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Adobe Freshens AIR for Multiscreen App Development

in News on October 25, 2010 at 8:33 am PT

At its MAX 2010 conference this morning, Adobe is introducing a handful of new tools and services with the aim of becoming the app development platform of choice across all digital devices. Adobe’s updated AIR 2.5, part of its Flash Platform, will let developers leverage existing code to build standalone applications for smartphones, tablets, desktop machines and televisions. Adobe is also unveiling InMarket, an app distribution service, and new tool suites for digital publishers and enterprises.

Microsoft, HP All Over This Cloud Computing Thing

in News on January 13, 2010 at 8:58 am PT

Big news from Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft today: A three-year alliance that will see them investing $250 million in a new cloud-computing venture. In a buzzword-riddled press release, they said they “will collaborate on an engineering roadmap for data management machines; converged, prepackaged application solutions; comprehensive virtualization offerings; and integrated management tools. Translation: HP and Microsoft will collaborate on the Windows Azure platform.
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