No Flash On The iPad? No Problem. Brightcove Turns Videos Into HTML5.

The lack of Flash on the iPad is a sore point for many and often listed as one of its greatest potential weaknesses. Not allowing Flash on the iPhone is bad enough, but on the larger iPad with full-screen browsing, its absence will be much more noticeable. Or will it? Already the Web is adapting. Videos powered by Brightcove, for instance, will stream in an HTML5 video player when it detects an iPad. On the iPhone browser, the video thumbnail will open up the Quicktime player. It will also work on Android phones.

Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire is agnostic about the Flash Vs. HTML5 debate. “HTML5 is great,” he says. “It is an open standard, and firmly entrenched in the Apple device platform. Flash can’t reach those platforms for political and business reasons.” But HTML5 simply cannot do everything Flash can, especially when it comes to supporting advertising, audience measurement, customized players, and social sharing. So he decided to bring HTML5 video to parity with Flash for anyone who uses Brightcove. (Note that this is for videos playing in the browser. Brightcove already supports video playback in iPhone apps).

Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler Take a Cozy Parisian Cruise

Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler are embracing the joie de vivre that Paris has to offer.


In town to promote The Bounty Hunter, the costars enjoyed a private river cruise on the Seine Saturday evening. Though the single stars have denied romance rumors, a source tells PEOPLE they looked as friendly and flirty as ever on their boat ride. "They were very close," the source says. "They really warmed up the room."

While a soft rain fell on the city, the stars and about 20 guests settled into wood-paneled grand salon on the top deck of the luxury charter yacht, ACTE III. Seated around a single long table, they dined on green salad and grilled chicken (for her) and lobster (for him). For dessert, they sipped champagne and enjoyed fresh berries.

Lee Hyori 4th comeback album ‘H-Logic’ teaser revealed!


The teaser video to Lee Hyori’s 4th comeback album ‘H-Logic’ has been released at 11am on 29th March.

Charlene Choi knows in her heart who marriage certificate culprit was


Charlene Choi was celebrating for the concert's success with fans, having a hot pot feast together. Seeing fans kind support for her, she felt extremely emotional, her eyes even turned red, appearing watery. She expressed that because of her news, even her parents are being targeted for interviews, but she strongly stressed that it will not affect her work.

Ah Sa frankly said that there is someone who leaked out the marriage certificate, she said: "Not even my company knew, only a few friends knew. I know in my heart who, I'm really hurt to be betrayed."

Katy Perry Plants A Wet One On Justin Bieber

She kissed a boy, and she liked it! Katy Perry is sure to be the envy of thousands of young girls, after the pop star got to plant a kiss on “Baby” crooner Justin Bieber, 16, at last night’s Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles.


The 25-year-old singer, who was slammed with green slime as she presented an award for Favorite Movie Actress, announced on her Twitter page that she would be sharing a green room with the Canadian cutie, who performed at the event.

Fergie Falls VIDEO

It was an embarrassing set for pop princess Fergie in Kansas City, Missouri last Wednesday night: The Black Eyed Peas singer fell smack on her well-toned booty during a live show.


In a video uploaded to YouTube late last week, the singer is caught taking a tumble after slipping on stage during a performance of “Let’s Get It Started.” Just like a true performer, Fergie barely missed a beat, hopping back up and continuing with the song.

Barron's Names Steve Jobs "World's Most Valuable CEO"

As part of an announcement that should surprise few people, least of all Steve Jobs, Barron's has named Steve Jobs the "world's most valuable CEO" thanks to his direct impact on the company's stock prices and revenue.


"Probably the world's most valuable CEO is Steve Jobs of Apple, as shown by stock dips on news of his medical problems," the report said. "Apple recently hit a record, with a market value topping $200 billion, a reflection of the Street's confidence that a healthy Jobs (at least from what we can tell) continues to keep Apple ahead of the game. Jobs likely accounts for $25 billion or more of Apple's market value."

Rain’s comeback special album 2nd teaser revealed!


The teaser video featuring Rain and actress Han YeSeul has been revealed.

The 2nd teaser video to Rain’s upcoming special album ‘Back To The Basic’ to be released on 1st April has been revealed on 29th March at 12nn. The teaser video is for the title ballad song to the album ‘Love Song’. The 2 stars are also featured for a kiss scene in the video.

Xiao Zhu offers body but bans kissing and head touching

Tickets to see Taiwanese Dancing King Show Luo (Xiao Zhu) at his three concerts in April sold out in a mere 2 hours, so as a way of thanks, yesterday he came to Hong Kong to hold a hugging party. Somewhat vain, he banned fans from touching his hair, and claimed that after he was kissed by male fans, also banned fans from kissing him!


Xiao Zhu will be having three concerts as part of his "2010 Show Luo Dancing Skills World 3D World Live Tour" from April 30th to May 2nd, tickets to which sold out within 2 hours. He arrived at a mall to hold a special thankyou party for his fans, and gave ticket holders "a hug of love". Of the 3000 fans who lined up, there were little kids who dressed up as Xiao Zhu and Rainie Yang's characters in their drama Hi My Sweetheart, causing Show to exclaim their cuteness and take pictures for reminiscing.

'Train Dragon' Top Weekend Box Office With $43.3M


"How to Train Your Dragon" has breathed a bit of boxoffice fire with a $43.3 million opening weekend and a No. 1 debut.

Yet the DreamWorks Animation adventure came in well behind the studio's last cartoon comedy, "Monsters vs. Aliens," which opened with $59.3 million over the same weekend last year.

Disney's "Alice in Wonderland," which had been No. 1 the previous three weekends, slipped to second place with $17.3 million. It raised its domestic total to $293.1 million.

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