Despite layoffs, Adobe expands newspaper support team
Posted by Lisette García on November 13, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Adobe, maker of pdf software, has announced plans to create a new division within the company devoted to products focused on newspapers, among other things, Read Write Web today reported. The initiative comes even as Adobe has had to lay off 10 percent of its workforce in other departments due to the economic climate of the past year.
Though Adobe's announcement did not specify which newspaper products were in development, The Boston Globe newspaper may give a hint. The Globe today launched GlobeReader, a digital newspaper that replaces print but does not require live Internet access the entire time it is being viewed. The GlobeReader relies on Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR, both components of the Flash Platform, as announced in today's press release.
Though Adobe's announcement did not specify which newspaper products were in development, The Boston Globe newspaper may give a hint. The Globe today launched GlobeReader, a digital newspaper that replaces print but does not require live Internet access the entire time it is being viewed. The GlobeReader relies on Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR, both components of the Flash Platform, as announced in today's press release.
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