10 useful AIR Applications

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10 useful AIR Applications

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Is it the lull before the strom?

From last couple of days no big news from any big players in the IT/WEB sector (apart from Adobe AIR launch). Also no news from MS-YAHOO tussle. I think this indicates something big to happen apart from IT slowdown. Google is busy growing and its hard for a big company to remain innovative and growing at the same time. But till now Google did managed this pretty well. From Google official blog it seems Google will be launching Google health soon. Also MS launches its Virtual Earth Beta couple of weeks back but it didn't create mush news. I had gave a try to MS virtual Earth and didn't seem that standard as Google earth is. Also you need to download a browser plugin to view MS maps.

Lets waits if Yahoo investors woos their board members for MS Bid.

Its in the "AIR"

Adobe recently launches their New Technoloy called Adobe AIR. AIR stands for "Adobe Integrated Runtime". AIR is the runtime for all the platforms(windows, Mac and linux) and it let user use the RIA's as desktop Apps. Adobe Air's runtime environment allows developers with access to API (application programming interface) kits from companies to create customized versions of the Web experience -- without the browser. Developers with Flash and HTML abilities can take the information structures of a Web site and create an application that users can download to their desktop, which would then operate just like any other desktop application. This would allow -- among other actions -- users to drag and drop information from any Web site onto their desktop.

Websites such as auctioneer eBay have already developed applications that use the new technology. After a quick download, the eBay users can click the company's logo on their desktop and launch an application that will allow them to do their business directly no browser required. The software is part of a growing number of technologies that aim to make the transition between the on and offline worlds seamless.

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