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		<title>Adobe adds support for BlackBerry PlayBook, iPhone and iPad to Adobe Flash Builder 4.5.1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Developers can now use the Adobe Flash Builder platform to develop applications for iOS devices, such as Apple&#8217;s iPad and iPhone, as well as for the RIM BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. Support for the devices (which had been announced in April) in Flash Builder 4.5.1 allows developers to create apps for a variety of popular devices [...]]]></description>
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<p>Developers can now use the Adobe Flash Builder platform to develop applications for iOS devices, such as <a href="http://www.cnet.com/apple-ipad/" target="_blank">Apple&#8217;s iPad</a> and <a href="http://www.cnet.com/apple-iphone.html" target="_blank">iPhone</a>, as well as for the RIM BlackBerry PlayBook <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/" target="_blank">tablet</a>.</p>
<p>Support for the devices (which had been announced in April) in  Flash Builder 4.5.1 allows developers to create apps for a variety of  popular devices and platforms using one code base with different presentation layers.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;The reaction from developers to the new mobile capabilities in Flash  Builder 4.5 and the Flex 4.5 framework has been absolutely fantastic,&#8221;</em> Ed Rowe, vice president of developer tooling at Adobe Systems, said in a  statement today.</p>
<p>Adobe&#8217;s Flash Platform evangelist <a href="http://www.webkitchen.be/">Serge Jespers</a> shows us what “one tool, one framework, one codebase” means, and  demonstrates an app developed for different devices using Flash Builder and Flex:</p>
<p><iframe title="AdobeTV Video Player" width="480" height="296" src="http://tv.adobe.com/embed/64/10292/" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen scrolling="no"></iframe></p>
<p>Developers from different industries have been using Flash Builder 4.5 and Flex 4.5  to help them reduce development time and the cost of delivery to build  some pretty amazing apps across the major platforms:</p>
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<li><strong><a href="http://adobe.ly/ky4GqF" target="_blank">Politifact.com</a></strong>:  A project of the St. Petersburg Times and a 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner,  the PolitiFact.com team extended its website content into a mobile app  available across leading app stores. The PolitiFact.com app helps  readers find truth in politics by investigating statements by members of  Congress, the President, lobbyists and other Washington D.C.  personalities.</li>
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<li><strong><a href="http://adobe.ly/keN7LG" target="_blank">Netflix Queue Manager</a></strong>: Using <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/air/">Adobe AIR</a> 2.5, Flash Builder 4.5.1 and the Flex framework, RIA design and  development group UnitedMindset created the Netflix Queue Manager, which  allows users to connect with and manage their Netflix queue across  devices and features intuitive search capabilities. With success in the  Android Market—over 340,000 downloads since October 2010—the app is  coming soon to BlackBerry AppWorld and the Apple App Store.</li>
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<li><strong><a href="http://adobe.ly/meeMSk" target="_blank">Mr. Mixit and Pyramix</a></strong>:  Web design and development agency HD Interactive first released  Pyramix, a word game combining the strategy of Cryptoquote and the  simplicity of Boggle, and Mr. Mixit, a spin-based matching game where  you mix record labels against the clock, to Apple’s App Store. The new  updates allowed HD Interactive to use the same code to deliver the apps  to Android Market and BlackBerry AppWorld in record time.</li>
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<li><strong><a href="http://adobe.ly/ihOnUp" target="_blank">Muni Tracker</a></strong>:  Are you from the San Francisco Bay Area or maybe planning to visit?  This app helps you track locations, arrival times and bookmark your  favorite stops and lines for Muni (San Francisco Municipal Railway), San  Francisco’s public transit system. The developer was able to quickly  and easily port this original Android app to iOS.</li>
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<li><strong><a href="http://adobe.ly/m46BTl" target="_blank">Conqu</a> </strong>is  an easy to use yet powerful task management tool designed to help  conquer an e-mail inbox and get things done. Using Flash Builder 4.5,  the developer, AsFusion, was able deploy the app on multiple platforms  with minimal effort. They were also able to reduce the time to develop  the app since there was no need to debug different code for each  individual platform.</li>
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		<title>Adobe AIR 2.7 now available</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adobe is pleased to announce the availability of Adobe AIR 2.7 SDK and the Adobe AIR 2.7 runtimes. Adobe AIR 2.7 includes new features for both desktop and mobile applications with mobile support for Android 2.2+, BlackBerry Tablet OS* and iOS 4+ operating systems. Companies can build and deploy AIR 2.7 apps using Adobe Flash Builder [...]]]></description>
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<p>Adobe is pleased to announce the availability of <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/air/" target="_blank">Adobe AIR</a> 2.7 SDK and the Adobe AIR 2.7 runtimes. Adobe AIR 2.7 includes new  features for both desktop and mobile applications with mobile support  for Android 2.2+, BlackBerry Tablet OS* and iOS 4+ operating systems. Companies can build and deploy AIR 2.7 apps using <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash-builder.html" target="_blank">Adobe Flash Builder 4.5</a> with an upcoming update to AIR 2.7 later this month.</p>
<p><em>*BlackBerry Tablet OS is scheduled to receive an OTA (over the air) update of AIR 2.7 by the end of June.</em></p>
<h4><strong>New features in AIR 2.7</strong></h4>
<p><strong>Mobile</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Enhanced rendering for iOS: </strong>AIR  apps for iOS render up to 4x faster in CPU mode.  This change will  improve the performance of many AIR for iOS apps, including those built  with the Flex framework.  Watch the performance improvements</li>
<li><strong>Video: </strong><a href="http://tv.adobe.com/watch/flash-platform-in-action/adobe-air-27-faster-app-performance-on-ios/" target="_blank">Adobe AIR 2.7: Faster App Performance on iOS </a><em> (Renaun Erickson, Adobe Flash Platform Evangelist, demonstrates faster AIR 2.7 app performance on iPad)</em></li>
<li><strong>Faster development time for iOS applications:</strong> Developers can now debug and build iOS applications faster than with  previous versions using a new mode available within the AIR Developer  Tool (ADT). During the development of an application, developers can now  choose to use “interpreter mode” to streamline the testing and  debugging development cycle.</li>
<li><strong>AIR installation on SD cards for Android devices:</strong> This feature allows end users to install or move the AIR runtime onto  the SD cards within their Android devices so they can free up storage  space on the phone<strong>.</strong></li>
