Adobe Picks A Fight With SnipShot, Picasa, and Picnik By Taking Photoshop Online (Adobe Photoshop Express)
1 COMMENT | Amit Chowdhry | Thursday, March 27th, 2008 | 528 Views“They have a whole market that they are missing out on, and they need to make sure that the market is aware there is a Photoshop solution for them. As that market grows and becomes more sophisticated, hopefully it will generate money,” stated Ron Glaz, an analyst at IDC, a market intelligence firm.
Adobe Systems [...]
Shantanu Narayen Stepping Up As Adobe’s CEO
ADD A COMMENT | Amit Chowdhry | Monday, November 12th, 2007 | 176 ViewsIn the technology company sector, its rare to see high-profile executives step down when a company is doing very well. Steve Jobs was fired from Apple (temporarily) and Terry Semel was fired from Yahoo! because of pressure from shareholders and the media. However in the case of Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE), Shatanu Narayen is [...]
BBC To Use Adobe Flash On iPlayer
ADD A COMMENT | Amit Chowdhry | Monday, October 15th, 2007 | 114 Views
“Adobe is driving the next generation of video delivery by accelerating the fusion of TV and the Internet. With more control over playback, interactivity and branding, the move to Flash Player compatible video will help the BBC to engage audiences by delivering a seamless, instant-on Web video experience.”
-Bruce Chizen, CEO of Adobe
The British Broadcasting [...]
Adobe’s Acquisition Announcement of Virtual Uniquity Indicates Interest In Online Office Application Competition
ADD A COMMENT | Amit Chowdhry | Monday, October 1st, 2007 | 101 Views
[Note: The combination of the Adobe logo and Virtual Ubiquity logo is not an official logo. I put them together.]
“We were inspired by the way today’s youth spend their lives working and playing together online, and how this is influencing the way we all think about collaboration,” stated Rick Treitman, chief executive at Virtual [...]
introNetworks Has Raised $2.7 Million From Adobe Systems
ADD A COMMENT | Amit Chowdhry | Saturday, May 5th, 2007 | 107 Views
“The infusion of capital from Adobe and other investors further validates the promise of our technology,” stated Kymberlee Weil, the President and a co-founder of introNetworks. “We’ll continue to expand our platform using the Adobe development environment and look forward to further increasing the value of our intellectual property portfolio.”
The amount of capital that [...]
Adobe Systems Inc. Now Owns Scene7
ADD A COMMENT | Amit Chowdhry | Friday, May 4th, 2007 | 118 Views
Yesterday, Adobe Systems Inc. announced that they have acquired Scene7. Adobe Systems Inc. is based in San Jose, Calif. and Scene7 is based in Novato, Calif. The financial details were not disclosed, but Scene7 makes a great addition to Adobe’s current offerings. Adobe completed a buy-out of Macromedia for $3.4 billion in 2005.
The Scene7 [...]
Paint.NET v3.0 Beta 3 Now Available
1 COMMENT | Amit Chowdhry | Tuesday, December 26th, 2006 | 167 ViewsPaint.NET, a FREE photo editing software the competes directly with Photoshop, one of Adobe’s best-selling software products, has recently unleashed a new version of the software. The new version is called v3.0, is in Beta 3, and is now available for download.
Paint.NET was created using the C# and a small amount of C++ programming [...]
Adobe Systems and Granite Ventures Invest $2 Mill Into Flash Games Site, Bunchball
1 COMMENT | Amit Chowdhry | Monday, November 6th, 2006 | 136 ViewsRedwood City, CA based company, Bunchball is a a hub for Adobe Flash games similar to Atom Entertainment’s Shockwave.com. The two providers of the $2 million investment of Bunchball funding was Adobe Systems Inc. and San Francisco based, Granite Ventures.
Ballbunch provides multi-player Flash games for social networks, blogs, and other websites. And what attracted [...]
MobiTV Raises Another $30 Mill, Adding up to at Least $125 Mill Total Investment
ADD A COMMENT | Amit Chowdhry | Thursday, November 2nd, 2006 | 84 ViewsMobiTV of Emeryville, CA has recently raised another $30 million as part of its Series C, according to GigaOM. On July 12, 2006, MobiTV had also raised $70 million from other investors led by Oak Investment Partners. The current $30 million in funding comes from corporations, Hearst Corporation and Adobe Systems. Throughout MobiTV’s inception [...]
