Adobe launched its next-generation application development platform – Apollo. Apollo will enable building and delivery of Rich Internet Applications(RIA) that will combine the advantage of web+desktop at one platform. Currently both the SDK and runtime versions of Apollo are being released.
Hype around the application product development platform aside, being able to bring in the developers to build apps and than the users to consume those apps will be the long path that Adobe has to work on. There are few smart product being developed or extended to work on Apollo that includes Yourminis’s widgets based home page service, and Virtub‘s collaboration tool. Still a long way to catch up Java and AJAX apps.
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March 23, 2007 at 2:59 am |
[...] All this news comes at a time when Firefox 3 is making dedicated efforts to build the offline functionality into its Version 3, and Adobe Apollo alpha release launching last week that bridges the web and desktop gap. [...]
April 1, 2007 at 3:46 am |
[...] StartupSquad >> Adobe launches Apollo alpha [...]
April 16, 2007 at 12:23 am |
[...] Adobe is expected to launch a new Adobe Media Player that will get Flash videos playing in offline mode. The media player, till date code-named Philo, will enable users to subscribe to videos via RSS. Commenting and sharing will also come as part of the media player. The new move from Adobe is directed more towards content publishers with DRM tools included as part of the package to control reuse of content. Besides this, the new product will also offer analytics capabilities to publishes for getting media usage details. To avoid conflict of interests and startups jumping onto other media playing platforms like Move Networks, Adobe is not trying to project an image that it is competing with recently launched video delivery and personalization tools for desktop. The Media Player will go into beta testing later in the spring and will be generally available later this year. On the whole, this is yet another strong product to appear on the Apollo scene. Personally I am not convinced to make Apollo part of my daily life as yet. Will see if that changes after launch of the media player and office tools. Tags: [...]
April 23, 2007 at 3:05 pm |
[...] Forget about 2007 being year of widgets. I think it is the year when Online apps would keep working even when your machine goes Offline. Last year it was SocialText to be the first company working this idea. And than Zimbra making announcement last year and launching it’s offline capable collaboration tool earlier this year, than Adobe launching Apollo, than Joyent coming out with Slingshot, and the much expected Firefox 3 with offline capabilities coming sometime this year. [...]
May 7, 2007 at 12:52 am |
[...] There have been spate of announcements all around to enable offline capabilities. Adobe with its hybrid app launchpad – Apollo, FireFox with FireFox 3, Joyent with Slingshot, DojoToolkit with Dojooffline, Etelos with Apps on the Plane, and Dekoh with Dekoh. [...]
May 30, 2007 at 10:58 am |
[...] As for those who are wondering what exactly is San Dimas Project – it is a new eBay desktop application under works that will run on top of Adobe Apollo. The product will offer buying features, including search, browse, watch list, and bidding/buy it now and also desktop-specific features including alerts and browsing history. [...]
June 15, 2007 at 5:53 am |
[...] San Dimas beta starts rolling: eBay on Adobe Apollo/AIR app has started sending out beta invites. Another app you should definitely checkout if you are all about eBay. Sign-up by clicking here.History one, and two. [...]
January 22, 2008 at 10:23 pm |
[...] The Apollo Alpha is finally out. Ryan Stewart, Techcrunch, Read/Write Web, and a host of others all have coverage. (Ever wonder how the press gets such scoops so quickly? Well, they all get briefed days ahead of time, and were all under embargo — in this case all agreed to not publish anything until 9:01 PM on Sunday night.) [...]
January 23, 2008 at 6:44 pm |
[...] The Apollo Alpha is finally out. Ryan Stewart, Techcrunch, Read/Write Web, and a host of others all have coverage. (Ever wonder how the press gets such sc0oops so quickly? Well, they all get briefed days ahead of time, and were all under embargo — in this case all agreed to not publish anuthing until 9:01 PM on Sunday night.) [...]