In addition, there is fine integration with Photoshop, including the ability to copy individual layers and paste them directly into Dreamweaver, or insert Photoshop PSD files as images in a Dreamweaver project (where they are converted to JPG or PNG formats). Of course, there is still integration among the formerly Macromedia products, such as the ability to edit graphics in Fireworks or insert Flash objects seamlessly into a Dreamweaver design.
Contribute gives your nontechnical contributors the ability to edit Web page content without affecting the underlying design, freeing up design personnel to do what they do best. The application was upgraded last fall, and there don't appear to be any major new features beyond the CS3 makeover and making it Vista- and Office 2007-compatible.
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The last upgrade included the ability to edit blog content; smoothed integration with Microsoft Office 2003 via tools in the button bar (and now, the ribbon in Office 2007); and offered the ability to add PDF content, videos, and images directly to a Web site or blog, and (as before) review the changes before publishing.
These features should appeal to enterprise users who want to get into blogging, but might be intimidated by the process. You can generate blog content in Word (a tool most people are comfortable using), and publish to Contribute (or edit content directly in Contribute if you prefer), then send it to your blog (whether it's stored locally or via a blogging service like TypePad, Blogger, or WordPress). What's more, you can force the material through an editorial process if your company wants to have an approval layer, another feature that should appeal to managements who might be skittish about wide-open corporate blogs.
Flash long ago grew beyond its roots as an animation tool and has recently focused on interface development for both the desktop and for portable devices such as cell phones.
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To that end, Adobe has created a new site called Device Central, where you can test your content on a variety of devices beyond the few that come standard with Flash (although when I went there, I didn't find much beyond some generic cell phone designs).
Verizon is demoing crowd analytics technology that uses 5G along with AI and mobile edge computing to give stadium operators insights into the flow of fans throughout a venue.
As we move closer to fully realizing the potential of Wi-Fi 7, it becomes evident that the RF, signaling, and throughput tests are not merely procedural checkpoints but the pillars of excellence in wireless communication.
With low earth orbit (LEO) satellites fast becoming the norm and 3GPP unifying telecom standards around the globe, the satellite IoT and machine-to-machine (M2M) sector ought to be looking at a bright horizon. But is this the case?