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<p><strong>Desktop</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Integrated support for Media Measurement</strong>:  The Adobe AIR 2.7 runtime now includes the same built-in support for media measurement as <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/" target="_blank">Adobe Flash Player 10.3</a>,  allowing companies to simplify the collection of real-time, aggregated  reporting data for how content is distributed and viewed by users. With  direct support for <a href="http://www.omniture.com/en/products/online_analytics/sitecatalyst" target="_blank">Adobe SiteCatalyst</a>,  powered by Omniture, developers can implement video analytics for  existing or legacy video players with as little as two lines of code.  For additional information, see the article on <a href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/video/articles/media-measurement-flash.html" target="_blank">measuring video consumption in Flash</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Acoustic echo cancellation: </strong>With  integrated support for acoustic echo cancellation, developers can now  add real-time VoIP capabilities to games, enterprise, and other types of  applications without requiring users to wear a noise-canceling headset.  Users can now chat using the speaker built into their desktop or laptop  computer. This new capability is also available in Flash Player 10.3.<strong> </strong></li>
<li><strong>Navigation Improvements for HTML Content:</strong> Enables seamless weblink-style navigation within desktop apps such as  magazine viewers and eBook readers.  Developers can now respond to a new  event to be notified when content within the HTMLLoader control  attempts to change the location of a page. This enhancement provides  developers with a better way to implement intra-application navigation.</li>
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<p>Rossignol Experience iPad Application was created and designed by La Haute Société thanks to Adobe Flash technologies.</p>
<p>For more information go to the <a title="Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash Player Team Blog" href="http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/" target="_blank">Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash Player Team Blog</a> and read this article <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2011/06/adobe-air-2-7-now-available-ios-apps-4x-faster.html" target="_blank">http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2011/06/adobe-air-2-7-now-available-ios-apps-4x-faster.html</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, we decided to fly to Johannesburg to attend the &#8220;Meet The BlackBerry® PlayBook™&#8221; event at the forum &#124; the campus on 24th May 2011 in association with Adobe. The event was split into a business track and a developer track, which catered for most of the attendees. A few of us [...]]]></description>
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<p>A few weeks ago, we decided to fly to Johannesburg to attend the <strong>&#8220;Meet The BlackBerry® PlayBook™&#8221;</strong> event at the forum | the campus on 24th May 2011 in association with <a title="Adobe Systems Inc" href="http://www.adobe.com" target="_blank">Adobe</a>. The event was split into a business track and a developer track, which catered for most of the attendees. A few of us went to both tracks and found the presentations to be very useful, gave us an insight into what markets <a title="BlackBerry" href="http://www.blackberry.com/" target="_blank">BlackBerry</a> are aiming <a title="BlackBerry PlayBook" href="http://www.blackberry.com/playbook">PlayBook</a> at compared to the <a title="Apple iPad" href="http://www.apple.com/ipad" target="_blank">Apple iPad</a> and other tablet competitors. After chatting to many of the <a title="BlackBerry" href="http://www.blackberry.com" target="_blank">BlackBerry</a> representatives at the event, they all said there has been a lot of interest from small, medium and large enterprises in South Africa regarding the <a title="BlackBerry PlayBook" href="http://www.blackberry.com/playbook">PlayBook</a>. So we are looking forward to the official launch of the device next month.</p>
<p>The reason <a title="ThoughtFaqtory" href="http://www.thoughtfaqtory.com/" target="_blank">ThoughtFaqtory</a> is so interested in this device, is because we can leverage our existing <a title="Adobe Flash" href="http://www.adobe.com/flashplatform/" target="_blank">Adobe Flash</a> and <a title="Adobe Flex" href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/" target="_blank">Flex</a> skills to develop great user experiences for the enterprise market. If you are interested in getting an app developed for the <a title="BlackBerry PlayBook" href="http://www.blackberry.com/playbook" target="_blank">BlackBerry PlayBook</a>, please get in touch with us on our website at <a title="ThoughtFaqtory" href="http://www.thoughtfaqtory.com" target="_blank">www.thoughtfaqtory.com</a> or email us <a href="mailto:inquiries@thoughtfaqtory.com">inquiries@thoughtfaqtory.com</a>.</p>
<p>We have also ported some of our apps over to the device already, if you are interested in seeing any of them please let us know via the details above.</p>
<p>Also, check out this video below regarding the <strong>&#8220;BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet for Business&#8221;</strong>.</p>
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<p>Another video called <strong>&#8220;BlackBerry PlayBook &#8211; Flash&#8221;</strong>.</p>
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		<title>ThoughtFaqtory @ AppsWorld Africa 2011 in Cape Town</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 12:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“AppsWorld” – powerful word wouldn’t you say… makes me think of how our world is changing and revolving more around Apps in the IT Industry… hence the reason we didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to a be a part of an exciting conference happening this week. ThoughtFaqtory is thrilled to have the [...]]]></description>
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<p>“AppsWorld” – powerful word wouldn’t you say… makes me think of how our world is changing and revolving more around Apps in the IT Industry… hence the reason we didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to a be a part of an exciting conference happening this week. <a title="ThoughtFaqtory" href="http://www.thoughtfaqtory.com/" target="_blank">ThoughtFaqtory</a> is thrilled to have the chance to exhibit our thoughts and experiences at the <a title="AppsWorld Africa 2011" href="http://www.apps-world.net/africa/" target="_blank">AppsWorld Africa 2011</a> in Cape Town at the CTICC on Wednesday, 1<sup>st</sup> June and Thursday, 2<sup>nd</sup> June 2011.</p>
<p>This conference will offer you and us the opportunity to engage with leading developers and a whole host of different specialists involved in the Mobile Apps Development industry, who will be able to swop useful information and find out more about what is actually happening in that world some of us know a pinch of salt about….!!!</p>
<p>Our founder, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/spbarber" target="_blank">Simon</a> of <a title="ThoughtFaqtory" href="http://www.thoughtfaqtory.com" target="_blank">ThoughtFaqtory</a> will be on the Enterprise App Developer Panel &amp; the MD, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/pgabarber" target="_blank">Phillip</a> will be chairing the Developers Workshop Stream.</p>
<p>We will have some exciting new mobile apps to showcase.</p>
<p>For more information about the conference go to <a title="AppsWorld Africa 2011" href="http://www.apps-world.net/africa/" target="_blank">AppsWorld Africa 2011</a>.</p>
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		<title>Adobe Flash Builder 4.5 and Flex 4.5 now available</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 09:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year after Flash Builder 4 and Flex 4 SDK were released, new versions are available with Flash Builder 4.5 and Flex 4.5 SDK! The main focus for Flex 4.5 SDK and Flash Builder 4.5 is the ability to build mobile applications that target the Google Android, Blackberry Tablet OS, and Apple iOS operating systems. Additionally, [...]]]></description>
