The growing criticism of Flash and Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ extreme dislike of the technology) appears to be fueling the adoption of HTML. A study by the video search engine MeFeedia (http://blog.mefeedia.com/html5-video-stats) shows an 160% increase in the proportion of video encoded in HTML5 since January.
Read MoreBritish bank Standard Chartered is replacing the BlackBerry, currently its standard corporate communications device, with the iPhone, “a move that could eventually result in thousands of bankers switching to the Apple device for business communication on the go,” reports “Reuters” (http://macosg.me/2/9p).
“It’s a group-wide initiative involving wholesale and consumer banks globally,” a Singapore-based spokeswoman for Standard Chartered, told “Reuters.” The spokeswoman declined to be identified due to company policy.
Read MoreHon Hai Group, the Taipei-based maker of products such as iPhones, is recruiting mental health professionals and building leisure facilities in its Chinese factories after at least seven employee suicides this year, reports “Bloomberg Businessweek” (http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-17/hon-hai-turns-to-counselors-monks-as-suicides-mount-update2-.html).
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Apple moved ahead of Motorola in unit sales in the first quarter of 2010, with the iPhone taking a 3% share of the total cell phone market, according to the iSuppli research group (http://www.isuppli.com).
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Softbank Mobile — the exclusive iPhone carrier in Japan — had said that the 3G version of the iPads sold in Japan could only be used on its mobile network. That’s because Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in January that the devices would be unlocked outside the U.S. and usable on any carrier willing to provide a micro-SIM card for it.
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