The Telegraph posted an interview with Adobe CEO, Shantanu Narayen, which inevitably included talk of the Adobe vs. Apple dispute. Narayen stated the following, which basically means that the software company is “over it”. Here’s the word for word :
They’ve chosen to keep their system closed and we’d rather work with partners who are interested in working with us.
We believe in open systems. We believe in the power of the internet and in customers making choices and I think a lot of the controversy was about their decision at that point. They’ve made their choice. We’ve made ours and we’ve moved on.
It’s a business decision. With the energy and innovation that our company has, we’d rather focus on people who want to deliver the best experience with Flash and there are so many of them.
I can’t help but notice the undertones here, but the man has a point. Several capable smart-phones have adopted Flash in their devices. Heck, even a jailbroken iPhone will (kind of) give it to you.
Whether or not Adobe cares anymore is not what Steve Jobs, and Apple, should be worried about. The FCC denied Adobe’s request of information regarding their claim against Apple, while the European Commissions recently joined the party. We at iDB will continue to provide you with the drama surrounding this story. Until then, we’re gone in a flash. I Couldn’t resist.
written by simonivan
\\ tags: adobe, controversy, Download, energy, flash, flash-support, internet, Iphone, iphone news, phone-download, power, undertones, whether-or-not, work
 Well that didn’t last long, did it? Just this week iDB reported that popular streaming agent Grooveshark had been added to the App Store for download. It was noted that the potential of the rights of music being violated existed, and it seems that very issue is the reason behind the short lived app.
Mac Life has the direct quote from the companies official blog, which states:
Earlier this afternoon, Apple sent us a letter notifying us that, due to a complaint they received from Universal Music Group UK, Grooveshark for iPhone has been, strangely, pulled from the App Store.
This comes as an absolute surprise to us, and we are not sleeping until we figure out exactly how to fix this—and get Grooveshark for iPhone back in the App Store. Above all, our biggest concern is damaging the service we provide to all of you guys—our loyal (awesome) users.
I have beaten this horse nearly to a corpse, however I feel another jab is in order. How the hell does Apple (again) validate an application without fully knowing if it is even legal? Did the responsible party just think that because Grooveshark’s website runs without consequence, that all the necessary permission slips had been signed? If I were Universal, I would be drafting a threatening letter to not just Grooveshark, but to Apple alike. Maybe that happened, and maybe it didn’t.
For those of us who managed to get the app downloaded promptly, Grooveshark tells us we should be able to continue to use it without incident. How come? Not that I’m complaining, but it would seem that if anything legit was violated then Apple should pull the plug, which is something they have the ability to do. Right?
Anyway, I think while the sort the legality of this out, they should figure out how they plan on charging $3 once the 30-day trial is up, without even providing background capabilities. Let’s hope it doesn’t take another year. Until then, enjoy Pandora!
written by rockingevil
\\ tags: Apple, figure-out-how, hope-it-doesn, iphone news, maybe-it-didn, music, phone-download, store, the-responsible, universal
Lycos is a search engine that was created in 1994. Lycos specializes in search, e-mail, and web hosting. Lycos’ original founder is Michael Loren Mauldin when he was a student at Carnegie Mellon University. In May 2000, Lycos was sold for $13 billion to Terra Networks. The company has been sold again this week. Here’s how it all went down.
After Lycos was sold to Terra Networks for $13 billion, the company was renamed to Terra Lycos. In October 2004, Lycos lost a lot of its market value and was sold off to Daum Communications, a Korean portal. Ybrant Digital, an Indian company decided to take the search engine off of the hands of the Korean company at a price of $36 million.
Lycos is a company that had one of the fastest IPOs since inception. In 1997, Lycos was one of the first profitable Internet companies. Lycos bought Tripod for $58 million in 1998 in order to get into the portal market. Lycos also ended up acquiring several other properties including Gamesville, Quote.com, Angelfire, Wired Digital, Matchmaker.com, HtmlGear, and Raging Bull.
written by simonivan
\\ tags: internet, lycos, michael-loren, take-the-search, terra-networks, ybrant digital
Dell has acquired 3PAR, a data storage company for $1.15 billion in cash. This is an 86.5% premium of 3PAR’s closing share price on Friday. Dell has been pushing for their cloud capability product line in order to stay competitive with IBM and HP.
The 3PAR Utility Storage platform helps customers cut their power and space costs for server storage. 3PAR Utility Storage is used by seven of the top 10 grossing server management providers.
This is Dell’s fourth major acquisition of 2010. The first three being KACE Networks, Exanet, and Ocarina Networks.
written by popol842
\\ tags: 3par, cloud, customers-cut, data-storage, dell inc., first-three, fourth-major, friday-dell, networks, platform-helps, power, shot-2010-08-16, their-power, utility, utility-storage
 I have seen all kinds of stands for mobile devices, and they are usually designed with the iPhone like the one from Shaped Utensils or other specific phone in mind.
The iCarpus, despite the “i” in its name is not designed for Apple products, but pretty much any mobile phone. It is a simple spring-loaded clamp that is able to grab a hold of any surface with non-slip rubber pads to protect the device.
You can get it for a low price of just $12. It is a little more expensive than the Sniper Stand.
Source
written by j4352
\\ tags: accessories, Apple, business, Iphone, mobile, mobile phone holder, other-specific, permanent-link, portable devices, shaped-utensils, specific, utensils
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