Filed under: Software
TechCrunch, among other news outlets, reports that Adobe is cutting 680 employees as part of a restructuring plan. This is roughly 9 percent of the company’s workforce. The news comes on the heels of Electronic Arts’ decision to layoff 1,500 workers and a reduction of 600 from Adobe back in December. Adobe had purchased Omniture in September and reduced its workforce by 9 percent at that time.
The cost of restructuring for Adobe will total between $65 and $71 million, the TechCrunch article says.
The layoffs come just after Adobe announced that Flash Professional CS5 will be able to turn Flash projects into iPhone apps. The company has also recently released a version of its Photoshop.com Mobile app for the iPhone [iTunes link].
TUAWAdobe layoffs strike home, 680 to lose jobs originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Software, Internet Tools, Friday Favorite
Not since the Cola Wars or the Cold War have we seen a battle as fierce as The Twitter App Wars. Like salmon swimming upstream, each little app is fighting to gain your affection. I believe that there’s no one Twitter app to rule them all. Instead, individual tastes and needs dictate which one becomes your go-to solution.
Unless you’re trying to be sneaky.
If you’re the type who loves to tweet but works for a boss who’d rather you spend your time being productive than tweeting pictures of your lunch, SpreadTweet is for you. Just launch, sign in and you’re good to go. SpreadTweet looks just like an Excel spreadsheet. In fact, we’d wager that it’d fool anyone who doesn’t actually stop to read what’s written there.
It runs on Adobe Air, which turns some people off. Those folks can use the web-based version (which probably kills the illusion).
TUAWFriday Favorite: SpreadTweet originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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