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Virgin America selects HTML over Flash, re-ignites the Flash vs. HTML debate

By: |Mar 3rd, 2010 at 01:41PM
Filed Under: Apple, News
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Steve Jobs made headlines last month when he publicly dissed Adobe and its Flash technology and declared HTML 5 as the future of interactive media on the web. Though not as bold in its pronouncement, Virgin America has confirmed that it is switching to an all featured, interactive non-Flash website and has become the second high profile technology company to publicly dump Flash in lieu of HTML. According to Virgin CIO Ravi Simhambhatla, HTML will provide all the functionality Virgin’s website will need ...

Virgin America becomes first to offer fleet-wide WiFi

By: |Nov 17th, 2008 at 01:39PM
Filed Under: News, Services, Wi-Fi, Wireless
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Internet access and WiFi are becoming ubiquitous these days with coffee shops, libraries, bookstores and even McDonald’s offering some type of access to the net. We have been waiting for an airline to finally offer WiFi and it looks like Virgin America will be the first to offer it fleet-wide. If you subscribe to Virgin’s email notifications, you’ll notice that the airline company will be launching a beta of its Gogo® in-flight Internet service on November 22, coinciding with the first-ever...