The Mobile World Congress ended earlier this week. It was four days of telecommunication bigwigs trying to out-do each other, and the dust has finally settled. Now that all the cell-phone caravans are packing up and leaving Barcelona, we can finally clear our heads and look at all the smartphone toys we have to look forward to in the coming year. There was allot of flash and pizaz, but at the end of the day we can tell who was innovating and who was a snake-oil-salesman.

Anyone who uses the internet interacts with Adobe Flash in some way or the other. Whether it be on games like Farmville, or while checking your stocks on Google finance, or browsing websites on FWA or watching shows on Hulu - we all love Flash. Even if we don't love it we do use it. A great part of the internet/digital world operates on Flash. Many websites use Flash plug-ins to operate and others are completely constructed on Flash. In a world like this our dear Apple has decided not to include Adobe Flash on it's iPad and iPhone and other products. In my last post about Adobe expressing unhappiness over this I introduced the concept of no Flash. In this post I will elaborate on that.

Where the world seems to be rejoicing at the launch of the Apple iPad, Adobe isn't happy with Apple. Adrian Ludwig, Adobe's Group Manager for Flash Platform Product Marketing issued a statement on his blog about the new product yesterday. The new product and Apple iPhone do not support Flash. And that makes the Flash Platform Marketing team at Adobe unhappy. Apple may have it's reasons but Adobe thinks that this limits the users from multitasking on the web.

We all love and regularly use Youtube. Whether we use it to recreate, work, or recreate when we should be working, that little flash movie engine has become a ubiquitous part of our everyday lives. However, in our modern society of instant gratification, even Youtube is sometimes too slow.

Have you ever been to a photo shoot and had to struggle with the lighting? Or had the wrong balance of light on your models face? Or ended up with a sun glare in your pictures? In situations like those most of us (photographers) struggle with the equipment or give up in frustration. But then there are those who find a solution and come up with amazing ideas of making things work in their favor. Jan Christian is one of those people who can easily modify equipment and make it work in their favor.

This coming monday, January 11th 2010, the submission period for the SIGGRAPH 2010Computer Animation Festival will begin.  This five day event has been going on for the past 36 years, and it showcases the latest and greatest in everything computer generated.  From animation to special effects, to digital rendering; they've got it all, and they're looking for digital animation professionals to showcase their best work. If you've got a knack for digital animation, and can make it to the Los Angeles area this coming July, this competition might be worth looking into.

Ever tried taking a picture with your iPhone at night? Not pretty results. Well the folks over at the product labs at Quirky have been hard at work on an iPhone case, with a flash.

Did you know the flash on your camera can instantly turn graphite oxide into graphene? No? Well neither did the rest of the world until a couple of Northwestern University researchers tried it out.

Tired of your old Web site? Want to add a little pep, glamor, and need a say Flash to your online portfolio? But times are tough, you say, and there is no way your photo company can budget for a new snazzy Web site...  that's where you're wrong!

Sure, we all know you can get viruses through emails or certain Web sites, but from your Adobe reader?