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<p>A year after Flash Builder 4 and Flex 4 SDK were released, new  versions are available with Flash Builder 4.5 and Flex 4.5 SDK! The main  focus for Flex 4.5 SDK and Flash Builder 4.5 is the ability to build  mobile applications that target the Google Android, Blackberry Tablet  OS, and Apple iOS operating systems. Additionally, Flex 4.5 SDK  introduces new Spark components and improvements for large application  development while Flash Builder 4.5 introduces dozens of new coding  productivity features for faster ActionScript and MXML development.</p>
<p>Adobe have really focused on mobile development for this release, offering  developers one tool, one development framework and one codebase to build  mobile applications on <a href="http://developer.android.com/index.html" target="_blank">Android</a>, <a href="http://us.blackberry.com/developers/tablet/adobe.jsp" target="_blank">BlackBerry Tablet OS</a> and <a href="http://developer.apple.com/technologies/ios/" target="_blank">iOS</a>.  Flash Builder 4.5 also helps developers make these applications ready  to deploy for an app store/market. You can immediately develop  applications for Android, and support for BlackBerry Tablet OS and iOS  will be available through free Flex and Flash Builder updates in June.</p>
<p>Here are a few resources to get things started:</p>
<p><a href="http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adc-presents/build-your-first-mobile-application-in-flash-builder-45/" target="_blank">Build your First Mobile Application in Flash Builder 4.5</a></p>
<p><a href="http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adc-presents/build-your-first-flex-45-application/" target="_blank">Build your First Flex 4.5 Application</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex.html" target="_blank">Flex Developer Center</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/mobile-development-flex-flashbuilder.html" target="_blank">Mobile development using Adobe Flex 4.5 SDK and Flash Builder 4.5</a></p>
<p><a title="Examples and case studies" href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/samples.html" target="_blank">Examples and case studies</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be more Entertained Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is your ultimate entertainer, delivering a multimedia tablet experience at the grandest scale ever! Watch Full HD movies, take 8MP photos, and play games or surf Flash websites on the large 10.1&#8243; display and dual surround sound speakers! Everything runs smoother, faster and better with the powerful 1GHz [...]]]></description>
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<a href='http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/2011/02/21/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1/img_top_vis_ri_04/' title='Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Back Angle'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/img_top_vis_ri_04-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Back Angle" title="Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Back Angle" /></a>
<a href='http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/2011/02/21/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1/galaxy10-1specs/' title='Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Specs'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/galaxy10.1specs-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Specs" title="Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Specs" /></a>

<h3><strong>Be more Entertained</strong></h3>
<p><a title="Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1" href="http://galaxytab.samsungmobile.com/" target="_blank">Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1</a> is your ultimate entertainer, delivering a multimedia tablet experience at the grandest scale ever!</p>
<p>Watch Full HD movies, take 8MP photos, and play games or surf Flash websites on the large 10.1&#8243; display and dual surround sound speakers! Everything runs smoother, faster and better with the powerful 1GHz Dual Core Processor and Android 3.0, Honeycomb platform.</p>
<p>Incredibly lightweight at just 599g and yet still fully loaded with features, <a title="Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1" href="http://galaxytab.samsungmobile.com/" target="_blank">Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1</a> is your consummate entertainer and it&#8217;s always ready to perform.</p>
<h3><strong>Your life tools</strong></h3>
<p>The <a title="Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1" href="http://galaxytab.samsungmobile.com/" target="_blank">Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1</a> has everything you need to keep tabs on your life-at home with your family, at work and even on the go! Running Honeycomb, Android&#8217;s newest platform made just for tablets, the Galaxy Tab excels at smooth web browsing and fast downloads thanks to HSPA+ 21Mbps and Wi-Fi access.</p>
<p>Enjoy the same access to Google Mobile Services on the tablet as on your PC &#8211; from Gmail to Google Calendar. Choose from over 3 million Google Books to read on the tablet without the burden of carrying multiple books with you. Download a myriad of apps from the Android Market to customise the functionality of the tablet to your needs.</p>
<h3><strong><strong>Specifications<br />
</strong></strong></h3>
<p><a href="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/galaxy10.1specs.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-822 alignleft" style="border: 0pt none;" title="Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Specs" src="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/galaxy10.1specs.png" alt="" width="554" height="456" /></a></p>
<h3><strong><strong>Hands-on Video<br />
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<p><object id="viddler_a177398d" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="437" height="288" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="src" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/a177398d/" /><param name="name" value="viddler_a177398d" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed id="viddler_a177398d" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="437" height="288" src="http://www.viddler.com/player/a177398d/" name="viddler_a177398d" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object></p>
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		<title>Juxio Project featured on TechCrunch</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In August 2010, Juxio was released in beta and so far has had quite a good reception from the public. The word Juxio [juhk-see-oh] comes from the word juxtaposition, the placement of two or more elements together to create new meaning. The company is based in Burlington, MA, USA. The best way to describe the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In August 2010, <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> was released in beta and so far has had quite a good reception from the public. The word <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> <strong>[juhk-see-oh]</strong> comes from the word<span style="color: #bcb810;"> <strong>juxtaposition, the placement of two or more elements together to create new meaning.</strong><span style="color: #000000;"> The company is based in </span></span>Burlington, MA, USA.<span style="color: #bcb810;"><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #bcb810;"><span style="color: #000000;">The best way to describe the services is as follows: </span><br />
</span></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #808080;">&#8220;Juxio is a new visual way to communicate. Individuals and businesses  use Juxio to combine images, text and more into mashable, visual streams  called Juxes to share across social media and in print. Juxes are created on both our Web and iPhone apps. In the future  we will support additional mobile devices. By making Juxio available  anywhere at any time, we hope you find more ways to create new meaning.&#8221;</span></em></p>
