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April 30th, 2010

Wired.com  US
Adobe CEO, Ex-Adobe Engineers Weigh In on Jobs’ Flash Attack.
"Carlos Icaza and Walter Luh, former Adobe mobile engineers, said they were raising flags at Adobe in 2007 about the same complaints that Jobs detailed Thursday."

ComputerWorld.com  US
Apple and Adobe's war of words heats up.
"Indeed, while at Adobe [Ansca co-founders Carlos Icaza and Walter Luh], they agreed with some of Jobs' specific complaints about Flash, which is why they defected from Adobe and founded Ansca."

April 27th, 2010

GoogleAndBlog.com  US
Team Behind Flash Lite Explain Adobe Android Delays & a Better Solution with Ansca Mobile.
"I recently interviewed the team that was principally behind the development of Adobe Flash Lite for mobile who quickly saw that Adobe could not keep up with the fast paced developments in mobile."

Mobile Martin News  US
Easily Migrate iPhone iPad & Android Apps with Ansca Mobile Corona.
"Not only can you take the application you created for the iPhone and with one click of the button have it ported to Android, but you don’t need to be a professional programmer to do so."

April 14th, 2010

The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW  US
360iDev: Ansca Mobile's Corona SDK.
"An outlet like this gives experienced Flash developers an avenue to bring their apps over to Apple's platforms, without having to figure out a whole new code system."

InformationWeek  US
Ansca Mobile Releases Corona For iPhone Development
"Flash designers and other developers now have a new bridge to world of mobile apps."

April 13th, 2010

InformationWeek  US
Apple's Fiasco, Google's Opportunity
"I'm still inclined to believe Apple may moderate its stance when iPhone OS 4.0 is publicly released in late June and allow developer tools like Unity3D and Corona to continue to be used."

PR Newswire  US
Ansca™ Mobile Unveils Corona™ 2.0 SDK for Multi-Platform App Creation at 360iDev, Touts Support From Major Flash Mobile Developers.
"The new version of Corona gives developers a much quicker turn-around time for building apps across different platforms," said Dave Lazarony, Ansca Mobile advisory board member and former Director of Engineering for Adobe's Creative Suite.

April 2nd, 2010

InformationWeek  US
Apple Blesses iPad-Ready Web Sites.
"Apple's stance on Flash has proven to be a boon for third-party technology companies like Ansca Mobile..."

March 24th, 2010

Mobile Orchard  US
Corona On Android.
"The Ansca Mobile team has done a good job creating a viable alternative to Flash on the iPhone."

March 23rd, 2010

InformationWeek  US
Android Builds Extend Corona SDK Beyond iPhone.
"Generating apps that run on multiple mobile platforms is getting easier."

March 19th, 2010

InformationWeek  US
Adobe Flash CS5 For Windows May Violate Apple Rules.
"The language of Apple's iPhone Developer Agreement indicates that using Windows to build iPhone apps is forbidden."

March 13th, 2010

InformationWeek  US
GDC: Game Developers Conference Wrap-Up.
"Ansca's Corona is terrific for 2D games."

March 8th, 2010

Flash and Flex Magazine  US
Talking Corona. An interview with the Ansca Mobile co-founders.
"Now – fresh off the heels of having their nostalgic Photoshop 1.0 app unveiled last month at Adobe’s Photoshop 20th anniversary event – cofounders Carlos Icaza and Walter Luh sit down to talk about why they should be the go-to choice for Flash developers looking to build for the iPhone."

March 1st, 2010

Macsoluciones.com  Spain (Spanish)
Tutorial: Programación con SDK Corona.
"...sorprende muy gratamente lo que puede hacerse actualmente y, especialmente, una curva de aprendizaje muy ligera..."
"...it is surprisingly good to learn what one can do and, specially the easy learning curve..."

February 20th, 2010

Macsoluciones.com  Spain (Spanish)
Programación para iPhone e iPod touch con Corona.
"...nuestra impresión inicial es que se trata de una excelente herramienta para quienes quieran empezar en el mundo de la programación para los dispositivos portátiles de Apple..."
"...our initial first impression is that this is an excellent tool for anyone who wants to start in the world of programing for the mobile devices from Apple..."

February 20th, 2010

El Diario Las Americas  US (Spanish)
Innovadores crean aplicaciones para iPhone.
"Corona puede reducir el tiempo y los costos aproximadamente en un 90%."
"Corona can reduce the time and costs by approximately 90%."

February 20th, 2010

Slashdot.org  US
Photoshop 1.0 Recreated on iPhone.
"Photoshop co-creator Russell Brown asked Ansca Mobile to re-create Photoshop 1.0, originally introduced in 1990, for the iPhone."

February 19th, 2010

InformationWeek  US
Photoshop 1.0 Arrives On The iPhone.
"...Brown turned to Ansca Mobile, a start-up founded by veterans of Apple and Adobe, to build the app using the Corona SDK..."

