Either the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission will look into potential anti-trust behavior from Apple. Another big player may enter the ring in the Apple-Adobe brouhaha: Either the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission will look into the legality of Apple’s Flash ban, according to a story in The New York Post.The DOJ and FTC are negotiating over which organization is going to take up the anti-trust inquiry. The inquiry will focus on whether the ban kills competition by shackling programmers from using third-party developer tools, a source told The New York Post.[ Apple may just be an evil empire in the making, writes CIO.com’s Tom Kaneshige. | Last week was a wild one for Apple. ]Apple CEO Steve Jobs blasted Flash in a blog post last week. He complained that Flash is closed technology that drains battery life. Thus, iPhones and iPads won’t be supporting Flash anytime soon. Adobe’s stock fell two percent that day. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen fired back, saying Jobs’ technical complaints are a mere “smokescreen” to Apple’s real intent: apps that run only on Apple mobile devices. Now mobile app developers will need “two workflows,” one for the iPhone OS and another for the other mobile platforms that support Flash.The decision over which department will make the inquiry is reportedly only days away. In an ironic twist, Apple historically has played the role of the underdog, calling for inquiries into the monopolistic behavior of its competitors. With the success of the iPhone, however, Apple is now the giant in question, with its actions subject to review.Tom Kaneshige is a senior writer for CIO.com in Silicon Valley. Send him an email at tkaneshige@cio.com. Or follow him on Twitter @kaneshige. Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter @CIOonline. Related content brandpost The steep cost of a poor data management strategy Without a data management strategy, organizations stall digital progress, often putting their business trajectory at risk. Here’s how to move forward. By Jay Limbasiya, Global AI, Analytics, & Data Management Business Development, Unstructured Data Solutions, Dell Technologies Jun 09, 2023 6 mins Data Management feature How Capital One delivers data governance at scale With hundreds of petabytes of data in operation, the bank has adopted a hybrid model and a ‘sloped governance’ framework to ensure its lines of business get the data they need in real-time. By Thor Olavsrud Jun 09, 2023 6 mins Data Governance Data Management feature Assessing the business risk of AI bias The lengths to which AI can be biased are still being understood. The potential damage is, therefore, a big priority as companies increasingly use various AI tools for decision-making. By Karin Lindstrom Jun 09, 2023 4 mins CIO Artificial Intelligence IT Leadership brandpost Rebalancing through Recalibration: CIOs Operationalizing Pandemic-era Innovation By Kamal Nath, CEO, Sify Technologies Jun 08, 2023 6 mins CIO Digital Transformation Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe