Tech Ticker

You are browsing the archives of air.

  Adobe at the Adobe’s MAX conference today unwrapped the latest version of the AIR platform. The cross-platform runtime will now support Blackberry’s Tablet OS and TVs in addition to OSes like Android, iOS, Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. Samsung will be the first manufacturer to ship the AIR runtime in their SmartTVs. Adobe also [...]

  Apple has just started sending invites to the US media about a Mac-related event on October 20. The invite titled “Back to the Mac” does not reveal anything except a lion behind the Apple logo. Could it be the unveiling of a new Mac OS X? Or a Macbook Air refresh? We hope it’s [...]

  With the turmoil going on between Apple and Adobe, this should come as a respite for the Flash software maker. At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Zedomax stumbled upon a prototype Android tablet at the Adobe booth. The prototype seemed to run Android OS 2.1 but more importantly, ran Adobe’s Flash and [...]

  Adobe has released the beta versions of Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2, which were revealed at the Adobe Max conference last month. Both the applications are available for x86 systems running Windows, Mac and Linux OSes and support multi-touch commands and gestures. The new AIR 2 now not only allows to create feature-rich [...]

  At a press conference held today in Mumbai, Apple announced the updated range of Macbook notebooks along with the 24-inch Cinema Display. These are the same products which were unveiled by Steve Jobs a few days back. However, one major difference about it is the price. The Indian prices for Macbook and Cinema Display [...]

  Steve Jobs revealed the new Macbooks at a press conference yesterday. Apple was pretty proud of their creations which are made from a unibody enclosure giving it more rigidness. Other highlights of these notebooks are the new glass based multi-touch trackpad, Mini DisplayPort, NVIDIA graphic chips empowering the Macbooks and also being compliant to [...]

  If you iPhone lovers are bored with the default keyboard then you might want to check this. It’s a Macbook Air style keyboard just to please your eyeballs when you use it on the iPhone. The keyboard is available at Planet iPhone and it will work after fulfilling one of the most important condition. [...]

  Was Rahul Sood’s infamous act really made to poke a fun of Apple’s Macbook Air? Or there was a hidden motive behind it? We don’t know but we think otherwise after this conversation between a guy and Sood who diplomatically hinted at a thinner laptop than MBA is in the offing. We’ll know the [...]

  Apple unveiled the world’s thinnest notebook yesterday at the Macworld 2008. Dubbed as Macbook Air (MBA), it is just about 2cm thick and weighing 3 pounds. I don’t know why the name “Air” because it ain’t that light but despite the thin design, Apple has not compromised on the performance. MBA is a 13.3″ [...]