Tag: Flash

Is It Time For Flash To Go Away?
The writing has been on the wall for quite a while. Flash is dying a slow death, yet it continues to gasp for air. After some new vulnerabilities were discovered, many have been ca...
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Facebook’s Security Head Calls for the Death of Flash
In 2010, Steve Jobs famously tore down Adobe Flash. Facebook's new Chief Security Officer wants Flash to die. "It...
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Advertisers Are Using A Nearly Obsolete Technology Way Too Much
Flash is bordering on obsolete at this point thanks to the rise of mobile and HTML5, yet advertisers are still running a ridiculous amount of Flash ads despite the fact that they d...
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Chrome Tries To Keep Flash From Draining Your Laptop Battery
Google made a pretty interesting and unexpected announcement about how Chrome will start working to save the battery life of your laptop. How will it do this? By pausing Flash....
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Using Flash Can Really Cost You In Google Now
Google advising websites to use HTML5 instead of Flash for multimedia is nothing new. What is new is that it can directly cost you search rankings now. As you've probably hears...
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Flash Continues To Die As Google Automatically Converts Ads
Google announced on Wednesday that it will start converting all Flash ads to HTML5 automatically. The company presents this as an opportunity for advertisers to access more invento...
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YouTube Deprecates Flash Embeds, Flash API
Google announced that it is now defaulting to the HTML5 player on the web for YouTube embeds, moving to iframes. Along with this, they're deprecating the "old style" of Flash <o...
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Flash Player 16 Includes Important Updates
Adobe released Flash Player 16 last week. It comes with important bug and security fixes, and adds stand alone installation and plugin support for the PPAPI (“Pepper”) version of F...
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Flash Player Update Fixes A Bunch Of Vulnerabilities
Adobe recently released updates to Flash Player and Air across all platforms, fixing a total of twelve security issues. "Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Pla...
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Google To Note When Pages May Not Work In Mobile Results
Google is going to start letting mobile searchers know when results include pages that may not work on their devices. On a device that doesn't support Flash, for example (which inc...
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Shockwave Found To Bundle Outdated, Dangerous Version Of Flash
It was recently discovered that Adobe Shockwave has been bundling a version of Flash Player that is over fifteen months old, and behind on important security updates. From the...
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Here’s What Adobe Is Doing With Flash Runtime
Adobe recently posted an update on the Flash Runtime on its official blog in hope...
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Waiting In Line 3D, The Worst Video Game Ever?
Can’t wait to get your hands on the latest videogame? Do you like shooters like Doom and Duke Nukem 3D? Why not try...
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Kathy Griffin Gives Gloria Estefan an Eyeful
Kathy Griffin is always one for a good laugh, and her most recent comedic banter is just that. Last Wednesday, Griffin stopped by “The Tonight Show” to pay Jay Leno a visit. As wit...
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Firefox To Soon Block Plugins By Default
Plugins are a necessary evil of the Internet. The often vulnerable software plugins that enable video and audio streaming on Web browsers are regularly exploited by hackers. To sto...
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