Flash Clash

Steve Jobs & Company aren't fans, so none of Apple's mobile devices support (i.e. work with) Adobe Systems' Flash. So there are large chunks of empty space on iPads or iPhones where a video or an interactive game should appear, because it's Flash that powers those parts of the Web... And most streaming media here.

Audio: NPR's All Things Considered 5/1/10, host: Guy Raz.

One more thing that wasn't mentioned by the guest... Apple makes a competing product: Quicktime. Googling "flash vs quicktime" yields a rich argument about the relative merits and competition between market leading flash video & windows media vs also rans quicktime & realmedia.