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In a surprise move, HP has announced that it will give WebOS to the open source community while continuing to support and develop the platform. HP believes that the combination of the superb WebOS platform combined with open source innovation and corporate support from HP, will foster innovation, creating a compelling user experience. “WebOS is the only platform designed from
On test here is the 2 TB version of Buffalo's CloudStation Duo, a RAID-capable NAS with built-in Pogoplug, giving the user their own personal cloud. The CloudStation Duo is squarely aimed at the prosumer market, both in terms of the hardware and the software on-board. For the hardware, it is equipped with two 1 TB drives and the unit can
Another week with no news from HP, another investigation by the WebOS Internals crew. This time they've directed their attention at HP's App Catalog for WebOS to reveal everything you ever wanted to know...and probably some stuff you didn't really care about. - There are 8399 unique apps. - There are 3514 apps that work on all WebOS devices. -
HP has still hasn't decided what to do with WebOS but appears to be taking the decision seriously. At an all-employee meeting last night with the WebOS team in Sunnyvale, new CEO Meg Whitman, reportedly said, "It's really important to me to make the right decision, not the fast decision," and "If HP decides to do this,we're going to do it
Over the weekend, an amazing piece of detective work by the WebOS Internals team and some crowd-sourcing via Twitter has revealed that there approximately 4.2 million WebOS users, give or take. Every WebOS phone or tablet user has to create a profile in order to use their device. Each profile has a unique identifier, a number that appears to simply
ZDNet is reporting that Canonical is intending to make the next release of Ubuntu, 12.04, a LTS (Long Term Support) release with intention of then expanding Ubuntu beyond desktops and laptops into smartphones, tablets and smart TVs, with a target of 2014 for an all-platform release. Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, in an interview said, "This is a natural expansion of
After an "evaluation of strategic alternatives", HP has decided not to either sell or spin off the Personal Systems Group (PSG). Given the plummet of the share price on the original review announcement and the subsequent departure of the then-CEO Leo Apotheker, this is not entirely unsurprising news. The new CEO and HP President, Meg Whitman, said, “HP objectively evaluated the