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Flash’s Final Countdown Has Begun

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The impending demise of Adobe Flash will create legacy challenges similar to Windows XP as companies begin to wean themselves off the vulnerable code base. Continue reading Flash’s Final Countdown Has Begun→

Flash Player is Dead, Long Live Flash Player!

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Adobe last week detailed plans to retire its Flash Player software, a cross-platform browser plugin so powerful and so packed with security holes that it has become the favorite target of malware developers. To help eradicate this ubiquitous liability, Adobe is enlisting the help of Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla. But don’t break out the bubbly just yet: Adobe says Flash won’t be put down officially until 2020. Continue reading Flash Player is Dead, Long Live Flash Player!→

Apple is shoring up Siri for its next generation of intelligent devices

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 Siri is a critical component of Apple’s vision for the future, so integral that it was willing to spend $200 million to acquire Lattice Data over the weekend. The startup was working to transform the way businesses deal with paragraphs of text and other information that lives outside neatly structured databases. These engineers are uniquely prepared to assist Apple with building… Read More Continue reading Apple is shoring up Siri for its next generation of intelligent devices→