Thursday, April 29, 2010

Skyfire Puts Flash On Android

Mountain View-based Skyfire, a developer of mobile browsers for Android phones, said today that it has officially launched version 2.0 its software, which enables Flash on Android. The firm said its mobile browser allows users running on Android to access rich media applications, including streaming media, based on Adobe Flash. Among the new features of the software are the "SkyBar", a toolbar which allows users to view Flash videos through behind-the-scenes conversion of those videos into html5. The company says it has created the "first mobile browser for the social media generation." Skyfire is venture backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matrix Partners and Trinity Partners.