Tags: apollo, flex

Adobe blasts Apollo into beta through AIR

Adobe Systems on Monday released a beta version of AIR, a software download formerly called Apollo, that makes Web-native applications operate like desktop programs.

Adobe sees its future on the Web

Chief Executive Bruce Chizen places his bets on new software called Apollo and says a hosted version of Photoshop is in the cards.

Flash to jump beyond the browser

Adobe is working on Apollo software that can run Flash applications outside the browser, so they behave like desktop programs. The player will render Flash, HTML and PDF content.