It looks like Adobe is creating a software specifically to publish animated and interactive content to tablets, and it doesn;t look like it’s only capable of publishing to the iPad… of course! It is said to bridge the gap between print and digital publishing mediums.

The new Adobe technologies will focus on mobile hardware-specific needs, including 360-degree image rotation and pinch/swipe gestural navigation for panning and zooming. This is currently accomplished through an AIR utility, the Interactive Overlay Creator. In future versions of InDesign, the Interactive Overlay Creator will be an integrated feature.

Adobe is making a new format — the .issue format. It allows designers to import layouts from InDesign, add metadata, experiment with portrait and landscape layouts, and export content to the .issue format — a brand-new, ready-to-render file for digital magazines.

This looks awesome – I hope there is support for animation, and high level interactions… it was the next logical step for print designers, and web designers taking this format to the next level and making is easier for designers to create.

We all know mobile devices and retrieving information, playing games, or connecting with people is big right now and it’s only getting bigger. It’s growing exponentially as more than just a channel for content creators and content providers. Tools that help companies create the content are quickly popping up everywhere, and allowing content to be scalable and flexible enough to run on any screen is an important factor to help that technology or service grow.

I ran across this http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/ App Inventor by Google Labs. It looks very good, and giving people the power to create is seemingly the best way to grow a platform and force it to the top.