<p>ThoughtFaqtory  have been involved in the development of <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> since the beginning of  2009. We were brought on-board to develop the web application, using  <a title="Adobe Flex" href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/" target="_blank">Adobe Flex</a>, <a title="Adobe Flash Player" href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/" target="_blank">Flash</a> and <a title="Adobe ColdFusion" href="http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/" target="_blank">ColdFusion</a>. The biggest challenge in developing  the web application was the client wanted the Juxios to be a maximum of  72&#8243; x 36&#8243; in size. One of the challenges we faced in the design phase  was how we were going to handle the memory issues. We designed the  application with these potential issues in mind.</p>
<p>The  first idea we had was to use a tile layout and only render the tiles  which were on the screen. This would reduce the memory load because only  a portion of the <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> would be stored in memory. But when zooming out  so that the entire <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> is shown we would have to store the entire <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> in memory anyway. We could not afford to have the entire <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> in  memory because it could cause the application to crash due to  insufficient resources. The team had to find a way to use less memory  per inch of the <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a>. The biggest consumer of this was the images, so  we looked at optimizing the system used to load and store images.</p>
<p>We  worked on a system that would download an image stored in the cloud,  scale and crop it to best fit the component it belongs to. A snapshot  was taken of the transformed image and the original one is discarded.  The smaller image is then rendered and kept in memory. Depending on the  size of the original image we saved a significant amount of resources.  The disadvantage of this approach is that when scaling an image we lose  image quality. But because we are scaling down and not up, the loss is  not as great. We also found that by taking the snapshot with Adobe  Flash’s highest quality rendering mode we limited this loss.</p>
<p>One  of the requirements was to render a 76” x 36” at 300 pixel per inch  (PPI) <a title="Adobe PDF" href="http://www.adobe.com/pdf/" target="_blank">PDF</a> for print. Standard web graphics are 72 PPI to put this into  perspective. An image of this size and quality would be 744 MB. While we  could compress the image for the <a title="Adobe PDF" href="http://www.adobe.com/pdf/" target="_blank">PDF</a>, we would still need to create all  of the pixels in order to compress them. It would be unfeasible to  allow the <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> to be edited at this quality. The team had to find a way  to edit the <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> at a low resolution and output it into a high  resolution.</p>
<p>We  decided to edit the <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> with the standard 72 PPI and then scale it to  300 PPI when outputting to <a title="Adobe PDF" href="http://www.adobe.com/pdf/" target="_blank">PDF</a>. In order to create a 300 PPI image we  needed to scale the <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> up 4 times. <a title="Adobe Flash Player" href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/" target="_blank">Adobe Flash</a> Drawing API is done  using vector graphics and wouldn&#8217;t lose quality when scaling them up to  the desired size. We used embedded font’s so that <a title="Adobe Flash Player" href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/" target="_blank">Adobe Flash</a> would scale the  text without losing quality too. But the images obviously pose a problem  when scaled up 4 times the size. So we had scale the original image up  by 4 to fit into it’s image component (explained earlier). Now the image  stored in memory would be the correct size for the required 300 PPI to  output to <a title="Adobe PDF" href="http://www.adobe.com/pdf/" target="_blank">PDF</a>. Essentially we were storing a 300 PPI image in memory.  When the <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> is edited, the image is scaled down and rendered at 72  PPI. Once the <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> is being outputted, the image maintains its 300 PPI.</p>
<p>The  screen shot below shows a set of images that have been cropped to match  the exact size of the rectangle, so memory usage is minimal.</p>
<div id="attachment_659" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img class="size-full wp-image-659" style="border: 0pt none;" title="Juxio Web BMW" src="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Juxio-Web-BMW.png" border="0" alt="" width="500" height="504" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Screen shot of a Juxio created using the web application - built using Adobe Flex technology</p></div>
<p>The  team were very happy with the results and the effort that went into  prototyping the different scenarios, it definitely paid off. That was  the first of many obstacles that we encountered in the design and  implementation phases of the project. We are continually adding new  features as users become more advanced which allows the creation of even  greater content. In the next article we will dive deeper into the  functionality of the web application that make it such a powerful and  unique product.</p>
<p>Earlier this year<a href="http://www.juxio.com/"> Juxio</a> asked us to develop an <a title="Apple iPhone" href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/" target="_blank">iPhone</a> application that allowed users to create Juxes (*smaller versions of Juxios) based on selection of templates using there <a title="Apple iOS" href="http://www.apple.com/ios/" target="_blank">iOS</a> devices.  Designing a mobile application requires a different approach compared to  a web application on the desktop. Firstly, the screen size is a lot  smaller, you are required to think on a screen by screen basis when  designing mobile applications. When we started to design the <a title="Apple iPhone" href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/" target="_blank">iPhone</a> app  with the client, we need to take into account the hardware, form factor,  screen size, orientation, input methods and other capabilities such as  GPS and camera etc.</p>
<p>The  one major challenge when designing for a mobile device is to take into  account the network connectivity. Users take their phones everywhere  with them which means variable Internet connectivity or sometimes non at  all. So ideally the application should work in offline mode and check  whether a network connection is available before sending or receiving  data from the device.</p>
<p>So  that is exactly what our team did, we designed and developed the  application to work with or without a network connection. The app is  smart enough to know when a connection is available and sync the data  appropriately. Implementing a robust syncing framework is quite  challenging but when it&#8217;s working can be a very rewarding experience.  This functionality was essential in keeping the users different devices  and web application in sync. We kept the process very simple for the  user, there was no conflict management, that was all handled within the  framework.</p>
<p>The  next biggest challenge was implementing a layout engine for the  different templates that the user can choose from. This was developed  using Core Graphics API and is a little more complicated compared to  using <a title="Adobe Flex" href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/" target="_blank">Adobe Flex</a> and the <a title="Adobe Flash Player" href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/" target="_blank">Adobe Flash</a> Drawing API. Each template is  rendered based on a data structure defined in XML, and both the web and <a title="Apple iPhone" href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/" target="_blank">iPhone</a> apps understand this structure.</p>
