'FarmVille' to close its doors on Dec. 31

Source: Zynga

It's time to say goodbye to the original FarmVille game on Facebook. Zynga announced it'll be shutting down the once-popular web game as Facebook will stop supporting Flash games at the end of the year. On December 31, FarmVille will be going away on that same day that Adobe will also shut down the Flash player altogether.

FarmVille players can still make in-app purchases until November 17; after that, the payment system will be shut down. But if you still can't get enough of the game, FarmVille 3 will be coming to mobile soon. If you're like us who were addicted to the game once, this development does feel like the end of an era.

Source: The Verge

Adobe will send a reminder to uninstall Flash by end of 2020

Adobe really wants to remind you not to use Flash anymore. If you haven't uninstalled the plugin yet, the company will send a prompt reminding you to uninstall it "later this year." And in 2021, it will block Flash content from running on its player completely.

Flash has been known to be riddled with security issues, and leaving it unchecked means attackers can exploit vulnerabilities. And now, Adobe wants to remind you that it's time to let it go in the past.

Source: Engadget

Security issues plaguing Flash cause Google, Mozilla to disable software

Adobe’s Flash software has made powerful enemies throughout the years. One being Steve Jobs, who refused to let Flash be made available on Apple’s devices, and fairly recently, Facebook’s top security executive Alex Stamos called for Adobe to discontinue Flash. Now, old versions of Adobe Flash are being blocked on Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome browsers after discovering that hackers were using a security bug to hack into other people’s computers.

Leaked documents from Hacking Team, an Italian firm that sells digital surveillance tools to governments, showed they were able to exploit a flaw in Flash. Other hackers who caught sight of this document started to use it as well.

Source: MarketWatch

Adobe drops Flash support on Mobile Devices

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Adobe Flash was the one feature missing on the iPad and iPhone that became an unnoficial rallying point for competitors whose products could 'run Flash', 'access the entire web,' and could  'watch thousands of videos.' Well those days are coming to a close as Adobe is focusing purely on desktop Flash and leaving the mobile space. Adobe will instead find ways to make HTML 5 the universal mobile dynamic media delivery service.

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