TechTaffy

tech:

taffy

Adobe Launches Creative Cloud

By TechTaffy Desk

[Techtaffy Newsdesk]

Adobe has launched the Adobe Creative Cloud,  the company’s first major foray into a subscription-based licensing model. As the name suggests, the Creative Cloud is also a major Adobe cloud initiative. Adobe’s Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Illustrator,  is now pushed into the cloud as well, and will be available over the Internet. Two new HTML5 products, Adobe Muse and Adobe Edge preview are included in the deal as well.

Creative Cloud integrates Adobe’s creative tablet applications, such as Photoshop Touch, into everyday work. Creative Cloud members will be able to deliver mobile apps to iOS and Android marketplaces and publish, manage and host websites as well. Adobe Creative Cloud members will also have access to application upgrades, including new CS point-product features, before they are launched as part of major CS updates, says the company.

Shantanu Narayen (President and chief executive officer, Adobe): Wherever and whenever inspiration strikes, Adobe will be there to help capture, refine and publish your ideas.

CS6 includes Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe InDesign CS6, Adobe Illustrator CS6, Adobe Dreamweaver CS6, Adobe Premiere Pro CS6, Adobe After Effects CS6, and Adobe Flash Professional CS6. Creative Cloud membership includes up to 20GB of cloud storage.  Additional storage purchase options are in the works.

Adobe Creative Suite 6 products and Adobe Creative Cloud are scheduled to be available within the next month and can be pre-ordered now. Adobe Creative Cloud membership will be available to customers in 36 countries and in multiple languages. Pricing for Creative Cloud membership for individuals is $49.99 per month based on annual membership and $74.99 per month for month-to-month membership.

[Image Courtesy: Adobe]

Just in

Series A

Tembo raises $14M

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Tembo, a Postgres managed service provider, has raised $14 million in a Series A funding round.
Around the web

Raspberry Pi is now a public company — TC

Raspberry Pi priced its IPO on the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday morning at £2.80 per share, valuing it at £542 million, or $690 million at today’s exchange rate, writes Romain Dillet. 
Fundings

AlphaSense raises $650M

AlphaSense, a market intelligence and search platform, has raised $650 million in funding, co-led by Viking Global Investors and BDT & MSD Partners.
Around the web

Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6B to take on OpenAI — VentureBeat

Confirming reports from April, the series B investment comes from the participation of multiple known venture capital firms and investors, including Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (A16z), Sequoia Capital, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and Kingdom Holding, writes Shubham Sharma. 
IT

Capgemini partners with DARPA to explore quantum computing for carbon capture

Capgemini Government Solutions has launched a new initiative with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to investigate quantum computing's potential in carbon capture.