By Allen Tsai | Thu May 27, 2010 6:45 pm |
Finnish phone maker Nokia and browser firm Opera said that they would support the Adobe's Flash software in its bitter fight with Apple, escalating a heated battle between the two Silicon Valley giants.
"Flash is the only proprietary part of the Web we support," said Jon von Tetzchner, co-founder of Opera. He added that the company is a strong supporter of open Internet initiatives.
"We support Flash as well," said Alberto Torres, the head of Nokia's solutions business unit.
In the last few weeks, the hostility between Apple and Adobe has escalated. Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive, published a scathing essay slamming Flash, calling the software a battery hog, unreliable and ill-suited for mobile devices.
Adobe, meanwhile, has accused Apple of exerting dictatorial control over programmers developing applications for the iPhone and iPad. Shantanu Narayen, Adobe's chief executive struck back last week by taking out full-page ads in several newspapers to express the company's displeasure with Apple's no-Flash policy.
Apple, which recently overtook Microsoft to become the world's largest tech company by value, is in the mist of antitrust probes by federal regulators over its business practices, ranging from its refusal to support Flash to alleged strong-arm tactics in the music industry.
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Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:09 pm | By
Apple is facing increasing animosity over working conditions at its Chinese factories, as protestors gather to demonstrate against the iPhone maker's controversial labor issues.
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Wed Feb 08, 2012 2:30 pm | By
Carriers are struggling with the financial burden of iPhone subsidies, offsetting the cost of carrying Apple's coveted device with broadening product line-ups and raising plan prices.
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Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:49 pm | By
Apple is asking European regulators to rewrite existing fair use patent laws, a move positioning Apple to make millions off existing technologies as its legal battles stumble.
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Wed Feb 08, 2012 12:12 pm | By
Apple hasn't improved factory working conditions, a teenaged worker told CNN, adding controversy to the iPhone maker's Chinese labor troubles.
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Wed Feb 08, 2012 12:01 pm | By
Apple is searching for partners to launch iTV, its Internet-connected streaming video and movie service, in a bold move that may change television viewing forever.
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