Tag Archives: flash

Goodbye Flash – You Won’t Be Missed

by on November 9th, 2011 at 11:34 am

Ding Dong the witch is dead … I have to say I love the news this morning that Adobe has decided to cease development of Flash for mobile devices, and refocus on HTML5. Here’s an excerpt from their blog post on this subject (emphasis mine): However, HTML5 is now universally …

More than Half of Online Videos Now iOS Friendly?

by on October 28th, 2010 at 3:53 pm

Apple’s crusade against Adobe Flash has shown success in a new survey, which found that 54 percent of video online is now available in H.264 via HTML5, the modern standard for the web embraced by Apple in iOS and Mac OS X. Wow, that’s a surprisingly big number if it’s …

Recommended: Fake Steve Expands on Real Steve’s Flash Bannage

by on April 30th, 2010 at 2:43 pm

Things just got worse for Adobe.  Fake Steve Jobs has decided to go ahead and extend the banning of Flash to Mac OS X. And similar harsh measures are coming for a couple other parties: Also: As of some day really soon, Gawker Media Web sites will not be supported …

Mac OS X 10.6.1 Update Details Emerge

by on September 4th, 2009 at 8:08 am

World of Apple has posted the seed notes associated with the currently unreleased Snow Leopard 10.6.1 (build 10B503) update. This update has only been released to a select group of developers, and details are limited. Here’s what we do know: compatibility with some Sierra Wireless 3G modems an issue that might …

Snow Leopard Ships with Vulnerable Version os Flash

by on September 4th, 2009 at 12:00 am

The antivirus company Sophos is reporting that Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is shipping with a previous version of Flash. The problem? Flash has been updated since then, patching several security vulnerabilities. The biggest problem is that, an upgrade installation of Snow Leopard on top of Leopard installation containing the …

iFlashReady – Add a virtual flash effect to iPhone photos

by on August 26th, 2009 at 11:00 am

I recently took some photos on an overcast day using my iPhone ‘s camera that turned out to be underexposed and darker than I ‘d prefer. I usually just load my photos onto my Mac and use iPhoto to enhance and correct the exposure and levels of photos before publishing …