February 19th, 2010

MacWorld UK  UK
Limited-edition Adobe Photoshop 20th anniversary iPhone app released.
iPhone app is a replica of Photoshop 1.0 released 20 years ago.

February 19th, 2010

Gizmodo  USA
This Is Why I Want Photoshop 1.0 on My iPhone Right Now.
Our very own CTO, Walter Luh, says "Given the extremely short timeframe, we knew the only way to offer the image manipulation features from the original Photoshop was to use Corona."

February 19th, 2010

eWeek  USA
Adobe Photoshop Turns 20
"The Ansca team used Corona to bring the essence of the original Photoshop to the iPhone"

February 18th, 2010

Adobe Video  US
Russell Preston Brown demos the 20th Anniversary iPhone App Created with the Ansca Corona SDK.

February 6th, 2010

Slashdot.org US
Apple Changes of Heart on Flash.
Walter Luh, co-founder of Ansca Mobile and a former employee of both Apple and Adobe, recounts how Apple once promoted Flash on the iPhone then changed its mind...

February 3rd, 2010

InformationWeek US
Apple iPad Sparks Interest In Enterprise Apps
Marine Leroux, CEO and founder of Bamboudesign, Inc., says "Corona allows for faster development and therefore allows for a reduced development cycle."

February 2nd, 2010

VentureBeat  USA
App makers expect to rewrite their iPhone apps for iPad
Carlos Icaza, co-founder and CEO of Ansca is quoted.

February 2nd, 2010

Silicon Valley Watcher  USA
Bamboudesign: App Development For iPad And iPhone
"We are big fans of the Corona software development kit..."

January 27, 2010

InformationWeek  USA
Apple iPad Promises Media Revolution
Opportunities For Developers, Content Creators

Walter Luh, co-founder and CTO of Ansca is quoted, "It's going to be a great new canvas for a lot of people to take advantage of..."

January 19, 2010

The iPhone App Review  USA
Core Damage Spins You Right 'Round
Corona app reviewed: "9/10...This is a great game"

January 8, 2010

Flash & Flex Developer's Magazine  USA
Wanna play here? [Photo of iPhone] Get Corona!
Oh, iPhone, you just had to make things difficult, didn’t you?

January 7, 2010

Vatornews  USA
Flash developers flocking to Ansca Mobile
Developers let down by Adobe turn to Ansca development kit for designing iPhone apps

December 29, 2009

flashmagazine.com  USA
Mobile Development Alternatives
"We've played around with Corona/Lua a little and it's very enjoyable"

December 11, 2009

InformationWeek  USA
Developers Anticipate Apple Tablet
With reports of Apple suppliers preparing a tablet, developers are thinking about the new app design possibilities.

December 4, 2009

Nothinggrinder  USA
Adobe Flash for iPhone

December 1, 2009

The New York Times / VentureBeat  USA
Ansca Mobile Raises $1M to Build Adobe Flash Rival for iPhone Apps

InformationWeek  USA
Ansca Mobile Releases Corona For iPhone Development

MocoNews  USA
Ansca Mobile Raises $1 Million In Funding For App Development Tech

Digital MediaWire  USA
Ansca Gets $1 Million for iPhone App Development Platform

October 28, 2009

Miami New Times  USA
Silicon Beach: iPhone App Design for Dummies

July 29, 2009

InfoWorld  USA
iPhone development tools that work the way you do

July 6, 2009

Mobile Orchard  USA (Podcast)
Corona: Easy-to-implement, High Performance, Native iPhone Apps Written in Lua

July 3, 2009

Silicon Valley Business Journal  USA
Adobe Veterans Simplify iPhone App Development

June 25, 2009

Taterboy.com  USA
Box of Sox built using Ansca Corona

LaCantine.org  FRANCE
Corona simplifie le développement d’applications iPhone!

June 24, 2009

Information Week  USA
Startup's iPhone SDK Steers Clear of Apple's Objective-C

PocketGamer.biz  USA
Ex-Adobe engineers create Corona for the iPhone; picks up where Flash never started

TheNextWeb.com  USA
Build iPhone Apps in a Flash with Corona

MacMagazine  BRAZIL
Corona é um kit de desenvolvimento que tenta sanar a falta de algumas qualidades do Flash no iPhone OS

MSN  FRANCE
Le langage web facilite la création d'applications iPhone

Macitynet  ITALY
Corona, un sistema di sviluppo alternativo per l'iPhone

Macsimum News  US
Ansca unveils Corona mobile software solution for designers, engineers, web developers

AdobeFlashLite.com  USA
Using Adobe Flash Lite for iPhone with Corona

L'Atelier  FRANCE
Le langage web facilite la création d'applications iPhone

June 23, 2009

The New York Times  USA
Adobe Veterans Build Rival to Flash for iPhone Apps

Vator.tv  USA
Ansca simplifies iPhone application coding

VentureBeat  USA
Adobe Veterans Build Rival to Flash for iPhone Apps

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