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Adobe Buys Privately Held Aviary(dpa-AFX International Compact Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SAN JOSE (dpa-AFX) - Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) said Monday that it has acquired privately held Aviary, a developer of mobile Software Development Kits for the delivery of creative apps. With millions of people already using Aviary-powered photo-editing apps and thousands of developers using Aviary's SDKs, across mobile platforms, the acquisition accelerates Adobe's strategy to make Creative Cloud a vibrant platform for third-party apps, through a new Creative SDK. Currently under development, Adobe Creative SDK is a software library that enables developers to tap into Adobe's creative technologies to build mobile apps and drive new connections between mobile devices and Adobe Creative Cloud desktop applications and services. "Aviary has an exceptional team and technology platform, as well as expertise serving a robust developer ecosystem. We're thrilled to leverage Aviary's technology to make our Creative SDK even more powerful for app developers," said Scott Belsky, vice president of Creative Cloud Ecosystem & Behance at Adobe. Copyright RTT News/dpa-AFX |