In what comes across as a spontaneous about-face, Adobe announced on Wednesday that it would be disabling rich applications that make use of Adobe’s Flash Plugin on mobile devices. The company wants to focus on HTML 5 and Adobe AIR apps instead. This comes at a time when it was already working on Flash video and other applications to enable them on cell phones, in a wake to bridge the gap between web video and things that could be watched on TV. These efforts might become useless now.

“Over the past two years, we’ve delivered Flash Player for mobile browsers and brought the full expressiveness of the web to many mobile devices. However, HTML5 is now universally supported on major mobile devices, in some cases exclusively.”

Adobe was planning to get Flash to connected TVs, Blu Ray players and other devices under a project named, “Open Screen Project”. They were targeting consistent app runtime in multiple devices. The application could then be distributed across web browsers. With the declaration, this project comes to a halt.

Adobe Flash Pullback

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The rumor train has spilled the beans on iPad 3 release date. A new update from sources says that there might be just an advanced version of iPad 2 in the line. iPad 3 is not coming before iPad Mini. However still, analysts are predicting an early 2012 release of iPad 3 based on the fact that Apple has placed huge orders of iPad parts for 2011 assembly of the device.

The DigiTimes Technology website hinted that Cupertino Company might just be releasing an iPad 2 upgrade during the fourth quarter of 2011 (that will end in March next year). If these rumors come out true then enhanced iPad 2 version will be thinner than its parent and with longer battery life. The contemplated size of Mini tablet is 7.35 inch. The manufacturing company, Apple has tie-up with, is gearing up for an early release in time for the Lunar New Year (January 22 to 28). According to them the updated iPads will be available by the end of January next year?

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Good news iPhone lovers! Apple retail stores are planning to construct new Express Lanes to help divert the heavy traffic of customers at major counters. Also these lanes will provide holiday shoppers with an option to fast track purchases of all Apple products. Express lanes are very true to their name and keep buzzing with customers all day. This time fast zones will feature every model of iPad, iPod and some popular laptop models.

The trend of Express Lanes is not new with Apple Retail but it would be exciting to witness this time around. And why is that, because the new Apple Store App has just released and it allows self check out option and store pickup facility. So we want to see how actually it works with the Fast Zones.

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As 2012 is approaching anxiety is on its peak. Those who have waited for iPhone 5 all this time will witness a newly styled Apple iPhone with a complete design overhaul next year. DigiTimes has reported that all Apple products; iPad, iMac, iPhone and MacBook Air will get a fresh look in the coming year. After this long record of creating aluminium products with brushed metals and shiny materials involvement this could be the first time Apple would be changing its design philosophy for its next generation products.

This October people were desperately waiting for iPhone 5 after a long break of one and a half year since the last iPhone was launched. The rumors and speculations had done their part by reporting every bit of iPhone 5 news and generating a never ending curiosity about expected features and relative design. But unfortunately next gen Smartphone never showed up and all hopes were dashed. iPhone 4S, a mocked upgrade to iPhone 4, called for general disappointment and rage. So if the Cupertino giant wants to maintain its fan following it will have to ripen the best from its farm this time.

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Who must not be waiting for LTE iPhone? But it all depends on the Cupertino giant if it is in favor of taking the extra pains as inclusion of another modem for 4G connectivity inside the already complex machinery of iPhone can take a toll on the phone’s performance. Also keeping in mind Apple’s love for perfection and enigma, it’s too early to say the next generation iPhone will be LTE enabled. But the reports differ.

Just when we thought iPhone 5 rumors have died down, pop came this news. After upsetting the whole world by missing on iPhone 5, Apple dint explain as to what was the cause of keeping iPhone 5 hidden. Since, 5^th gen iPhone is ready the only reason it didn’t surface last month can be unavailability of 4G connection. What comes across as a major disappointment is no explanation from their side. But somehow when I see iPhone 5 as an LTE phone and bigger screen I can spare my thoughts till the next launch.

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Tabloids are still buzzing with news on Steve Jobs. Everyone is curious to know more and more about the great genius’ personal and professional life. And so he is coming to a theater near you! If we say he is the most written about celebrity this year we won’t be wrong. The latest in the circuit is an interview he did almost 20 years ago. It was known to have vanished after 10 minutes of it was used up for a miniseries. The whole footage has resurfaced after 20 years and will be made into a documentary now.

The movie is titled, “Steve Jobs: the Lost Interview” and is based on a conversation between Jobs and Robert Cringely, author and producer of a 1996 miniseries “Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires”. The movie talked of personal computer industry and origin of Silicon Valley as a technology hub. Ever since Steve’s death, inquisitiveness surrounding him has skied. His biography by Walter Issacson is bestselling these days and the 60 minutes show on the Book had drawn almost 13 million viewers for CBS.

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The New Apple Store at 767, Fifth Avenue, New York

Finally, New York streets are lit up with the grace of a newly made majestic beauty. The Apple Store on 767 Fifth Avenue is shining bright through glass. The wholly revamped glass cube is revealing the streamlined construction design for the first time.

The images of cubical show it is constructed of glass entirely. And this time the store utilizes only 15 panes of glass instead of the 90 panes used last time (in the original cube). Also a “seamless” design it does away with nearly all of the hardware required to hold glass panes together.

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Kevin Rose debuted with Oink, his first product from the company Milk (his own start-up lab) dedicated to Apple. Released 3^rd November, this App is available in iTunes Store and helps you rank things rather than places. There are so many things one can rate with the help of Oink; for example foods, drinks, seats at venues, attractions at theme parks and other eye candies! Kevin informs there is a gamification element attached to the software. This will help in ranking the favorites at different places.

This App lets you rate anything and then uses its social reputation to help people figure out who to trust about what topics. Apple says;

“Oink is an easy way to rate and rank the things around you. Instead of just rating places, you rate the items inside. You could easily find the most popular items on a menu and see if a friend has tried anything there. Then if there’s something you like, it’s just a single press to rate it and share it with friends.”

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iPhone 5 Would Be A Complete Redesign

Updated November 8, 2011

You heard iPhone 4S would undergo complete design overhaul to make way for iPhone 5? If not, thanks to the weekly roundup here at your service! DigiTimes reported on 3 November that Apple was planning an idea makeover for its next generation iPhone 5. Also iPad, iMac and MacBook Air may lineup for the same upgrade. The tech giant has placed huge orders for key parts required in the iPhone manufacturing and has asked the supply chain makers to develop components like flat panel modules and LED light bars for two iPad prototypes. These have been code named J1 and J2. Quite possibly iPhone 5 casing will employ Liquidmetal to impart it a strong finish.

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Hard times for Siri just don’t seem to get over. Recently we reported how using Siri would make you pay extra on your data plans. Your personal assistant is programmed to work only on internet connectivity. And so we explained how Siri was incapable of doing simplest tasks without web services. Latest news, iPhone 4S Voice Feature went down on Wednesday morning and didn’t come up until evening. In a holiday mood the entire day, it recovered late afternoon that too only for some people. Analysts say it was suffering from an outage.

The sound based assistant feature Siri is not a simple program. Its function is to take your queries and answer back after it has the information. And this should be as quick as possible. It must communicate with one of Apple’s server to fetch answers that require web look-up. For instance, you want to know how the weather is like in New York. Siri will have to complete an elaborate cycle of telephoning with the main database that has information, only then can it update you. And specifically this is why jailbreaking the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 is tricky if you wish to run Siri on them.

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