and he don’t want to reduce the reliability and security of iPhones.
Steve Jobs recently explained in an open letter why Flash is banned on iPhone and put forward his views regarding the Adobe Flash. He says that Flash is the number one reason Macs crashes and he don’t want to reduce the reliability and security of iPhones, iPods and iPads by adding Flash.
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Its official now! Android 2.2 will get an inbuilt Flash Support from Google. Continue reading “Android 2.2 to get Inbuilt Flash Support”
One of the major features missing on the Apple iPad is Adobe Flash support . Apple and Adobe have never reached a successful pact on bringing Flash to the iPhone for 3 years now although talks have been going on. The best thing to happen was Flash runtime support for iPhone apps. Now this issue resurfaces on the iPad. But Apple has been a great believer in HTML5 the new upcoming standard for Web Pages and believes HTML5 can eventually replace Flash. Continue reading “iPad will play Flickr Videos in HD in Fullscreen using HTML5 , Who needs Flash ?”