<p>To  enable cross device content creation, sharing and display, we persist  XML which is used by the layout engine to render the <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a>. The XML used  to create the Template is modified by the users when they add content  to the <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a>. This XML which describes the user’s <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> is persisted to  the cloud and allows the <a title="Apple iPhone" href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/" target="_blank">iPhone</a> or web application to load and render  the persisted <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a>.</p>

<a href='http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/2010/12/07/juxio-project-featured-on-techcrunch/juxio-web-bmw/' title='Juxio Web BMW'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Juxio-Web-BMW-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Juxio Web BMW" title="Juxio Web BMW" /></a>
<a href='http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/2010/12/07/juxio-project-featured-on-techcrunch/jux-about-screen/' title='Jux About Screen'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Jux-About-Screen-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Jux About Screen" title="Jux About Screen" /></a>
<a href='http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/2010/12/07/juxio-project-featured-on-techcrunch/jux-home-screen/' title='Jux Home Screen'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Jux-Home-Screen-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Jux Home Screen" title="Jux Home Screen" /></a>
<a href='http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/2010/12/07/juxio-project-featured-on-techcrunch/jux-share-screen/' title='Jux Share Screen'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Jux-Share-Screen-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Jux Share Screen" title="Jux Share Screen" /></a>
<a href='http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/2010/12/07/juxio-project-featured-on-techcrunch/jux-template-screen/' title='Jux Template Screen'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Jux-Template-Screen-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Jux Template Screen" title="Jux Template Screen" /></a>
<a href='http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/2010/12/07/juxio-project-featured-on-techcrunch/jux-view-screen/' title='Jux View Screen'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Jux-View-Screen-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Jux View Screen" title="Jux View Screen" /></a>

<p>Link to the <a title="TechCrunch" href="http://www.techcrunch.com" target="_blank">TechCrunch</a> <a title="Juxio Techcrunch article" href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/12/share-combined-images-and-text-in-a-snap-with-juxio/">article</a> on <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> when it launched in August 2010 as a private beta.</p>
<p>* A <a title="Juxio Inc" href="http://www.juxio.com/" target="_blank">Juxio</a> is created using the web application</p>
<p>* A Jux is created using the <a title="Apple iPhone" href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/" target="_blank">iPhone</a> application</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We recently had the pleasure of attending the <a title="Adobe MAX" href="http://max.adobe.com" target="_blank">Adobe MAX 2010</a> conference in Los Angeles at the LA Convention Center. Adobe showed off some exciting new technologies that are either available to use today or in the coming future. What interested me the most was the latest <a title="Adobe AIR 2.5" href="http://get.adobe.com/air/" target="_blank">Adobe AIR 2.5</a> platform for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Android, iOS and Blackberry Tablet OS. This allows us to develop applications using the <a title="Adobe Flex Hero" href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flex/" target="_blank">next version of the Flex framework</a> to build mobile and desktop applications using a common code base.</p>
<p>So once we got back to the office after 25 hours of flying, I handed our developers an Adobe MAX 2010 Adobe Flash Platform DVD with all the preview software. We dived straight into mobile development with the latest <a title="Adobe Flash Builder &quot;Burrito&quot; preview" href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashbuilder_burrito/" target="_blank">Flash Builder &#8220;Burrito&#8221;</a> and <a title="Adobe Flex SDK &quot;Hero&quot; preview" href="http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Download+Flex+Hero" target="_blank">Flex SDK &#8220;Hero&#8221; framework</a>.</p>
<p>The result of our efforts was an iTunes Trailers application on the AIR for Android platform.</p>
<div id="attachment_540" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 570px"><a href="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/itunes-trailers-home-screen1.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-540   " style="border: 0pt none;" title="iTunes Trailers Home Screen" src="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/itunes-trailers-home-screen1.png" border="0" alt="iTunes Trailers Home Screen" width="560" height="864" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">iTunes Trailers home screen</p></div>
<p>One thing that we noticed was, if you are already familiar with Flex, then you do not have to learn anything new. There are a few new components implemented to support mobile devices such as <a title="MobileApplication" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/MobileApplication.html" target="_blank">MobileApplication</a>, <a title="TabbedMobileApplication" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/TabbedMobileApplication.html" target="_blank">TabbedMobileApplication</a> and <a title="ActionBar" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/ActionBar.html" target="_blank">ActionBar</a>. Also, you can have something up and running pretty quickly compared to other mobile platforms.</p>
<p>When you first create your project instead of extending Application, it extends <a title="MobileApplication" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/MobileApplication.html" target="_blank">MobileApplication</a>. This class does a lot of work for you, including orientation support, persistence manager to save and restore state, listeners for the hardware buttons and the <a title="ViewNavigator" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/ViewNavigator.html" target="_blank">ViewNavigator</a> (see description below).</p>
<p><span style="color: #808080;"><em>&#8220;The ViewNavigator component is a container that consists of a collection of View objects, where only the top most view is visible and active. Views can be added and removed by using the popView() and pushView() methods on the navigator. When a new view becomes active, the old view&#8217;s instance is destroyed. When a view is pushed on top of navigator&#8217;s stack, the old view&#8217;s data property is automatically persisted and restored when it is reactived through one of the pop methods. ViewNavigator doesn&#8217;t provide index information about the Views that it is currently managing and strictly follows a stack navigation model. Jumping between a set of views similar to a ViewStack is not supported by this component. ViewNavigator displays an optional action bar that displays contextual information defined by the active view. When the active view changes, the action bar is automatically updated.&#8221;</em></span></p>
<div id="attachment_542" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 570px"><a href="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/itunes-trailers-movie-info-screen1.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-542 " title="itunes-trailers-movie-info-screen" src="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/itunes-trailers-movie-info-screen1.png" alt="" width="560" height="864" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">iTunes Trailers movie info screen</p></div>
