Smart wearables are growing at a phenomenal rate. Thanks to feature-rich models launched by manufacturers at a competitive price point. Riding on this growth, boAt has announced its second smartwatch – Flash. The smartwatch comes with dual-tone silicone straps and a metallic-circular dial design. boAt Flash features a 1.3-inch capacitive colour LCD display. It features […]
Adobe Flash 10.1 and AIR 2 now available for download
After months of beta testing and release candidates, Adobe has finally released Flash 10.1 for Windows, Mac and Linux OSes. The new update brings a lot of things like improved performance, H.264 video decoding, multi-touch support, better power management and Mac-specific updates. The Mac version is now a Cocoa app that takes advantages of […]
Prototype Android tablet running Flash and Air demoed on video
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 […]
Steve Jobs disses Adobe Flash, writes a long letter justifying it
UPDATE: Adobe CEO responds. Apple CEO, Steve Jobs has posted his thoughts on Adobe Flash, which lists down six simple reasons “Why Apple doesn’t allow Flash”. The post goes down highlighting the flaws in Adobe’s Flash but the most important reason Jobs claims that using Flash to develop iPhone OS apps “ultimately results in […]
Dell Smoke, Flash and Thunder rock Android OS
Dell might have only one phone in its portfolio right now but the recent leak by Engadget proves that more phones are in the offing. The slides received by them reveals four new phones, of which three runs on Android. The Smoke is a QWERTY candybar that tries to please the business suit clad crowd. […]
Samsung creates 20nm NAND Flash for use in memory cards
Samsung has announced the industry’s first 20nm-based NAND flash chips aimed to use in SD memory cards and embedded memory solutions. Samsung says memory cards based on this process tech give faster write and read speeds. Samsung had created 30nm-based NAND flash a year before and today these 20nm MLC NAND touts to give […]
Adobe says 7m requests came from iPhone and iPod touch users for Flash
Apple may downplay Flash by not supporting it but Adobe claims iPhone and iPod touch users think otherwise. According to their in-house data and visits to Adobe.com, more than 7m attempts to download flash were initiated by iPhone / iPod touch users in December alone. This number is more than double than what Adobe […]
Intel and Micron create world’s smallest NAND using 25nm-process
Intel and Micron’s joint venture, IM Flash Technologies (IMFT) has achieved a major breakthrough by developing the world’s first 25nm-based NAND flash. Using the 25nm process technology, Intel believes the NAND can give consumer electronics manufacturers a way to integrate larger amounts of storage in a cost-effective manner. Intel and Micron has developed an […]
Adobe suggests workaround to bring Flash to iPad (iPhone & iPod touch)
Apple’s iPhone, iPod touch and even the recently announced iPad excel as far as web surfing is concerned but it’s an indigestible fact that all these revolutionary devices do not have Adobe Flash support. Now with the launch of iPad, Adobe has responded to bring Flash support albeit by way of apps only. Flash […]
Toshiba develops 64GB embedded NAND flash module
Toshiba has pulled out an industry first by unveiling a 64GB embedded NAND flash memory module. The new modules are fabricated with 32nm process technology and embeds sixteen 32Gbit (or 4GB) NAND chips to achieve huge storage in a small 30 micrometers thick profile. The chips also integrate a dedicated controller, has a sequential […]