The debate over whether supporting the Adobe Flash plug-in on mobile devices is a better way to support content apps, instead of using HTML5, seems to be over. Adobe is abandoning its work on Flash for mobile. “Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash developers to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major app stores. We will no longer adapt Flash Player for mobile devices [...]

A sea of sensors would give a UI to devices that do not have one Qualcomm chief executive Paul Jacobs outlined a vision of the connected future focused on proximity-based peer to peer networking at the company’s Innovation conference in Istanbul on Wednesday. With an estimated four billion smartphones to be sold between 2011 and 2015, according to Jacobs, consumers and professionals will be equipped to interact with a “sea of sensors” covering the planet. Alongside [...]

Alibaba is rumoured to be developing a mobile operating system Chinese e-Commerce behemoth Alibaba is reported to be building its own mobile operating system for launch in the third quarter of this year. The OS is likely to be cloud-based – the group has had a dedicated “Alibaba Cloud Computing” unit since 2009, which is now reported to be working on the project. The cloud initiative has, according to the company, involved the “mission of [...]

The PlayBook launched in the US on Tuesday Research In Motion (RIM) began its foray into the tablet market late Tuesday, as the BlackBerry Playbook hit shelves in North America. The tablet met with mixed reviews, initially targeted at the large and small enterprise space (much like the original BlackBerry), yet at present lacking full email, calendar and contacts functionality. RIM said a software update is due in a few weeks. The devices is less [...]