<p>You cannot define any visual components in the <a title="MobileApplication" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/MobileApplication.html" target="_blank">MobileApplication</a> class, you will notice that it contains a property called <a title="firstView property" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/ViewNavigator.html#firstView" target="_blank"><code>firstView</code></a>, which is the initial view your application will start with. Each view on the navigation stack must extend <a title="View" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/View.html" target="_blank">View</a>. It extends Group and adds additional properties to communicate with it&#8217;s parent navigators&#8217; various UI controls.</p>
<p><a title="MobileApplication" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/MobileApplication.html" target="_blank">MobileApplication</a> provides a way to persist your  application&#8217;s view state and data when the application quits, so that  the next time it starts, it can restore itself with the same current  view and view history. This makes interruptions in your application&#8217;s  life-cycle completely transparent to the user. This is very important on  mobile devices, where the operating system can interrupt or kill an  application at any time.</p>
<p>The <a title="ActionBar" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/ActionBar.html" target="_blank">ActionBar</a> class defines a component that includes title, navigation    and action content groups. In the context of a <a title="ViewNavigator" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/ViewNavigator.html" target="_blank">ViewNavigator</a> and <a title="MobileApplication" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/MobileApplication.html" target="_blank">MobileApplication</a> , the <a title="ActionBar" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/ActionBar.html" target="_blank">ActionBar</a> is used as application chrome which   is has content contributed by the active <a title="View" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/View.html" target="_blank">View</a>. The screen shot above contains a back button in the navigation content group with the default title. The iTunes Trailers app we developed is using the default chrome and colors. Developers can however implement there own skins using ActionScript, FXG or bitmaps (recommended approach by Adobe for <a title="Mobile development using Adobe Flex SDK &quot;Hero&quot; and Flash Builder &quot;Burrito&quot;" href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/mobile_development_hero_burrito.html" target="_blank">optimisation</a>) rather than MXML and runtime MXML graphics. A good place to start would be to look at the <a title="ButtonSkin" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/skins/mobile/ButtonSkin.html" target="_blank">ButtonSkin</a> class under the package <a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/skins/mobile/package-detail.html" target="_blank">spark.skins.mobile</a>. This will give you a good idea of how to go about developing your own mobile skins.</p>
<div id="attachment_541" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 570px"><a href="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/itunes-trailers-cast-members-screen1.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-541  " title="itunes-trailers-cast-members-screen" src="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/itunes-trailers-cast-members-screen1.png" alt="" width="560" height="864" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">iTunes Trailers cast members screen</p></div>
<p>The <a title="List" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/List.html" target="_blank">List</a> and <a title="Scroller" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/Scroller.html" target="_blank">Scroller</a> components have added functionality to enable touch-and-throw scrolling. To enable touch scrolling, set the new property called <a title="interactionMode" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/mx/core/UIComponent.html#style:interactionMode" target="_blank"><code>interactionMode</code></a> style to <code>touch</code>. If you are using the mobile theme, then this style is automatically set on all appropriate components for you, so no need to do anything explicitly. You may however, develop a desktop application using AIR for touch screens, which would require you to set the property. The default item renderer for the <a title="List" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/List.html" target="_blank">List</a> component on mobile devices is <a title="MobileItemRenderer" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/MobileItemRenderer.html" target="_blank">MobileItemRenderer</a>. This is a simple item    renderer with a single text component.</p>
<p>There is a more advanced item renderer optimised for mobile devices called <a title="MobileIconItemRenderer" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/MobileIconItemRenderer.html" target="_blank">MobileIconItemRenderer</a>, it contains    four optional parts:</p>
<ol>
<li>an icon on the left</li>
<li>single-line label    on top next to the icon</li>
<li>multi-line message below label and    next to the icon</li>
<li>a decorator on the right</li>
</ol>
<p>The screen shot below is using all of these parts of the item renderer.</p>
<div id="attachment_608" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><a href="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mobile-item-renderer.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-608" title="mobile-item-renderer" src="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mobile-item-renderer.png" alt="" width="480" height="117" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">MobileIconItemRenderer</p></div>
<p>If you would like to create your own advanced item renderer then <a title="Adobe" href="http://www.adobe.com" target="_blank">Adobe</a> recommends that you create a new ActionScript item renderer that extends <a title="MobileIconItemRenderer" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/spark/components/MobileIconItemRenderer.html" target="_blank">MobileIconItemRenderer</a>. Most of the time you probably won&#8217;t need to create your own item renderers but on rare occasions you may need to extend the functionality.</p>
<p>In part 2 we will go into more detail on how we built the application and integrated the services using Flash Builder &#8220;Burrito&#8221;,  the design view to layout the views and how to package up the application for distribution on the Android Marketplace. Additionally, we will provide the source code for the application too.</p>
<div id="attachment_642" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/itunes-trailers-watch-trailer.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-642" title="itunes-trailers-watch-trailer" src="http://thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/itunes-trailers-watch-trailer-300x185.png" alt="iTunes Trailers Watch Trailer" width="300" height="185" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">iTunes Trailers watch trailer screen</p></div>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p>For more information on <a title="Adobe Flex SDK &quot;Hero&quot; preview" href="http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Download+Flex+Hero" target="_blank">Flex SDK &#8220;Hero&#8221; framework</a>, check out these links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a title="What's new in Flash Builder &quot;Burrito&quot;" href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/whatsnew_flashbuilder_burrito.html" target="_blank">What&#8217;s new in Flash Builder &#8220;Burrito&#8221;</a></li>
<li><a title="Mobile development using Flex SDK &quot;Hero&quot; and Flash Builder &quot;Burrito&quot;" href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/mobile_development_hero_burrito.html" target="_blank">Mobile development using Flex SDK &#8220;Hero&#8221; and Flash Builder &#8220;Burrito&#8221;</a></li>
