Windows 8 Consumer Preview is coming, Chrome for Android won't be getting Flash, and the iPhone 3GS may be nearing the end of its run.
- Microsoft To Launch Windows 8 Consumer Preview At MWC On February 29: Press invitations arrived today for a private launch event to mark the release during this year's Mobile World Conference. [TechCrunch]
- Flash – Chrome for Android Beta: Adobe confirmed today that Chrome for Android will not have Flash support, in keeping with their November announcement that the company is no longer developing Flash for mobile browsers. [Adobe Flash Player Team Blog]
- Cable Companies Want Government to Help Them Increase Your Bill & Limit Competition: Having just released a TV tuner for their set-top boxes, Boxee opposes industry efforts to overturn a regulation that keeps basic cable unencrypted. [Boxee Blog]
- Google Screenwise: New Program Pays You to Give Up Privacy & Surf the Web with Chrome: In what Google calls a "panel research" program, the company offers Amazon gift cards in exchange for the opportunity to study volunteers' web browsing in detail. [Search Engine Land]
- Apple Requires iPhone Developers to Submit Retina Screenshots, May Herald End of 3GS Era: The housecleaning of lower resolution market screenshots may signal the upcoming retirement of Apple's longest running and still popular iPhone, the 3GS. [The Next Web]
