Adobe Flash
Microsoft will finally end support for Adobe Flash Player in all its web browsers by the end of 2020. In 2017, Microsoft had made a coordinated announcement with Apple, Adobe, Google, Facebook, and Mozilla regarding the discontinuity of Adobe Flash Player, a decision that was prompted because of more secure and high performing open techs like HTML5, WebGL, and WebAssembly gaining more popularity in comparison to the Adobe Flash Player.
Cascades
Research in Motion has today released the first build of Cascades,  providing a fantastic experience for both developers as well as end-users. The Cascades SDK provides a full set of native UI elements which can easily be added to your applications: buttons, fields, text areas etc.