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Our App of the Day – SkyFire – Bringing Flash To Your iPad
Finally on the iPad! Skyfire is the browser that not only allows you to view Flash Videos on iOS, but provides as well the best integration of social features for a quicker, more informative and most of all fun internet experience. Features • Play millions of Flash videos – everyday, with no limits! • All-new ‘Skybar’ toolbar gives one-click access to video and related content • Stay in touch: Unique Facebook and Twitter ‘Quickview’ allows you to see your wall and feeds with one click. • Universal ‘Like’: Like ANY page on the internet, with one click. • Fireplace: See only the links shared by Friends. Why? Filter what friends…
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Skyfire ‘Sold Out’
Skyfire, which was just released into the app store yesterday, in fact one day earlier than expected, is currently no longer available. Apparently Skyfire was being used so much that its servers could not keep up with demand and the company has halted sales of the app in order to increase their capacity to meet the demand. Official Statement "Skyfire for iPhone has been received with unbelievable enthusiasm. Despite our best attempts and predictions, the demand far exceeds our initial projections. The user experience was performing well for the first few hours, but as the surge continued, the peak load on our servers and bandwidth caused the video experience to…
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Skyfire to Bring Flash to iPhone and iPad
IPhone and iPad users’ long wait for an app that allows them to view Flash videos is about to be over. Skyfire, which will be available for download at 9 a.m. ET on Thursday for $2.99, is the first such application to receive Apple’s approval for distribution in its App Store. To get around Apple’s restriction, Skyfire came up with an innovative solution: When users click on a page that contains Flash video, Skyfire’s servers download, render and translate the video into HTML5, which is a Web standard that iOS devices support. Skyfire then displays a thumbnail that users can click on to stream the video from its servers. “We…
