Adobe Hopes Wallaby Can Vault Apple's Flash Blockade
Ever since Steve Jobs issued his “Thoughts on Flash” almost a year ago, there's has been a lot written about the conflict between Adobe's favorite runtime and Apple's iOS platform, supported by the po...
You've Heard of “Checking In.” Now there's the “Check Out.”
A new startup is launching a mobile application tonight that will allow restaurant-and-bar-goers the ability to “check out” to record their sentiments about the businesses they visit. — The “check-o...
Adobe's Wallaby ties Flash to HTML
The toolkit converts Flash files to HTML so that they can run on Apple's iOS or WebKit-based browsers — Adobe Systems is making available this evening a preview of its Wallaby technology, which enab...
Another Yahoo Loves Group Buying, As Top Ad Sales Exec Mitch Spolan Heads to LivingSocial
Yahoo has lost another one of its top advertising sales execs, Mitch Spolan, to a hot start-up of the moment-this time to LivingSocial. — The move by Yahoo's head of North American field sales …
Warner Bros. to Rent Movies Digitally on Facebook, Starting With ‘Dark Knight’
Warners said Monday that it is the first Hollywood studio to offer movies directly on Facebook.
Exclusive: 64GB iPhone 4 Hands-on & Video!
The next iPhone? We are not sure, but we've just got our hands on an engineered prototype of iPhone 4, with 64 GB storage capacity. We tested it, and it is the real thing, no jokes here. On the bac...
Android now more profitable than iOS for well-known game developer
Lately, there's been a lot of talk about how Google's Android Market compares with Apple's App Store in terms of developer potential — specifically, the ability for app developers to make money on the...
Yes, Facebook Could Compete With Netflix. And Everyone Else, Too.
Dear mythical investor: — I'm confused. — Yesterday you owned Netflix shares. Today you sold them, prompted by the news that Hollywood had begun renting movies on Facebook, using the social netwo...
Microsoft's music/video services futures: The plot thickens with ‘Ventura’
Recent questions about the future of the Microsoft Zune music/video service have remained largely unanswered. But my contacts have shared a new, relevant piece of the puzzle. And that piece is coden...
Twitter Succumbs To Backlash, #Dickbar No Longer Covers Tweets
Oh poor #Dickbar, we've spent about five days bemoaning how terrible a UI you were and now you've been pinned down, unable to roam freely over tweets like the days of yore. — Kowtowing to user and b...
DailyBooth So Excited About iPad 2 Camera That They Close A $6 Million Venture Round
DailyBooth, a site where (mostly) teens have conversations via text and photos of themselves, has closed its first big round of funding - $6 million - in a round led by Ignition Partners.
Addressing a Big New Audience: VMware Acquires WaveMaker
Today, VMware announces with this blog the acquisition of WaveMaker, a widely used graphical tool that enables non-expert developers to build web applications quickly. While WaveMaker is already part...