Adobe Rolling Out Cross-Platform AIR For Mobile

Adobe, creators of the (for better or worse) ubiquitous Flash platform, are gearing up to deliver Adobe AIR to mobile devices, regardless of the OS. The reasoning behind this is the same proposed reasoning behind Apple not wanting Flash anywhere near its devices. Building a platform such as AIR or Flash out to run on mobile devices means that developers will no longer have to worry about developing a separate version for each and every platform. Meaning, developers can develop one version, and have it immediately available on all platforms, including the iPhone. In other words, it circumvents the app store.

The very same reason it will most likely never touch the iPhone platform is the very same reason it is so exciting for mobile developers. The only possible caveat here is stability, but from the videos Adobe has posted, it seems to be running just fine so far. Head over to Adobe's site to take a look-see at the live demos they've got.

Tweetdeck v0.33 Takes Control Of The Twitter API

The ever-popular Twitter desktop client, Tweetdeck, has pushed a killer update today featuring a slew of features. Since Tweetdeck v0.33 uses OAuth to interface with Twitter, and it can now auto-manage Twitter API call limits, users are not likely to see "API Limit Reached" again anytime soon. Plus, the addition of viewing more media within the app means users can remain within the app without having to bounce back to the browser to view content. And for you column junkies, the column navigator along the bottom paired with the ability to edit existing columns will be a welcome change, I'm sure.

You can head here to download the new version (requires Adobe AIR), and check below for the feature list, and a walkthrough from the creators. 

Thanks to TweetDeck now using OAuth calls to the Twitter API, you now have access to a greatly increased API limit (currently 350 calls/hr)

You can now take control of your columns with the new Column Navigator

See more media inside TweetDeck with the new previews for media from Youtube, Posterous, Flickr, Mobypicture & Twitgoo

Edit your search columns without having to delete & recreate

New help screen, giving access to forum search & one-click transmission of debug information to TweetDeck Support

Lots of fixes and smaller improvements throughout the application