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First off, we've been Apple users for over 20 years.  So we're not by any means Apple haters.

But Steve Jobs' decision to disable the ability to use flash in any of their products is real disappointment.  There are some great websites built on Flash technology.

Steve Jobs' recent slamming of Adobe's Flash technology is a smokescreen.  Adobe Flash provides hands-down THE BEST multimedia experience on the web today.  And has done for ten years.

Now Steve Jobs wants to shut that technology out.  He clearly has $$$ signs in his eyes.  He wants users to buy all their games through the Apple App Store.  Any iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, or even Safari 5 users cannot access any Flash websites.

As Web Developers we have used Flash (Once Shockwave Flash, then Macromedia Flash, and now Adobe Flash) since the very early days, and quite possibly know more about the technology than Steve Jobs claims to.

Sure, Flash can be heavy on processor speed, but this has been greatly improved.  And it is up to developers to optimise their code.  It is nowhere near as much of an issue as it used to be.  And it will continue to improve over time.

We can say this with confidence when Steve Jobs claims that HTML5 and CSS3 are just as powerful as Flash.  It is simply not possible to create a game with these technologies.

Flash is THE ONLY CROSS-PLATFORM game creation tool for the web.  

That is, if you create a game with Flash, you can play it on any browser - except Apple's new Safari 5 browser.  And on any platform - Windows, Apple or Linux/UNIX.

Steve Jobs, you're a bad sport.

Youtube video on how to use your iPad as a car entertainment system.

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Steve Jobs' recent announcement of the iAd technology is nothing short of revolutionary for the Advertising Industry.

With control over the  platform and the advertising network, Apple is really set to make some serious money.  By Jobs' estimates by the end of 2010, Apple will be serving 1 billion ads per day.  His calculations? 100 million users spend an average of 30 minutes a day in an App, and are served an ad every three minutes.

App developers are being encouraged to deploy the iAd technology inside their apps.  Apple will retain 40% of the adshare, and developers will make 60%.