Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) has little choice but to press ahead with its Flash and AIR products, even as operating system vendors start to move away from its technology in favor of HTML5. The latest versions of the technology are probably welcome to those with content-distribution strategies based around Flash and…

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:

Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) announced on Tuesday that it has released Flash Player 10.1 for mobile, which it promises will deliver a more consistent experience for devices across the web and mobile, including computers, smart phones, tablets, netbooks, and televisions. Though Adobe trotted out a whole host of top tier companies…

Steve Jobs insists he didn’t plan a war with Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) over Flash. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), he told interviews Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at D8, simply made the choice that was best for its products and Adobe didn’t like it. Asked why he was cutting off customers, Jobs…

The Apple-Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) tussle is heating up to bizarre proportions, with Steve Jobs yesterday issuing a public defense for Apple’s anti-Flash stance. Call it a blog-heard-round-the-world, due to how quickly Jobs’ comments spread. Appropriately, much of the focus has been placed on Jobs’ technical arguments. But there’s another big…

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs surprised Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) today by publishing a 1,671-word essay on his thoughts on why Apple does not allow Flash on iPhones, iPods and iPads. This afternoon, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, made an appearance at the WSJ’s office to participate in a live blog,…

Whether you’re a customer or a critic, Steve Jobs wants you to know once and for all why he does not allow Flash, made by his very old and dear friend Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE), on iPhones, iPods and iPad. In a 1,671-word message posted in Apple.com Hot News section. Jobs…

Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) has reached a number of milestones to get its full Flash video player up and running on smartphones, including Android and Palm (NSDQ: PALM) in the next few months. By 2012, it expects nearly 53 percent of phones to be shipping with Flash Player 10.1 and that…

Even though the iPhone has been around for longer than Google’s Android, it appears that Android will get Adobe’s Flash technology first. Here’s the indications: First, the Android operating system is open, so just about anyone can take the appropriate steps to embed it. Second, a tier one global carrier…

Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) confirmed today at a conference that it was indeed working on a Flash player for the iPhone and that it will submit it soon to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for inclusion into the App Store, Flash Magazine reported. Since Apple will be the one that makes the final…

Before Adobe Systems (NSDQ: ADBE) CEO Shantanu Narayen took the stage, they played a video about the evolution of the phone, starting with the first brick to text messaging to location-based services. Then it showed people protesting and demanding things like the mobile Internet, video, and even access to eBay…

Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) is licensing its video-enabling Flash software for free for mobile devices in an attempt to make the technology as ubiquitous on handsets as it is on PCs. AP reports that the company has also launched the “Open Screen Project,” a broad partnership that aims to provide a…

Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) has announced “new technology that lets developers combine Adobe’s (NSDQ: ADBE) Flash Lite and Java ME into a single Java application”, reports PC World. The basic premise is that Flash has some nice user-interface capabilities but lacks some of the features of Java, such…

So the hide-and-seek game of egos ends, at least nominally: Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) CEO Shantanu Narayen said at a conference call with investors that his company is finally working on a media player for Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone, which means Flash will come to it. Apple released its software developer…