Bloomberg and Gartner Inc on Apple's Ipad 2.

Apple posts demos of how HTML5 can beat Flash

In an attempt to prove that Flash isn’t necessary, Apple has posted a set of 7 demo pages that show off the power of HTML5, the emerging new standard for Web content that will run, theoretically, in any browser on any device.

venturebeat.com posted about the new HTML5 features.

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Wired magazine app will work on the iPad

Wired magazine app will indeed work on the iPad despite the restrictive new guidelines Apple issued this month, AdAge reports.

Wired has been working with Adobe to develop interactive editions to run on tablet computers including the iPad. But Apple has long frowned on Adobe Flash, among other third-party plug-ins, so Adobe had developed a sort of workaround. Then earlier this month, Apple came out with guidelines requiring developers to write apps with specific programming languages and forbidding... workarounds.

Wired ‘s publisher Conde Nast, now says it can and will proceed: "We are working with Adobe to prepare Wired's reader app for the iPad, and will be compliant with Apple's new guidelines,"

The game is just starting. Check this promo video, produced by Wired Mag in February:

The iPad isn't a computer, it's a distribution channel - O'Reilly Radar

In this context the iPad isn't a computing device at all. Jobs is using his knack for design and user experience to build, not a better computer, but a better distribution channel. One that is controlled, constrained, and can re-take distribution as the point of monetization. You aren't buying a computer when you buy an iPad, you are buying a 16GB Walmart store shelf that fits on your lap - complete with all the supplier beat downs, slotting fees, and exclusive deals that go with it - and Apple got you to pay for the building.

via radar.oreilly.com

 

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