<li><a title="Coding productivity enhancements in Flash Builder “Burrito”" href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/coding_enhancements_burrito.html" target="_blank">Coding productivity enhancements in Flash Builder “Burrito”</a></li>
<li><a title="Introducing Adobe Flex SDK &quot;Hero&quot;" href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/introducing_flexsdk_hero.html" target="_blank">Introducing Adobe Flex SDK &#8220;Hero&#8221;</a></li>
<li><a title="Adobe Flex &quot;Hero&quot; sample applications and tutorials" href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flexsdk_hero/samples/" target="_blank">Adobe Flex &#8220;Hero&#8221; sample applications and tutorials</a></li>
</ul>
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		<title>The BlackBerry Playbook Tablet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BlackBerry Tablet OS key details Reliable, high-performance kernel engineered for multi-core hardware Multi-threaded POSIX OS (Portable Operating System for Unix) for true multitasking Built from the ground up to run WebKit and Adobe® Flash® Built with the security, efficiency and seamless connectivity from the ground up you’d expect from RIM Application development approaches There are [...]]]></description>
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<h3>BlackBerry Tablet OS key details</h3>
<ul>
<li>Reliable, high-performance kernel engineered for multi-core hardware</li>
<li>Multi-threaded POSIX OS (Portable Operating System for Unix) for true multitasking</li>
<li>Built from the ground up to run WebKit and Adobe® Flash®</li>
<li>Built with the security, efficiency and seamless connectivity from the ground up you’d expect from RIM</li>
</ul>
<h3>Application development approaches</h3>
<p>There are currently two application development approaches for the BlackBerry Tablet OS:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Web Applications with HTML5</strong> — Developers will be  able to create compelling applications using HTML5, CSS and JavaScript®,  which leverage the WebKit rendering engine.</li>
<li><strong>Web Applications with Flash</strong> — Leveraging Adobe’s tools, developers will be able to create visually rich applications using Flash 10.1.</li>
</ul>
<p>Application distribution through the BlackBerry App  World™ storefront makes it easy for end-users to discover, download and  use your application.</p>
<h3>Application creation</h3>
<p>Leverage your existing Adobe Flash tools and content and create  breakthrough mobile applications for the new BlackBerry Tablet OS.<br />
Or  add a new dimension to your BlackBerry development skills and create  compelling applications for a new mobile form factor that complements  your existing application.</p>
<p>Traditionally, RIM exposes the hardware and software on the OS for developers to create rich and stunning applications.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/bbtabos" target="_blank">Learn more about the Flash Platform Development for BlackBerry Tablet OS</a></p>
<p><strong></strong><strong><a href="https://www.blackberry.com/profile/?eventId=5005&amp;choice=tablet" target="_blank">Register now for early access to the BlackBerry Tablet OS Software Developer Kit (SDK)</a></strong></p>
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		<title>ThoughtFaqtory is looking for new talent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are currently looking for new talent to join our team. Head over to the Careers page to find out more. The current positions available including the skills required to perform this job effectively: Flex developers Adobe Flex Rich Internet application development Strong working knowledge of usability focused interfaces Object-oriented programming, analysis and design with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are currently looking for new talent to join our team. Head over to the <a title="Careers at ThoughtFaqtory" href="http://www.thoughtfaqtory.com/blog/careers">Careers page</a> to find out more.</p>
<p>The current positions available including the skills required to perform this job effectively:</p>
<p><strong>Flex developers</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Adobe Flex</li>
<li>Rich Internet application development</li>
<li>Strong working knowledge of usability focused interfaces</li>
<li>Object-oriented programming, analysis and design with ActionScript3</li>
<li>Custom Flex component development built on Adobe&#8217;s Flex framework.</li>
<li>Flex-Database integration using Web Services, Flash Remoting, and/or Data Services.</li>
<li>Adobe LiveCycle Data Services ES/ BlazeDS, Flash Communication Server / Media Server</li>
<li>Eclipse and Ant</li>
<li>Java</li>
<li>AJAX development experience a plus.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>UI developers</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Adobe Flex</li>
<li>ASP.Net</li>
<li>C#</li>
<li>MVC Architecture</li>
<li>Silverlight</li>
<li>JavaScript</li>
<li>CSS</li>
<li>HTML/HTML5</li>
<li>XML</li>
<li>AJAX</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Java developers</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Oracle, MySQL</li>
<li>JVM (J2EE, JDK, JRE), API, XML</li>
<li>Apache Tomcat</li>
<li>Spring</li>
<li>Redhat, Linux, Solaris</li>
<li>Hibernate / JPA / ORM</li>
<li>JCR</li>
<li>Any web application framework</li>
<li>Java2D, PDF, Postscript programming</li>
<li>GWT, AJAX development</li>
<li>Test-driven development</li>
<li>Adobe Flex/AIR Development a plus</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>iPhone/iPad developers</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Experience in iPad Development</li>
<li>Expertise in Mac OS X, Objective-C 2.0, Xcode, Interface Builder, and Instruments</li>
<li>Expertise in device partitioning and code signing</li>
<li>Expertise in consuming web services from iOS applications</li>
<li>Expertise in SQLite and database work</li>
<li>Experience with SCM toolsAbility to design consistent, easy-to-use UI’s</li>
<li>Mastery of iOS API’s</li>
<li>Self starter, able to work independently</li>
<li>Good communication skills</li>
<li>Ability to explain development concepts to other developers</li>
<li>Experience with Subversion</li>
<li>Experience with both SOAP and REST</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Adobe Flash, One Web, Any Screen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flash brings the web to life: One web, any screen: See Flash on the new Dell 5 tablet, Dell 12 smartbook (Latitude Xt2), Palm Pre, Nexus One, Motorola Droid, and HP mini 311 netbook.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Flash brings the web to life:  One web, any screen: See Flash on  the new Dell 5 tablet, Dell 12 smartbook (Latitude Xt2), Palm Pre, Nexus  One, Motorola Droid, and HP mini 311 netbook.</p>
<p><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6u8ynaCPIoY&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6&#038;hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6u8ynaCPIoY&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6&#038;hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></p>
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		<title>Lets help Adobe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you follow any of the Adobe guys involved in Flash and AIR on Twitter, you may have come across a few tweets regarding improving Flash 10.1 and AIR 2.0. It is pretty simple process, just follow these steps: Download Flash Player 10.1 Beta 2 and AIR 2.0 Beta 2 Test your content on the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you follow any of the <a title="Adobe" href="http://www.adobe.com" target="_blank">Adobe</a> guys involved in Flash and AIR on <a title="Twitter" href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, you may have come across a few tweets regarding improving <a title="Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta 2" href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/" target="_blank">Flash 10.1</a> and <a title="Adobe AIR 2.0 Beta 2" href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air2/" target="_blank">AIR 2.0</a>.</p>
