The Daily: Boomer Briefs-The 50something Life!

Adobe, which acquired Flash creator Macromedia for $3.4 billion in stock in December, is banking on the “lean-forward” generation, those who want to upload their own creations to video-sharing sites like YouTube. It’s also hoping to cash in on the explosion of online advertisers, who are using video, as well as Web entertainment sites that post TV shows embedded with commercials — and the next frontier, content on mobile devices.