Adobe Systems is readying a mobile version of Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), its runtime for running Flash and Web applications outside of a browser, reports “InfoWorld” (http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/adobe-air-20-full-featured-flash-player-coming-smartphones-253?source=rss_infoworld_news).
Read MoreJapanese authorities will summon Apple officials this week over complaints that its iTunes online store has billed customers for downloads they never made, officials said Monday.
As reported by “AFP” (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100215/bs_afp/japanusitconsumercompanyinternetapple), in at least 95 cases in Japan involving five major credit card companies, iTunes customers said they had sometimes been charged thousands of dollars, they said.
Read MoreTwo dozen of the world’s largest mobile-phone companies, including Verizon Wireless, AT&T, NTT DoCoMo, Deutsche Telekom, China Mobile and Vodafone, are teaming up to create an “open international applications platform.” “mocoNews” (http://moconews.net/article/419-two-dozen-carriers-worldwide-unite-against-apples-app-store/) sys this is “obviously in direct response to Apple’s success with its own Apple App Store.
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Kingston Digital (http://www.kingston.com), the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology, has released a 16GB microSDHC Class 10 card. It complies with the SD™ Association Specification 3.00 to meet Class 10 requirements.
The 16GB microSDHC card has a minimum data transfer rate of 10MB/second and ships either as a stand-alone microSDHC card or with adapters. It costs US$138.
Read MoreIntel (http://www.intel.com) and Nokia (http://www.nokia.com) are merging their Moblin and Maemo software platforms.
This will create a unified Linux-based platform that will run on multiple hardware platforms across a wide range of computing devices, including pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, mediaphones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems.
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