<p>It is pretty simple process, just follow these steps:</p>
<ul>
<li>Download <a title="Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta 2" href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/" target="_blank">Flash Player 10.1 Beta 2</a> and <a title="Adobe AIR 2.0 Beta 2" href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air2/" target="_blank">AIR 2.0 Beta 2</a></li>
<li>Test your content on the new beta run times</li>
<li>Log any bugs you find at <a href="http://bugs.adobe.com" target="_blank">http://bugs.adobe.com</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Also, please spread the word on <a title="Twitter" href="http://www.twitter.com" target="_blank">Twitter</a> &#8211; Improve Flash 10.1 &amp; AIR 2.0 via Beta 2 <a href="http://bit.ly/cty7Nm" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/cty7Nm</a> READ &amp; RT #Flash #AIR #QUALITY</p>
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		<title>Adobe AIR 2.0 Beta 2 Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discussing New Printing Features in the AIR 2 Beta 2 from Ryan Stewart on Vimeo. Adobe® have released AIR® 2 beta 2 on Adobe Labs. Adobe AIR 2 provides end users with exceptional application experiences while giving developers the easiest and most powerful way to develop desktop applications across multiple platforms (Mac, Windows, and Linux). [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9151495">Discussing New Printing Features in the AIR 2 Beta 2</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user442597">Ryan Stewart</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
<p>Adobe® have released AIR® 2 beta 2 on Adobe Labs. Adobe AIR 2 provides end users with exceptional application experiences while giving developers the easiest and most powerful way to develop desktop applications across multiple platforms (Mac, Windows, and Linux).</p>
<p>AIR 2 builds on the success of AIR 1 by giving developers new capabilities, and even tighter integration with the desktop. Some new features of AIR 2 include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Enhanced support for interacting with printers <strong>(beta 2)</strong></li>
<li>Support for TLS/SSL socket communication <strong>(beta 2)</strong></li>
<li>Support for the detection of mass storage devices.</li>
<li>Advanced networking capabilities like secure sockets, UDP support, and the ability to listen on sockets.</li>
<li>Support for native code integration.</li>
<li>The ability to open a file with its default application.</li>
<li>Multi-touch and gesture support.</li>
<li>New APIs for access to raw microphone data.</li>
<li>Webkit update with HTML5/CSS3 support.</li>
<li>Global error handling.</li>
<li>Improved cross-platform printing</li>
<li>Improved security and support for enterprise and government standards.</li>
</ul>
<p>Two new features that developers may be particularly interested in are the following:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Print Job  Enhancements</strong><br />
New properties and methods have been added to the PrintJob class to give you better control of the way content is printed from an AIR application, including the choice of printer, paper size, and number of copies. New properties also give you more information about the printer, such as printable area, whether the printer will print in color, and whether the print job is currently active. The new PrintJobOptions.printMethod property allows you specify whether to use bitmap or vector printing. The PrintJobOptions.pixelsPerInch property allows you to specify the resolution of print jobs. The new PrintUIOptions class allows you to control how much the end user can change the page range to be printed. See <a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/frames.html?http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/printing/PrintJob.html&amp;http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/printing/class-list.html">PrintJob</a>, <a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/frames.html?http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/printing/PrintJobOptions.html&amp;http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/printing/class-list.html">PrintJobOptions</a>,  and <a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/frames.html?http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/printing/PrintUIOptions.html&amp;http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/printing/class-list.html">PrintUIOptions</a>.</li>
<li><strong>TLS/SSL  Sockets</strong><br />
You can now connect to a server that requires TLSv1 or SSLv3 for socket  communications. See <a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/frames.html?http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/SecureSocket.html&amp;http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/class-list.html">SecureSocket</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>For a complete list of features and to see what’s new in beta 2, please refer to the <a href="http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR_2:Release_Notes">Release Notes</a>. For an overview of the new features in AIR 2, please take a look at the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Article: <a href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/logged_in/rchristensen_air_2.html" target="_blank">Rob Christensen&#8217;s <em>Introducing Adobe AIR 2 beta</em></a></li>
<li>Video: <a href="http://tv.adobe.com/watch/flash-platform-in-action/kevin-lynch-demos-adobe-air-2-features/" target="_blank">Kevin Lynch, CTO, demos AIR 2 during the MAX 2009 keynote</a> (5:50)</li>
<li>Video: <a href="http://tv.adobe.com/watch/max-2009-develop/whats-coming-in-adobe-air-2-/" target="_blank">Christian Cantrell&#8217;s MAX 2009 presentation, What&#8217;s Coming in Adobe AIR 2</a> (62:52)</li>
</ul>
<p>The AIR 2 Public beta is your opportunity to explore new features and communicate your feedback. Please remember that that this is beta software, so there will be bugs, incomplete features, some performance issues, and some missing documentation. Therefore, please use the AIR 2 beta only for testing and exploratory purposes.</p>
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		<title>Flash Player 10.1 running on many devices</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below are a few video demos showcasing the Adobe Flash Player 10.1 running on many different devices. Included here is a demo of Kevin Lynch showcasing multi-touch support on an HP TouchSmart using AIR 2.0 Beta. Demos Adrian Ludwig demos various games from Armor Games and Miniclip.com with Flash Player 10.1 on Palm webOS using [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Below are a few video demos showcasing the Adobe Flash Player 10.1 running on many different devices. Included here is a demo of Kevin Lynch showcasing multi-touch support on an HP TouchSmart using AIR 2.0 Beta.</p>
<p><strong>Demos</strong></p>
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<p>Adrian Ludwig demos various games from Armor Games and Miniclip.com with Flash Player 10.1 on Palm webOS using the Palm Pre (3:44)</p>
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<p>Adrian Ludwig demos video and animation on the BBC, The New York Times, and Angry Alien websites on Android using the Motorola Droid (3:35)</p>
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<p>Adrian Ludwig demos  Flash Player 10.1 on Nexus One, the new Google branded phone (3:41)</p>
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<p>Kevin Lynch demos multi-touch and gesture capabilities on the HP TouchSmart using AIR 2 beta and Flash Player 10.1 (2:54)</p>
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<p>Adrian Ludwig demos various websites with Flash Player 10.1  on Palm webOS using the Palm Pre (3:02)</p>
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<p>Adrian Ludwig demos Google Finance on Microsoft Windows Mobile using the Toshiba TG01 smart phone (3:04)</p>
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