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http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/30/flash-player-to-come-bundled-with-google-chrome-new-browser-plugin-api-coming/

Flash Player To Come Bundled With Google Chrome, New Browser Plu

The rumors were true: Adobe and Google are tightening their partnership , seemingly both warily eying Apple in the process – and Mozilla plays a role in this story as well.
http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/29/google-flash-apple/

With More Flash, Is Google About To Cut Off The HTML5 Nose To Sp

There’s a very interesting rumor circulating around out there right now. Apparently, Google is about to announce some sort of new partnership involving its Chrome browser and Adobe’s Flash platform, CNET reported earlier today as a rumor.
http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/30/chrome-os-flash/ MG Siegler is a general partner at CrunchFund and a columnist for TechCrunch, where he has been writing since 2009.

Yep, Chrome OS Is Getting Deep Flash Integration Too

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/03/html5-for-ipad-wont-kill-flash-but-could-change-apps/

HTML5 for iPad Won’t Kill Flash, But Could Change Apps | Epicent

Publications, media companies and web developers have a new way to provide video on the Flash-free zones that are the iPhone and the impending iPad: using HTML5 to stream video within the Safari browser.
http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/30/kyte-ipad-html5-sdk/ Erick Schonfeld is a technology journalist and the former Editor in Chief of TechCrunch.

Kyte Jumps On the iPad’s HTML5 Bandwagon And Prepares An App SDK

http://gigaom.com/2010/03/30/the-ipad-apples-next-gold-rush/

The context...

@Ed – I was the analyst who did the forecast, so a few points:
Will popular websites, especially those from news and entertainment companies, work on the iPad? Apple, in an arguably brilliant PR effort now has an answer: an online collection of iPad-Ready sites .

Worried About Flash on the iPad? Apple Tries to Ease Your Fears

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/worried_about_flash_on_the_ipad_apple_tries_to_ease_your_fears.php

Adobe Vs. Apple War Generates Rage, Facebook Group

It was inevitable. Adobe has an unofficial Facebook fan club : “I’m With Adobe,” an allusion to the viral “I’m With Coco” campaign for jilted ex-Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien. http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/10/adobe-vs-apple-war-generates-rage-facebook-group/
Apple has a long relationship with Adobe. In fact, we met Adobe’s founders when they were in their proverbial garage. Apple was their first big customer, adopting their Postscript language for our new Laserwriter printer.

Thoughts on Flash

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Our thoughts on open markets I Adobe

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/ Whether it's a smartphone or tablet app, a game, a video, a digital magazine, a website, or an online experience, chances are that it was touched by Adobe technology. Our tools and services enable our customers to create groundbreaking digital content, deploy it across media and devices, and then continually measure and optimize it based on user data. By providing complete solutions that combine digital media creation with data-driven marketing, we help businesses improve their communications, strengthen their brands, and ultimately achieve greater business success.
Flash Co-creator and former Macromedia CTO Jonathan Gay is disappointed that the media is letting Steve Jobs trash Adobe’s Flash as a closed platform while Apple is at the same time advocating for H.264 and a closed app environment that doesn’t support and cross-platform development.

Flash Co-creator: Apple Is Destroying the Open Web

Time Warner, NBC Universal back Adobe's Flash vs. Apple - NYPOST

Adobe's Flash video software has become a flashpoint in negotiations between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Big Media.