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Android This Week: Flash Coming to the Browser

The biggest news in the Android world this week came from embedded systems developer BSquare , which said it’s developed a version of Flash Lite for the Google phone OS . The BSquare Flash module will be distributed to OEMs as a browser plug-in for inclusion on devices running on the ARM platform. This Flash module would make it possible to play streaming video inside the browser, a capability smartphones have been sorely lacking. Most online video sites (such as YouTube and Hulu) use Flash technology to stream video; the lack of Flash support has kept mobile browsers from sharing in their growing popularity. This module from BSquare makes Android the first mobile phone platform to get browser support for Flash. That has to …

[ More ] July 4th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Apple, Mobile, Object |

Twitter Application Database Goes Up for Sale

Want your very own Twitter applications database, listing 450 sites and add-ons that work with Twitter? You might be in luck. Twtbase , one the 15 Twitter databases we reviewed in our January 2009 article 15 Twitter Directories Compared , is up for sale on the Digital Point forums. Back in January, we made the following key points about the service: Overview: Similar to Twitdom, Twtbase also houses their database of applications within Wordpress and divvies them up into either the web, mobile, desktop, or browser plug-in buckets. What you might like: The thumbnail view. Each application has a screenshot, displays current rating, and number of votes. Twtbase…

[ More ] June 27th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Social Networking |