Adobe has announced the release of a new version of flash player. The most recent Android, the Ice Cream Sandwich, will have a developed version of the Adobe Flash Player.The updated version of the player should reach the entire Android Market before the end of this year. This version is set to be the last major update of the mobile Flash Player.

Adobe's spokesman said, "Adobe will release one more version of the Flash Player for mobile browsing, which will provide support for Android 4.0, and one more release of the Flash Linux Porting Kit - both expected to be released before the end of this year".

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Since Adobe announced it would no longer develop Flash Player for mobile devices on Wednesday, many have been wondering if Steve Jobs' objection to its use had something to do with its demise. According to Jobs' biographer Walter Isaacson, Jobs said Flash was "a spaghetti-ball piece of technology that has lousy performance and really bad security problems".

According to Isaacson, Jobs also said that "allowing Flash to be ported across platforms means things get dumbed down to the lowest common denominator".

Jobs' objection to flash player could have stemmed from a long lasting feud with Flash creator Adobe.

In 1999, Adobe refused to create a version of Adobe Premiere digital-graphics software for the Mac. Adobe also refused to rewrite Photoshop for the Mac's operating system, regardless of the fact that Macs were the most popular platform for designers.

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Adobe has dropped its Flash Player support for mobile browsing. Such a move surrenders mobile browsing to the universally supported HTML5 that works on major mobile devices. 

Danny Winokur, vice president & general manager, Adobe interactive development said: “Over the past two years, we’ve delivered Flash Player for mobile browsers and brought the full expressiveness of the web to many mobile devices. However, HTML5 is now universally supported on major mobile devices, in some cases exclusively.  This makes HTML5 the best solution for creating and deploying content in the browser across mobile platforms. We are excited about this, and will continue our work with key players in the HTML community, including Google, Apple, Microsoft and RIM, to drive HTML5 innovation they can use to advance their mobile browsers.”

This move has been seen as a victory for electronics company Apple, as there is a lack of Flash support for video streams on iPad devices.

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Twofour54 tadreeb, the media training academy, has acquired the Dubai business of the SAE Institute, the world's largest network of media training academies. As part of the deal, Twofour54 tadreeb has also entered into a long term co-operation agreement, which will enable it to access the Institute's internationally accredited Diploma and Bachelor Degree programmes.

This acquisition investment adds significant flexibility to Twofour54 tadreeb's existing structure of training programmes, which is provided by Twofour54's international partners including BBC, Thomson Reuters, Apple, Thomson Foundation, RFI, INA, Adobe, Cartoon Network and Bournemouth University.

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Twofour54, the company driving Abu Dhabi’s development as a centre of excellence for world-class Arabic media and entertainment content, has announced the launch of ‘intaji’, a 12 month specialised employment and traineeship programme for UAE Nationals looking to build careers in the television production and broadcasting industry. 

The course will officially start in October - deadline for applications is September 18th - and the successful applicants will embark on a customised training plan that includes a combination of classroom based courses. The course will be delivered by in-house team at twofour54 intaj, twofour54’s world-class production facilities, and a number of leading international media companies including the BBC, Apple and Adobe.

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