Fellow Adobe evangelist Holly Schinsky has posted an update on Apache Flex progress.

The Flex User Group 2012 Tour: North America Dates have been posted. Watch for Europe and Asia dates coming shortly.

The Chicago Tribune is running a story on how to Track the primaries and the candidates this election season. The first app they picked? The Flex and AIR based PolitiFact app.

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Bertrand Delacretaz has announced that the proposal to have Flex join the Apache Incubator is now open for voting.

Earlier this week we hosted a summit to discuss our plans for Flex and the partnership with Apache Software Foundation. In attendance was Roundrach's Adam Flater who has shared his thoughts on the subject. This one is worth the read, both the post and the comments.

A group of my fellow Adobe evangelists have created the Game of Flex for iPad, Android tablets, and (soon) Blackberry PlayBook. The game consists of questions to quiz you on Flex development. If you correctly answer the quiz, you'll get a chance to win a copy of Flash Builder 4.6 (one license per month). Game of Flex is not only a game, it's also a fantastic learning tool that showcases all the new features of Flex 4.6.

Jacob Surber has written an article Introducing Adobe Flex 4.6 SDK, and Adam Lehman explains What's new in Flash Builder 4.6.

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Adobe is in the midst of a fundamental transformation. We are transforming from software in boxes to solutions in the cloud, and to a world of touch interfaces on devices, and social connections everywhere. This is a time of both innovation and change for Adobe and for the Adobe community. And this article on ADC explains Adobe's strategic transformation and the Flash Platform, and summarizes the recent announcements.

Andrew Shorten and Deepa Subramaniam have updated their previously mentioned Flex FAQ with specifics about the open source plans, Adobe's future investment, and more.

Andrew Shorten and Deepa Subramaniam answer Your Questions About Flex.

We've announced the pre-release of Flex SDK 4.6 and Flash Builder 4.6, and Product Manager Jacob Surber explains all in this ADC article.

We just announced that Adobe Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 will be launching in early October. To help you get ready, here are some articles on what's new and exciting:

• What's new in Adobe AIR 3
• HTML updates in Adobe AIR 3
• What's new in Flash Player 11
• What's new in Flex 4.6 SDK and Flash Builder 4.6
• Installation and deployment options in Adobe AIR 3
• Native extensions for Adobe AIR

One of the coolest new features in Flash Builder is the ability to debug applications on devices connected via USB. Fellow Adobe evangelist Bhakti Pingale has created a video on the subject for Adobe TV.

Product Manager (and former evangelism team member) Andrew Shorten has weighed in on Flex: where we are headed.

If you are interested in learning about Flash Builder Design View extensions (or are wondering why you should), read this FAQ.

Flash Pro and Flash Builder users can build apps that run on all major device platforms, including iOS (iPhone and iPad). Yes, despite what some would lead you to believe, you can indeed use Flash to build apps for iDevices. Want to learn more? Here are two Adobe TV videos that you should be aware of.

In this video, fellow evangelist Paul Trani shows you how to use Flash Professional CS5.5 to create and publish an app for the iPad that uses the accelerometer and saves images to the camera roll.

In this next video, fellow evangelist Renaun Erickson demonstrates AIR 2.7 app performance on iPad.

The PolitiFact app has fast become the poster child for all that is great about Flash, Flex, and AIR. The app is useful, fun, responsive, supports multiple platforms and devices, and was built by one developer using a single codebase in just three weeks. Recently the iPhone/iPad version of the app made Apple's What's Hot list, too. Well, now the app has made its Broadway debut, featured on a giant electronic billboard in Times Square, complete with a huge onscreen QR code for easy downloading.

Fellow Adobe evangelist Paul Trani is an author! He has just published his first book (co-authored with three other developers) on building Android applications using Flash, Flex, and AIR. Pro Android Flash is available for purchase now on Amazon.com.

Last week I mentioned the Adobe AIR App Challenge sponsored by Sony. To help you get started, and to learn more about using AIR to build apps for the upcoming Sony tablet devices, we're hosting two webinars later this week. Details online, and registration is now open.

Adobe is hosting summits and tech days in India and China, and I plan to attend both. The Adobe Flash Platform Summit 2011 will take place in Bangalore, India, July 27th - 29th, 2011. The Adobe Developer Tech Day (focused on gaming) will take place in Shanghai, China, on August 3rd. Registration for both events is now open.

I mentioned the PolitiFact app a couple of days ago. Quick update: The iOS version is now available. And yes, it is the exact same Flex codebase as the Android version.

I'm a big fan of PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize winning political fact checking site. PolitiFact has released an app so you can check on the latest reviews and rankings from your favorite device. The Android app has already been released, the iOS and BlackBerry PlayBook versions will be available shortly. And the best part? The apps were built in Flash Builder using a single Flex codebase by a single developer (part time, by the way) in just three weeks! Really!

Product manager (and former evangelism team member) Andrew Shorten has posted some details on the relationship between Flash Builder 4.5.1, Flex SDK, and AIR SDK.