Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Microsoft took its answer to Adobe's Flash technology, Silverlight, to the development community yesterday, with chief architect Ray Ozzie waxing lyrical about the new browser-based software at the company's annual MIX conference for developers.
Aimed squarely at the Flash market, Microsoft's
new Silverlight technology, at beta version 1.0, is now available for
download as a compatible plug-in for Internet Explorer, Firefox and
Apple Safari. The technology enables the development of .NET based
media and interactive applications for the web and it comes at a time
when Adobe is taking its Flash technology to the desktop.
In addition to the Silverlight download, Microsoft announced support
for dynamic languages including Python and Ruby, and the next edition
of Visual Studio, code-named "Orcas," for building Silverlight
applications.
Microsoft's Ozzie played up the importance of having a development
platform that would span the web, the PC desktop and mobile devices.
"Silverlight is an important aspect of our software-plus-services
strategy focused on delivering great user experiences that span the
Web, the PC and mobile devices," said Ozzie. "It does so, in part, by
bridging technical barriers that previously made it difficult for Web
developers and designers to collaborate. As a result, Silverlight will
play an important role in helping advance the Web with a platform for
creating rich, interactive experiences."
At the MIX07 conference Microsft also trotted out its star beta testers
for Silverlight, including CBS and video solutions developer
Metaliq.
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